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Posted Thu Jan 7 2016: from Washington Post: U.S. wildfires just set an amazing and troubling new record http://apocadocs.com/s.pl?1452187454 Last year's wildfire season set a record with more than 10 million acres burned. That's more land than Maryland, the District and Delaware combined.... Lawmakers base their funding on the average cost to fight fires over the previous decade. But that doesn't account for wildfire seasons that now run from April through December instead of June to September. [Read more stories about: carbon sinks, climate impacts, global warming, forests] New!: No reader quips yet -- be the first! Got a PaniQuip? Your Quip (limit 140 characters, no links, just wit): First name: The text shown in the Web image to the right: We reserve the right to reuse, remove, or refuse any entry.

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