On Jun 25, 8:59*am, RHF wrote:
On Jun 25, 5:57*am, Dave wrote: wrote:
Lightning sparks 800 plus wildfires in California.
www.worldnetdaily.com

So, California doesn't get Lightning?
Call up one of those tv stations over there and ask their weather people
about that Lightning Counter.

I believe California gets some Lightning every day.
cuhulin

- This ain't Mississippi, Jethro.
-*We go for years without thunderstorms sometimes.

Dave - D'Oh !

In California every Year during the Summer the
Sierra Nevada Mountains get many Thunderstormshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thunderstormhttp://www.eldoradocountyweather.com/lightning/swn-lightning.html

About - Thunderstormshttp://www.usatoday.com/weather/resources/basics/thunderstorms.htm

as they say . . .
and where there is thunder
there is lightning ~ RHF
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California Summer Wildfires and Lightning

The present Swarm of Fires in mainly in Northern
California. The vast majority of Wild-Fires in the
Northern part of California are Lightning caused.

Significant California Wildfires - 6/25/08
http://www.fire.ca.gov/downloads/inc...Map_062508.pdf

However most of the Lightning occurs during the
Winter Months along with Rain and Cold Weather;
so these Lightning caused Fires do not get very
big; and nature takes it course.

The Hot Summers are a different matter and when
a major T&L Storm comes thru Northern California
during the Dry Season Wild-Fires are a Dangerous
and Major Problem for the Forests, Grasslands and
People too.

Presently there are Hundreds of Wild-Fires burning
in Northern California.

It has been determined that Lightning started more
than 500 Fires now burning Northern California
Wilderness Areas.

Note - Just in the Shasta-Trinity National Forest
there were about separate 75 Fires.

FWIW - Southern California Is A Land Unto Itself :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:S...California.png
The Ten Southern most Counties of California are
basically in a different Weather and Eco-System.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_California
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weather
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecosystem

presently there is the smell of smoke in the
air throughout the Sierra Nevada foothills ~ RHF
http://www.mymotherlode.com/News/article/id/D91GBRSO0
Twain Harte, CA