Scott Thill, AlterNet. July 18, 2008. In California there were 8,000 lightning strikes in one event, and that was months before fire season. There is more of that in store across the West.
Dr. Reese Halter, AlterNet. June 30, 2008. The 850 fires burning in California alone should be a wake up call that we're unprepared for rapid climate change.
