It was inevitable. My yard is still damp with March and April showers (and muddy in places), and the Fire department says the Fire Danger is High. Okay. We’ve also got reports of wildfires in Canada (are the arsonists starting early this year?), and me with my mud season decorations still up. What the heck!
Meanwhile, in Maine, a bit closer to where I sit than British Columbia, they are also reporting dryconditions and some brush fires. “Authorities have been fighting several small wildfires and brush fires around the state Saturday.”
If you look at this wildfire map, there are zero in New Hampshire or Maine.
If you look at the ARC GIS Map, there are reported fires (all from 4/27).
There are three in New Hampshire and three in Maine (it helps to have good tools), though I can’t say what the difference is or why Map One isn’t showing these events. I zoomed down on both to get them to show up. But we all have a similar problem.
While we didn’t have much snow, we did have a lot of rain so it will be interesting to see how that plays out. The winter before last, the West and Left Coast got a lot of snow and rain. That tends to result in an increase in wild grass (as it does here), which is a fuel that lends itself to a potentially crazy wildfire season, but not last year. 2023 saw fewer acres burned in this century. The Wild West and crazy Left Coast didn’t burn as predicted. I blame Global Warming.
Fewer than 3 million acres cooked.
I can’t say with any certainty that people just behaved themself and listened to Smokey the Bear. Maybe the climate cult nutters were all up in Canada last year? They had a lot of arsonists starting fires north of the 49th parallel, much like Australia a few years back. Pro Tip: If the media is hyper-focused on some country and its unusual number of wildfires, human beings are very likely the reason why they started.
Climate nutters engaged in “real action,” starting fires and blaming it on Global Warming. So yeah, it is man-caused, but not because you drive an SUV.
Additional Reading.
Massive California “Wildfire” (Allegedly) Started by a Former Forestry Student Not Global Warming
Louisiana’s Largest Wildfire™ (ever) Was Man-Made, as in Arson
Are They Really “Wildfires” if You Arrested 79 Arsonists for Starting Them?
Australia’s Brush Fires – Arson is Playing a Huge Role
Suspected Arsonist Caught Starting Fires in Italy and Sicily
I have to go take my mud season decorations down, even though it is raining and still muddy.
