VERY mild fire season so far this year, comparatively.
Year-to-date large fires: 1,562,243 acres vs
Year-to-date 10 year avg: 3,772,922 acres
Y-T-D fires 30,839 vs
Y-T-D 10 year avg 44, 663
3/4 as many fires, and only 1/3 as many acres burned this year so far, of the year-to-date 10 year average.
National Interagency Coordination Center
Incident Management Situation Report
Tuesday July 22, 2014 0530 MT
National Preparedness Level 3
http://www.nifc.gov/nicc/sitreprt.pdf
jinx you owe me a coke