“These fires happen every year, in California and other western states.”
Uh, no.
This wildfire consumed 140,000 acres, 10,000 buildings, hundreds of vehicles and killed at least 75 people.
Approximately 1,000 remain missing.
There was not a fire like this anywhere in the US in the last 100 years for sure.
Yes this fire is far worse than others..
My point was that fires happen all the time, and that the global warming people are blaming them.on global warming. There’s no question that this one is the worst in a century.
If the fatality rate goes over 1200 or so, then this will be the largest death rate for such a fire in the history of North America if not the world.
The Peshtigo Fire death toll is around 1200, and even that is an estimate. Granmother claimed it was far more than that.