Global warming - two words that can ignite a social firestorm today the way that "interracial marriage" did in the 1970s. Ironic, because global warming is also causing literal firestorms in California at the moment. Now some people would say that my second sentence isn't correct, because California has fires every year. Seriously, Katfrog, why blame climate change for this year's fires? First, the current Blue Cut fire burst in on Tuesday, burning too fast and too hot for the firefighting operations to keep up for two days. So far this fire has burned over 30,000 acres and as of now it's only 25 % or so contained. This is only one out of the 3,874 wildfires that have burned California in 2016. Second, the traditional Southern California brush fire season doesn't start until the hot Santa Ana winds arrive this fall. But, I digress. Effects of global warming have, are, and will continue to devastate different parts of the world. In the U.S. alon