Chris_Dunn's Blog

I use the term "awesome" not in a good way, but to describe the sheer magnitude of this disaster. More than 300 square miles have been burned and hundreds of thousands of residents have been evacuated. It reminds me of the massive wildfires in Southern California back in 2003.

It's the same weather setup this year: A dry rainy season followed by a long hot summer. Now, dry, hot, offshore Santa Ana winds are fanning the flames and blowing the smoke out to sea as you can see in this amazing visible satellite image:

Satellite Image of Smoke/Fires

I see signs of this pattern breaking down by later this week, but until then it's bad news.