Hitch
5th August 2015, 07:34 PM
Our state is burning out of control...
Map:
http://www.fire.ca.gov/general/firemaps.php
Dozens of wildfires have burned tens of thousands of acres in California and prompted the evacuation of entire communities. The fires are part of a regional phenomenon of severe drought and heat that has gripped the West.
Here are the latest statistics on the California wildfires:
California is now in its fourth year of drought. This has turned much of the state into what Gov. Jerry Brown described as a “tinderbox.”
There have been thousands of lightning strikes in the past few weeks alone that have sparked fires on drought-parched land, emergency officials said.
More at link...
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/06/us/california-wildfires.html?_r=0
Map:
http://www.fire.ca.gov/general/firemaps.php
Dozens of wildfires have burned tens of thousands of acres in California and prompted the evacuation of entire communities. The fires are part of a regional phenomenon of severe drought and heat that has gripped the West.
Here are the latest statistics on the California wildfires:
California is now in its fourth year of drought. This has turned much of the state into what Gov. Jerry Brown described as a “tinderbox.”
There have been thousands of lightning strikes in the past few weeks alone that have sparked fires on drought-parched land, emergency officials said.
More at link...
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/06/us/california-wildfires.html?_r=0