fire. then there s our country, the suffering going on in california specially. underscoring the often discordant custom of naming western fires after their place of origin, it s a fire oddly called, dixie, that is done the most damage. it s already the second largest in california history, it s burned half 1 million acres, an area so large almost defies description, it is not under control tonight. it is one of 107 western fires currently burning. with a heat wave on the way this week, because we all inhabit the same planet. these fires have already given the skies on the east coast of brown tint, as of weeks ago. the government continues to track the smoke as it hops the jet stream east, and blocks out the sun as it comes east. well western wildfires are not new, unhinged fires like these