In addition to working as a marine geophysicist, my son volunteers as a wildfire fighter. Recently they were called out to assist late at night to deal with a controlled burn that went out of control. The volunteers in charge described what to expect and provided instructions on how to fight the fire based on that knowledge. When they got to the infernal pine forest it was not burning as expected, but worse. He described the situation as those of Californian wildfires - dystopian.
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