Stunning Pictures - Indeed. It's not a good time for the U.S. Forest Service to ground its fleet of C-130 fire fighting aircraft. Ben, ever consider how wildfires are like the hurricanes of the American West? They don't strike without warning the way earthquakes do. Instead they slowly and often inexhorably advance, and those communities most at risk are those built on the edges of nature, including, sometimes, the most lavish resort homes. At some point evacuations are ordered. Later, people return to pick up the pieces. Of course, we don't yet have the hubris of thinking we can control the course of hurricanes, do we?