America On Fire: Why Is The Number Of Wildfires In The United States Increasing?

June 27th, 2012 at 4:21 pm · Reply
Yup August 2, 2010 !
http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2010/08/russian_wildfires.html
“Last month, Russia endured the hottest July ever recorded since records began 130 years ago. The intense heat and drought affecting central Russia has been drying out trees and peat marshes, which have been catching fire recently, burning forests, fields and houses across a massive region. Some 500 new fires have been reported in the last 24 hours alone, and a mobilization of hundreds of thousands of emergency workers is underway to combat them. President Dmitry Medvedev has now declared a state of emergency in seven regions. To date, over 1,500 homes have been destroyed and 40 lives have been lost. as wildfires continue across over 300,000 acres.”

June 27th, 2012 at 4:31 pm · Reply
It is sad to see what is happening in Colorado right now. My prayers are with the good people of that state who are going through so much right now.
And in Florida, Tropical Storm Debby is dumping 2 and a half feet of rain on the Florida Panhandle.
So why is this happening? What’s the explanation for all this? The theories are numerous – feel free to take your pick:
1) Global warming
2) Climate change
3) The wrath of God
4) Sun spot cycle out of whack
5) Too much carbon dioxide in the atmosphere
I’ve never been to Denver, Colorado. But even I know that there’s something seriously wrong when Denver has a high temperature of 105′F (that’s 41 degrees Celsius, for those of you who don’t use the Fahrenheit temperature scale). That is not normal.
Here in my humble abode in Phoenix, Arizona, it’s a comfortable, dry 113′F. There is a breeze, if you can call it that. Feels more like a hair dryer. Ahhh.. summertime. Need lemonade. Must find lemonade… ice cold lemonade…!!

June 27th, 2012 at 4:59 pm · Reply
In my neck of the woods, TN. The weather has been very unusual since late 2010. This coming Friday and Saturday, they are expecting 100 degree temps. In TN. this is unheard of. Strange weather just makes everything worse. To anybody local, to these fires, a question. I have been watching coverage on the net. Where are the big tanker aircraft? In coverage I have seen nothing bigger than a C-130. Where are the DC-10s and 747 they converted for fire fighting? I know they exist.

June 27th, 2012 at 5:11 pm · Reply
Heat wave: 1,000+ records fall in US in a week
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_WEATHER_HEAT_RECORDS?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2012-06-27-19-23-29

June 27th, 2012 at 5:14 pm · Reply
I move to Kansas City one year ago,we had no winter at all,no snow,hardly any freezing temps,now it is so hot,humidity very high, something is coming,just what it is i do not know,but something is coming!!

June 27th, 2012 at 5:24 pm · Reply
“Do you have an opinion about why so much of America is on fire?”
“In fact, according to the U.S. National Academy of Sciences, the U.S. interior west is now the driest that it has been in 500 years.”
Didn’t you answer your own question?

June 27th, 2012 at 5:29 pm · Reply
~~~~~~ “THE SUN IS ACTING UP”~~~~~
” And will change our planet ”
” Start building your ark now ”
” Millionaires are building underground ”
” But the big “QUAKE” is coming this year ”
The end………………..

June 27th, 2012 at 5:42 pm · Reply
There are three wildfires here (I don’t want to say where I live), and we’re getting a lot of smoke in this area. The smoke is choking – I had to outfit the home with air filters to get the kids to stop complaining; I want to know how people can ignore this!
Most around here don’t care. What is strange is the lack of publicity about the fires burning down homes and farms about 40 miles away. They don’t care that the farms that feed us are dried up and burning! Their food is burning up! Our food prices here are already too high. Most folks here are on food stamps, but it barely helps. A pound of beef burger today was $7.34 +tax for 80% chuck. Bell peppers are $1 +tax each. Decent bread is $5 +tax for a 1.5 lbs loaf. We need local farms to grow as much as possible – not burn it up!
Also, we are running low on water around here. My water bill this month, cause we ran out of the rain water (will build a bigger storage tank), is $60.32 plus fees. We have not seen rain in four months.
God is asking us to repent and come back to Him. Listen.

2012 June 27th, 2012 at 6:16 pm · Reply
I left the west coast many years ago due to these raging fires. What you never hear about is the smoke and where it travels. People die of smoke inhalation in Vegas when these things flare up. The mountainous terrain does nothing to stop this. Smoke in California makes it way to Salt Lake City! It has been a nightmare for the past few years. Having lived West for 25 years I can assure you, folks in all surrounding areas are having to stay indoors[but they have to go to work]. And they get sick, constantly. Most of the ER’s are standing room only. But you never hear a word about it, or a warning to wear mask? [Yes, people are that dense]. And maybe to shed light on the increasing drought/fires, according to NASA we are in some kind of Solar Maximus. And according to NOAA, were burning up due to melting glaciers not bouncing heat back up. But in any case, I feel it’s time to get spirtual on some level. We have virtually ruined the only home we have. What we are witnessing is the death of a planet, ours….

June 27th, 2012 at 5:58 pm · Reply
Last night I watched the smoke pour in from the west and south. There is a huge fire about 18,000 acres near Roundup,MT and another that if it is not stopped will be just as bad as the Waldo fire in Colorado Springs. The Corral fire in my old hometown of Helena is burning right next to hundreds of homes. Four houses have already burned and hundreds are evacuated. Like you pointed out Michael it is not even July yet. There are firework bans for the next ten days it is far too dangerous and stupid to even think about lighting them off. Alot of the problem is the forest service’s policy of not letting fires naturally burn out and everyone thinking they need to have a home in the woods. Another factor has been the beetle killed trees that have devastated the west. The pine beetles attack drought stricken trees and turn them an ugly orange color. Helena is surrounded by thousands of these trees and I knew it would be only a matter of time before we get a hot dry summer that would turn the woods into a powder keg. Another stupid thing they did when they cut the beetle killed trees down is they just left the slash piles on the ground! Great idea! Now the fire has plenty of fuel! As for the Waldo fire its absoultley terrible. My grandma was telling me that people with COPD and asthma have to stay indoors, no barbeques, no fireworks, no camping. So basically the west is in lockdown mode and its going to be a boring summer for those who enjoy the fourth and outdoor activities. I just hope its not like the summer of 2000 when millons of acres burned and it was so smoky you couldnt see half a block down the street. I worked on the Cave Gulch fire that year and when we did get storms it was dry lightning so it would start new fires everytime it struck. I got a bad feeling its going to be an intense summer and I hope that God will be with my relatives in CO and over in Helena. Pray for rain.