How bad have the wildfires been so far this year?

[OnlinePoker]

Over 9x the normal 10 year average for this date...1.6 million acres burned.

https://www.nifc.gov/fireInfo/nfn.htm

[Rollo]

1. They've been below average in California...

The glass is half-full...

[czarjak]

2. Texas is picking up the slack...

[hatrack]

3. And Kansas has been shouldering a man-sized load . . .

Over a million acres have been burned and 7 people reported dead as wildfires ravaged areas of Kansas, Texas, Oklahoma and Colorado, devastating rural communities this week.

Since Monday, thousands have been forced to flee from their homes as a wet summer, dry winter conditions and high windspeeds accelerated some of the largest infernos the Plains have ever seen.

For ranchers like Garth Gardiner, of Gardiner Angus Ranch in Ashland, Kansas, the ordeal has been devastating. "One word would be 'unreal,'" Gardiner says. "It's like a nuclear bomb hit because there is just nothing left." Gardiner and his family first began monitoring the situation on Monday, but as the winds shifted, their property became a target for the inferno.

He estimates that 40,000 of his family's 50,000 acres were burned, consuming the grass, fencing, structure, and most importantly, a lot of their cattle. According to Gardiner, there was no time to evacuate livestock. "One second its 10 miles away from you and ten minutes later it's on top of you," Gardiner said.

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http://www.tsln.com/news/asdasda-98/