Welcome to the "Age of the Megafires"

I turned on the news Sunday evening to watch Southern California burn. Then I watched 60 Minutes to find out why. Last nights' edition was of particular interest us SoCalsters: How we are living in the age of megafires thanks to a combination of our 100 years of history putting out anything that burns and global warming, which makes fire season even worse. One of the long-time fire fighters noted that in just the three decades he's been doing this the fire season has lengthened two months due to earlier spring, less rain/snowfall and warmer temperatures.

Last fire season was the worst in recorded history. This year is already a close second, with two months to go. More than eight million acres have burned this year already. The men and women facing the flames are elite federal firefighters called "Hotshots."

And this was produced before current fires broke out this weekend.

This is sobering information considering how hundreds of thousands of people from San Diego to Santa Clarita have been evacuated by out of control fires that threaten to turn into the worst megafire we've seen yet. Perhaps now the connection between climate change and bad things will start to become clear as American lives, homes and property are lost.

Yeah, I'd like to hear the spin from the Competitive Enterprise Institute, which is the chief climate change denier.