National Interagency Fire Center - 2015 Highest Total Of Acres Burned On Record

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Open Mind:

Reports from the National Interagency Fire Center say that this year has the most acres burned year-to-date in the U.S.

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But wait — there’s more! Even though this year isn’t over yet (nearly three months remain), we’ve already set a new record:

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Those black dots are yearly totals — the red one, circled, is only the year so far. With nearly three months to go, and October a traditionally bad fire month for California … how much worse will it get?

Riverside Press Enterprise:

Fire is costing us a fortune.

Fueled by an extended drought and record heat, wildfires have scorched millions of acres across the state, the West and the nation. Fire authorities are scrambling – and spending – in response:

• Three months into the fiscal year, Cal Fire has spent $354 million of its annual $392 million firefighting budget.

• The U.S. Forest Service, caretaker of much of the nation’s cherished wildlands, has been forced to spend more than half of its budget just to fight fires this year.

• For the Lake fire alone, which leveled much of the alpine San Gorgonio Wilderness in June, the preliminary bill was $16.2 million.

EDIT

http://climatecrocks.com/2015/10/12/california-youre-fired/