Fire Season Forecast is Always For a Bad Season....
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It's a catch-22. According to Cal Fire (California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection), too much rain means too many fuels for fires while too little rain creates easy to burn vegetation.
Paul Rogers and Leigh Pointinger from the San Jose Mercury News wade through the numbers from the last 40 years. Their analysis of rainfall and fire records shows the worst fire seasons come after dry winters, not wetter ones like the one we've just had.
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