Is Global Warming Contributing To California’s Wildfires?
Posted by Melody on 16th May 2007
Here is an interesting article on the history of California’s wildfires. Azusa Pacific has a history of fire and flood. (I know, there’s a spiritual parallel here, and if you want we can go there.)
Anyway, I found this interesting:
The ashes are still smoldering from Southern California’s second major wildfire in a week, a sign of what authorities warn could be one of the drought-plagued state’s worst fire years.
But to the locals, the burning hills have also long been a part of life and key ingredient in the state’s folklore and identity — immortalized in art and popular culture from Nathanael West’s 1939 novel “The Day of The Locust” to “L.A. Woman,” 1960s rock band The Doors’ dark homage to the city.
Wildfires are inevitable in the bone-dry brush around Southern California, where early summer is known as the start of “Fire Season” and hot Santa Ana winds blow in from the desert — signaling that thick black smoke will soon pour over cities and ash will fall in the streets.
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