Wildfire Acreage Burning this year - Not So much (Thank God)
According to Brian Melley - AP News: California Wildfire Acreage on Sharp Decline : " Acreage burned through Sunday is down 90% compared to the average over the past five years and down 95% from last year," Holy Cow is that good news! I mean incredible news. Californians (and the rest of the country that has to breath our air) should be jumping for joy. The story theorizes would could be a very likely reason: " The precipitous drop could be due to the amount of precipitation the state received during a winter of near-record snowfall and cooler-than-average temperatures — so far." Is the Drought over? " The most current U.S. Drought Monitor map released last week shows only a tiny portion of California listed as abnormally dry. " Is this a temporary change in pattern or a long term one? Will the rains return again, or will they go away?