And unfortunately, that crystal ball prepared by the experts turned out to be right. We had a record 2.5 million acres burned this summer. Well, We broke the 2 million acre [burned] last summer. 2.5 million acres this summer. Wasn't that long ago when a million acres would have been an extraordinarily horrific fire year. Forest burning, grasslands burning, more lightning strikes, more wind, more drought, more dryness, hotter temperatures. (00:55–00:59)
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Asserts that more than 2 million acres burned in Oregon the previous summer.
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