Wild Fire raging in California and hundreds of thousands of acres burned in San Bernardino alone. In fact two fires will soon join each other and burn even more. Luckily California has one of the best mutual assistance programs in the Nation. Unfortunately many structures have already been lost and the weather does not seem to be cooperating much, as the week will have even more scorching days. Governor Arnold has now declared California at a State of Emergency due to wildfires. Fires of this magnitude are common in California and it is fire season. The worst season starts around October during the Santa Ana East Winds, but these current fires are showing their strength as well and Arnold has taken action. There is a massive effort underway to contain these fires yet it will be several hundred thousand acres burned before they are in a controllable situation. The brush has grown up due to the strong wet winter and now this makes very good fuel for these fires. Although many climatologists are using these California Wild Fires as publicity for Global Warming, it appears these fires have come early in the season due to normal summer heat and the abundance of brush, which has grown up and now dried out. Consider all this in 2006. |
