We've touched on this subject in a lot of posts, so I thought we should have a thread devoted to the general aspects of this worsening situation.

To start off: This article was posted today. Its author is a professor of atmospheric sciences at the University of Washington.

Oregon looks bad, but the situation in California is downright scary!

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May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view--E. Abbey