Mashable: This year has provided a particularly active wildfire season for the state of California as hundreds of thousands of acres have burned, fueled by the state's ongoing drought. What's made this season particularly note-worthy is the destruction caused by this season's blazes, destroying hundreds of homes and structures and forcing mandatory evacuations across multiple communities.
Not that the severity of this season has come as a surprise. California's drought, ongoing since 2012 and officially...