No wonder it’s been so smokey in Sacramento lately. This map is from the Governor’s Office of Emergency Services via kayakeverywhere. Here are the numbers.
- 8,000 lightning strikes (Fox News)
- 1088 fires (USA Today)
- 12,500 firefighters (USAT)
- from 41 States (Fox)
- 159,000 acres (USAT)
- 16 homes destroyed (USAT)
- 500 homes threatened (USAT)
“But weather forecasters were predicting more lightning storms, potentially similar to those that have ignited more than 1,000 blazes.” (LA Times)