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You never see the fire map like this in July. Almost nothing in CA and all the activity in the PNW. 

And of course Chicago and the Northeast getting smoke. 

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We has a lot of thunder and lightning to the east of Seattle yesterday morning that sparked up some fires.  Not surprising considering how dry it's been.   Smoke-free for now..

> Almost nothing in CA

I'm of a mind that we shouldn't speak of these things. The F-word means something different here.

They are throwing lot's of money at the problem in CA. My friend lives up by Placerville in the foothills. She is a grant writer by trade and she has gotten millions for her fire district and has made herself very popular with her MAGA neighbors. They have completely masticated the undergrowth all around her property and they are in the process of putting all the power lines underground. Then there was another huge round of grants that just closed last week for applying. Hopefully it can help. 

 

There was a 5 acre fire just on the other side of the volcano yesterday.  They jumped on it and got it handled, but yeah,  tis the season. 

They're gradually replacing wood powerline poles with metal where I live. We're a small community, and I don't see them ever going underground, but in the spring the sky fills with drones, followed by contract tree workers clearing out branches that are close to the lines.

If the thunder don't get you then the lightning will!

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wow ^^^. cool map

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Stunning that we didn't have more fires start in my area from that round of lightning. So far, nothing has "lit up" in timber, thankfully. But it's just the start of fire season...