White Rock Lake

Thanks, George! The fire, called the Dixie Fire, is now closing in on 500,000 acres total, with still only ~25% containment, and a town (Greenville) dating from the Gold Rush has been obliterated. Ironically, what's slowing the fire on some fronts is old fire scars! I suspect these big conifer forests just aren't going to be viable in the New Normal. Patches of trees will be separated by faster-recovering grasses and brush. There may be compensations; that should make for more forage for the herbivores. We'll see soon enough, I guess--