I was watching a show where they talked about the fires in California and how because of the massive drought they were linked to global warming. Did a little research and found this:
"The
Great Fire of 1910 (also commonly referred to as the
Big Blowup, the
Big Burn, or the
Devil's Broom fire) was a
wildfire in the
western United States that burned three million acres (4,700 sq mi; 12,100 km2) in
North Idaho and
Western Montana, with extensions into
Eastern Washington and
Southeast British Columbia, in the summer of 1910.
[1] The area burned included large parts of the
Bitterroot,
Cabinet,
Clearwater,
Coeur d'Alene,
Flathead,
Kaniksu,
Kootenai,
Lewis and Clark,
Lolo, and
St. Joe National Forests.
The fire burned over two days, August 20–21, after strong winds caused numerous smaller fires to combine into a firestorm of unprecedented size. It killed 87 people,
[2] mostly firefighters,
[3][4] and destroyed numerous manmade structures, including several entire towns. It is believed to be the largest, although not the deadliest, forest fire in U.S. history.
[5] The extensive burned area was approximately the size of the state of
Connecticut.
In the aftermath of the fire, the
U.S. Forest Service received considerable recognition for its firefighting efforts. The outcome was to highlight firefighters as public heroes while raising public awareness of national nature conservation. The fire is often considered a significant impetus in the development of early
wildfire prevention and suppression strategies.
A great number of problems contributed to the destruction caused by the Great Fire of 1910. The fire season started early that year because the spring and summer of 1910 were extremely dry[6] and the summer sufficiently hot to have been described as "like no others".[1] The drought resulted in forests that were teeming with dry fuel, which had previously grown up on abundant autumn and winter moisture.[7] Hundreds of fires were ignited by hot cinders flung from locomotives, sparks, lightning, and backfiring crews. By mid-August, there were 1,000 to 3,000 fires burning in Idaho, Montana, and Washington"
2018 California wildfires
"2018 is the most destructive
wildfire season on record in
California, with a total of 7,579 fires burning an area of 1,667,855 acres (6,749.57 km2), the largest amount of burned acreage recorded in a fire season, according to the
California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection and the
National Interagency Fire Center, as of November 11.
[1][2][3] The fires caused more than $2.975 billion (2018 USD) in damages, including $1.366 billion in fire suppression costs.
[4][5][6][7] Through the end of August 2018, Cal Fire alone spent $432 million on operations.
[17] The
Mendocino Complex Fire burned more than 459,000 acres (1,860 km2), becoming the largest complex fire in the state's history, with the complex's Ranch Fire surpassing the
Thomas Fire and the
Santiago Canyon Fire of 1889 to become California's single-largest recorded wildfire.
[18][19]
Many different factors led to the 2018 California wildfire season becoming so destructive. A combination of an increased amount of natural fuel and compounding atmospheric conditions linked to global warming led to a series of destructive fires. Recent research on wildfires in California, published in August 2018, predicted an increase in the number of wildfires as a consequence of climate change."
The single fire in 1910 was twice as big (3 million acres) with fires covering 3 states and 1 province (BC). The great fire of California 2018 (1.6 million acres) is for the entire season and not 1 event. 2 fires with the same conditions but 1 is linked to global warming and the other was just too long ago for anyone to remember except Wikipedia. I find it really interesting that the media continues with a narrative that all of the earths problems are caused by global warming when instances of similar events have been recorded throughout history. It is this type of environment that makes people skeptical of what is the truth.