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2020-10-05 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-

California exceeds 4 million acres burned by wildfires in 2020

[NBCNEWS] Caliphornia, an impregnable bastion of the Democratic Party, marked a grim milestone Sunday as the number of acres burned during a record-setting wildfire year surpassed 4 million, officials said.

The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, or Cal Fire, didn’t provide an exact amount of land that had been scorched in 2020 but said in a daily statewide summary that more than 8,200 fires have burned "well over" 4 million acres.

Annual statistics from the department dating back to 1987 show that 2020 has more than doubled the previous record.

As many as 20,000 firefighters, some coming from as far as Israel, have responded to scores of major fires across the state this year. Thirty-one people have died.

The largest, most destructive blazes have occurred since mid-August, when thousands of lightning strikes in Northern California sparked dozens of fires across the region, including the largest wildfire in state history, the nearly-1 million acre August Complex fire that is burning across six counties.

Cal Fire said Sunday that the blaze has killed one person and destroyed 159 structures. It is 51 percent contained.

North of the the Socialist paradise of San Francisco
...where God struck dead Anton LaVey, home of the Sydney Ducks, ruled by Vigilance Committee from 1859 through 1867, reliably and volubly Democrat since 1964...
Bay Area, thousands of firefighters continued battling a blaze that roared through wine country last Sunday amid high temperatures and powerful winds. More than 36,000 people remained under mandatory evacuation orders in Sonoma and Napa counties on Sunday, said Cal Fire Deputy Chief Jonathan Cox.

Posted by Fred 2020-10-05 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11127 views ] Top

#1 Note: I lived in Fresno Ca on East Pontiac off Blackstone, in the 1970's. We occasionally had fires 1/2 this size or scale.

Note: According the WIKI this nothing knew and has been part of the natural process even before Settlers came to the area.

"....However, from a historical perspective, it has been estimated that prior to 1850, about 4.5 million acres (17,000 km²) burned yearly, in fires that lasted for months, with wildfire activity peaking roughly every 30 years, when up to 11.8 million acres (47,753 km³) of land burned."

Looking the List of fires over the last 100 years. We could just very well be seeing the 30 year peak cycle?

Or does Climate Cooling, Warming, Change happen every 30 years in California?

Posted by NN2N1 2020-10-05 06:53|| 2020-10-05 06:53|| Front Page Top

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Posted by Jiling Gravitch9209 2020-10-05 13:27|| 2020-10-05 13:27|| Front Page Top

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