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[cannongal]

I honestly don't think our area is as bad as Cali right now.  All the wildfires that pop up are contained within a day or 2.  This isn't even the worst drought I've seen, a few years ago the river out behind my houses went down to muck.  
The issue is all the dried leaves on the ground right now.  Dried leaves are like gasoline in this area.

I spoke to soon.   From all the emergency alerts, Facebook posts and scanner chatter it feels like half the state is on fire right now.  Most of the fire departments around me are volunteer/per diem departments and they are stretched so thin they are begging for fire strike teams from Canada, Maine and Vermont.  There's a huge one about 10 miles south of me that started last night and is still going strong now.  I just got a prepare for possible evacuation order.  There's 2 rivers between me and the fire, so fingers crossed that it doesn't jump the rivers.   Drought + dry leaves + a wind that won't fucking die down makes for a perfect storm, I guess.