Roaring flames, wind-whipped embers and the smoking remains of homes have filled newscasts, websites and social media over the last two weeks. The fires that have destroyed 12,000 structures and killed at least 25 people in the Los Angeles area are on a scale that hasn’t happened in Western Washington.
Given the right circumstances, they could happen here, and our summers of increasing drought and high temperatures are upping the likelihood, say those who study wildfire behavior and ecology.
All it takes is a match and bad timing…