Frightening Interactive Wildfire Map Shows That the West Is on Fire

[marmar]

Link: http://ecowatch.com/2015/08/01/interactive-wildfire-map/?utm_source=EcoWatch+List&utm_campaign=5c3f8fcf6d-Top_News_8_1_2015&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_49c7d43dc9-5c3f8fcf6d-85363977

[Malraiders]

1. This site has info on fires burning throuhout the

world and a bit of history associated with the data.

http://www.earth-policy.org/images/uploads/graphs_tables/fire.htm

[cilla4progress]

2. Livin' it

Woke up smoked-in by Wolverine fire on Lk. Chelan. The end to my fabulous summer so far is in sight! No outdoors play for me.

[SheilaT]

3. When you first click on the map

it's from so far out that it really does look as the entire west and all of Alaska is on fire. Zoom in and you get a more accurate picture.

I live in NM, didn't think we had even the two that are shown. They are pretty much completely under control right now. We've been having a lot of rain lately, which is immediate good news for fires, in that things aren't as dry and flammable. The bad news is that things are growing like crazy which will mean a lot more fuel if it dries out later on. Or next year.

[Flying Squirrel]

11. The fires do not get smaller as you zoom out

I don't see why they couldn't have made them scale down as you zoom out. Still, it's a pretty significant number of fires, particularly in Alaska.

[Comrade Grumpy]

4. We've been watching huge towers of smoke rise behind Mt. St. Helena. The Rocky Fire.

It's about 30-40 miles from where I am.

We've had several other smaller fires around here in the past week, too.

Sonoma County, California.

[Brother Buzz]

7. My twice evacuated friend from the 8,000 acre Wragg fire near Lake Berryessa....

does not consider it a smaller fire.

[dixiegrrrrl]

8. update as of a few minutes ago:

Mandatory evacuation orders issued after Rocky Fire burning in Lake County, Calif., expands to more than 22,500 acres; fire moving towards Highway 20 - @abc7newsBayArea
Read more on abc7news.com

My BIL is in that area, was packing in case of Mandatory evac. as of yesterday. Looks like he is going to have to leave.

[Scuba]

5. Holy crap!

[bettyellen]

6. holy shit, Alaska is crazy right now

[pediatricmedic]

9. How many naturally occurring vs. started by people?

[1monster]

10. In 1998, Florida was like that... Every county in the state had at least one fire going and

most counties had three or four. I kept the things I needed to throw in the car at a moment's notice if one of the fires that was closest to us came nearer and we needed to evacuate. Fortunately, that did not become necessary and I thank the fire fighters who came from all over the country, including Alaska, to fight the fires.

It looks like it's time for the favor to be returned.

[joshcryer]

12. The entire world is on fire.

Thanks to climate change.