Record heat, zero rain, millions of acres lost: Experts warn wildfires are now America’s problem to survive
via gatrees.org
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Earlier this month, a balloon coated in aluminum foil—the kind normally seen at a child’s birthday party—drifted into the path of a transmission line, kindling an electrical spark that ignited dry vegetation nearby. Around the same time, a stray flicker from a welding tool landed on an equally parched forest floor several dozen miles away. […]