News: Fires in San Diego County

Follow this link to the Sign On San Diego Breaking News page. You will find 3 articles about some fires that occurred in the San Diego area today, Sunday, April 27. The articles are titled "30 acres burned in Sorrento Valley area", "Fire burning in Sorrento Valley", and "Second Ramona fire extinguished."

Read the articles and then post comments about how these fires have the potential to affect global warming? What other effects do fires like these have (effects on the environment and humans/other animals)? How do fires like these relate to recent weather conditions? If you do not live in the San Diego area, use the Internet to research weather conditions in San Diego for this year. You might want to try looking up rainfall amounts.

Reference

San Diego Union-Tribune (2008). Newsblog: the latest news from the Union-Tribune's newsroom. Retrieved April 27, 2008 from http://weblog.signonsandiego.com/news/breaking/index.html