[hotpotato]

Perhaps. But according to the satellite pics of the fires, they were much less severe south of the border -- for the reason I gave.

The fire at Camp Pendleton was much less severe, too, but not for the reasons you gave.

[Lazamataz]

The fire at Camp Pendleton was much less severe, too, but not for the reasons you gave.

That unrelated data atom is not a refutation of my offered hypothesis.