Believe me kat we could ship half the rain we've had out there and not miss it a bit...

Second growth forest, especially if it has lots of leftover slash, burns a lot faster and hotter than old growth.

Sharing fire crews between Canada and the U.S. is a time-honoured arrangement that has served us all well. Bringing them in from Down Under is pretty damn unusual.

I hadn't heard about any of the firefighter deaths...very sad.

Willie-O