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To: Elmer Flugum who wrote (2678)	8/30/2003 7:37:20 PM
From: Raymond Duray	Read Replies (1) of 36918

Len, Regarding the figure on lightning strikes, here's what my original post on the subject stated: Lightning starts about 15 percent of wildfires, according to the National Interagency Fire Center. People start the rest. [[RGD Note: The concluding two sentences are either disinformation or else this reporter is incredibly ill-informed. The NIFC site specifically says "most wildfires are caused by dry lightning in western states" nifc.gov]] I dispute the 15% figure for lightening caused fires. East of the Cascades and west of Denver, lightening causes at least 2/3 of all fires. The Forest Services "Smokey the Bear" campaign about "only you can prevent forest fires" is one of the longest running examples of government disinformation that I know of. :)

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