New York Times: They appear at random, cinnamon-and-silver-colored pines and firs, the standing dead amid otherwise healthy groves of cloud-snagging trees in the mountains of Southern California. Last week, the Forest Service said there were 40 million of them that is, 40 million dead trees in this state, almost one for every resident. Soon, they will be fuel, for what rangers fear will be a catastrophic wildfire season 40 million opportunities for fire, as Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack put it. Or they...