The start of a wildfire can range from a cigarette butt to a strike of lighting, but once these bad boys start a blazin' they can be quite destructive, very dangerous and quite complex to get under control.
A combination of a very long dry period of weather, high temperatures, and low humidity made the 2012 fire season worst than normal all over the Western United States. In particular, the Waldo Canyon fire was the most devastating of them all.
A dry thunderstorm, just north and west of Colorado Springs, supported high winds and no rainfall creating a wildfire nightmare for firefighters. After this dry thunderstorm passed through on June 26th the Waldo Canyon fire spread at a rapid rate. A total of 346 homes were destroyed and over 18,000 acres were destroyed.
I wanted to clear up what exactly a dry thunderstorm is before preceding. A dry thunderstorm is a regular thunderstorm with lighting, thunder, and wind, however, the precipitation from a dry thunderstorm evaporates before reaching the ground.
Wildfires are very hard to control and usually at the bend of mother natures will.
Photo From:
theatlantic.com
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