Things I tripped over on my way to the internet

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)