Are the Wildfires in California Related to Global Warming?

By Amy Goodman, Democracy Now!
Posted on October 23, 2007, Printed on October 25, 2007
http://www.alternet.org/story/65972/

AMY GOODMAN: As we continue on this issue of global warming, what does global warming have to do with the fires raging in Southern California?

More than a half a million people in San Diego County have been ordered to evacuate. Over 900 homes have been destroyed. At least one person has died. Another thirty-seven people have been reported injured, including seventeen firefighters. The fires extend from the Mexican border to Santa Barbara, the most devastating fires in San Diego County. Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has declared a state of emergency.