is changing. although, it has always changed. weatherman is the direct result, or how much that result is is still being disputed. in the case of the forest fires, it is clear. temperatures are higher, the season is longer, the drought condition has elevated bit. you cannot ignore the condition of the forest itself. too many dead and dying trees, too much fuel, and active management is a better stewardship. responsibility and action, rather than sitting there, year after year, wasting billions of dollars. in businesses, there are millions of forest feet rotting when we are importing lumber in this country. that is unacceptable. neil: what i am asking, i know that you are trying to fight this, but your fire prevention budget has been cut. the administration budget has been cut. it does put you in an odd
we always think about water coming in from the gulf and the atlantic ocean, sure that can happen, but it can also come in from on the eastern side of the storm because of the southerly winds we ve had water coming in through mississippi, 3.2 feet. that s already happening. again, the forecast has been anywhere from 5 to 7 feet. so the worst of it happening right now and will continue for the next couple of hours. as far as the winds, that wind field will diminish dramatically within the next four to six hours because the storm is making landfall, and it will be the last landfall. obviously it s making its way up to the north, the wind will begin to diminish and then we re dealing with a rain event the next few days. a drought condition across the eastern u.s., so this will be beneficial rainfall. it s going to be a bumpy next
being placed in parts of texas. we ever seen the rainfall and flooding going out here and the images on the scene. psych that the watches are in affect for texas. we have flash flood warnings in affect and then we still have significant rainfall in the forecast. some areas could see up to foot of additional rain to what they have received. we have the drought condition itself in place, and we need to rain. the problem is that we re getting too much in a short amount of time and seeing the images of significant flooding across texas. stay safe out there. meanwhile across mexico there s bracing for the impact from hurricane patricia and winds now at 200 miles an hour with the land fall forecast. as we go to later today and the over night hours, we re looking at impacts here with the very heavy rain and damage errongero okay. thank you. well, he is in wisconsin and
officials say the butte fire that burned more than 70,000 acres and now 40% contained and they are hoping rain later today helps them make more progress. maria is live and we talk todeda cal fire official and they said rain can bring wind which is challenging for us. what does the weather pattern look like? i think the worst would be low humidity, dry and strong gusty winds. but his concern is with some storms we could get winds that could spread the fires. we don t want that. and lightning is certainly dangerous out here across parts of the western u.s. where we have drought condition and dry, tinder conditions out here across many states. the butte fire is expecting cooler temperatures and that is welcome news. the winds shouldn t be too much
damage. driving rain keeping drivers on their toes, the rain opened a sinkhole in the road. but all the rain, indra petersons is about to tell us, could be a good thing because of the drought condition that california is dealing with. is that true? it s a good thing, it s going to help the drought, they ve had such a shortage of water, it will take more rain than this to recover. you never want this much rain in just one storm. many places in southern california, this is the biggest storm they ve seen in nine months it looks like a little breather. here s the first storm pulling away, notice the big moisture source separated from the storm. there is another storm making its way in, most likely just affecting northern california through the weekend. either way, more rainfall expected to impact the region. everyone has been asking, it was so cold in november, is this what we re expecting as we go through december, no. take a look at november, all the cold air going down into the southe