Sam Jang - Wildfires in California
1/27/2019 Sam Jang The notion of Wildfires seems to remain trivial, unimportant for those who live in the eastern or northern part of our country. Nonetheless, states in the western part of the US react to the term "Wildfire" in a entirely different manner. Mostly revolving around the West, Wildfires are commonly known as uncontrolled bursts of fire due to sparks or blazes that occur in extremely dry conditions. Wildfires usually burn 4 to 5 million acres of the US territory and can speed up to about 14 mi/hr, leaving nothing behind its trail but a pile of ash. Wildfires may harm not only the animals that live in dry areas, but also people who live near or in states with dry weathers and climates. What seemed quite intriguing about the concept of Wildfires, especially in California, is that the cause of such catastrophic event is directly rooted within human activities. Unlike other natural disasters, Wildfires simply seemed like a problem that we cou