According to an article at Canada's state broadcaster – the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation – “B.C. [British Columbia] communities risk going up in flames under the threat of what the forests ministry calls 'mega fires,' saying they will be so large current firefighting techniques won't be able to cope.” The draft report from the [provincial] Wildfire Management Branch says these mega fires are predicted to increase as climate change progresses, and warns a great deal of work is needed to head off future disasters. I looked at the 327-page report produced by the province's Wildfire Management Branch and found some interesting points.  The first figure shows “Area Burned (ha) in British Columbia 1993-2013.” Another figure only shows the area burned from wildfires between 1985 and 2010, noting that “2010 set a record for the most area burned in one fire season (330,000 ha).” Then I went to the...(Read Full Post)