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Amid respite, West readies for more wildfires
2014-08-07 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: Wildfires, like earthquakes, are a frightening fact of life in California, just more predictable. So as thousands of firefighters made progress in taming more than a dozen blazes that have pockmarked the northern half of the state, fire officials and anxious residents of drought-afflicted rural communities breathed a shallow sigh of relief they knew might not last long. Light rain and an infusion of personnel and equipment from as far away as San Diego allowed fire crews to continue gaining momentum...
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