Firenado? Bambi Bucket? A guide to wildfire vocabulary
(WorldNews Environment)

Amid a hellscape of glowing coals, a fiery column recently took flight in Northern California, spinning against a red sky. The name for it? Firenado. `I had never heard of a fire tornado until today and I really kind of hope I never see a firenado again in my life,` music video producer Robby Starbuck said in a tweet that went viral. Yes, a firenado is a real thing. Same with Pyrocumulus, Wildland-Urban Interface, and Bambi Buckets. This month´s rash of fires brought the wildfire jargon to the masses; and the masses (myself included) were pretty confused. I wondered what other fire words and concepts people were encountering for the first time as they read about the Camp Fire, the deadliest...