I was asked the other day where we feel the most problematic areas for water supply and droughts are. On second thought, it seems that these are some of the areas where we also need to be careful about fires. Here’s what we think will be hit hardest by droughts and water supply issues: Tampa, Orlando, Ft Myers, Naples, Cape Canaveral, Pittsburgh, Atlanta, Columbus Georgia, Macon Georgia, Hilton Head South Carolina, Savannah Georgia , all of North Carolina, Richmond Virginia, Memphis Tennessee, Kansas City, all of Idaho, all of Montana, northern and western Wyoming, all of Washington State, all of Oregon, Sacramento, the Bay Delta region, North of California, West Texas and Hawaii.

We predict that Washington, Oregon, Northern California, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia will start to improve. We think Georgia, South Carolina, and parts of North Carolina, Florida, and Hawaii will get worse even if we continue to have this weird weather and intense solar flares. We also caution that with the fire season expected to be very bad in places like Arizona, New Mexico, Nevada, Montana, CA, Washington, and Colorado. We MAY see double capitalization in those states. So we’re looking at the probabilities in these states as high-risk areas, which are definitely going to be the ones to watch.

Given that fires consume many resources when it comes to water and large amounts of government budgets, it is not surprising that the experts involved have previously called on Congress to increase the mutual fire assistance program with an additional $1.5 billion over years. previous. With the federal budget already stretched, will we also find ourselves in crisis on the funding side? $1.5 billion is a lot of money, but this won’t be enough and even the Air National Guards have increased budgets for phoschec firefighting. The National Forest Service and the Department of the Interior are also expecting a big fire season, and all the agencies that are going to fight this season’s fires are preparing for the inevitable.

Last year the states were hit hard in many states, the most notable being California and Arizona, this year much of the fresh water supply is expected to be used to fight the big guys, leaving less water for car washes, farmers and people. verify;

[http://www.firewise.org/pubs/peak_fire_seasons]

I have written an eBook if you are interested in helping you start a “Neighborhood Arson Fire Watch Program”. It’s free and you can download it if you want:

http://www.lancewinslow.org/arsonwatch.pdf

Be prepared for a potentially troublesome fire season in the summer of 2005. Think about this and about ways you can conserve water, prevent fires, and take action if the time comes. Thanks for thinking of this.