<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[Real Science]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[https://stevengoddard.wordpress.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[stevengoddard]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://stevengoddard.wordpress.com/author/stevengoddard/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[Fewest US Forest Fires In Three&nbsp;Decades]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p>The fire season is probably over, with no large fires burning and below normal temperatures in the west. The US had less than 40,000 fires this year &#8211; the smallest number since 1984.</p>
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<p><a href="http://www.nifc.gov/fireInfo/fireInfo_stats_totalFires.html">National Interagency Fire Center</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.nifc.gov/fireInfo/nfn.htm">National Interagency Fire Center</a></p>
<p>In 1938, the US had more than four times as many fires as 2013</p>
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<p><a href="http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/18910142">01 Feb 1939 &#8211; AMERICA&#8217;S FOREST FIRE TOLL</a></p></blockquote>
<p>Obama says that we are having more fires now, because &#8211; as usual &#8211; he has no idea what he is talking about.</p>
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