Tornado Alley (PROG)

[DesertDrifter]

my forest, the Modoc, is pretty busy. about a thousand lightning strikes last week, with most resources already committed to the yosemite rim fire. got a splash of rain from the thunderheads so no big problem, just a lot of work to put the snags out before it gets dry enough for them to spread.

By: Punky Moore, Public Affairs Officer, Modoc National Forest

ALTURAS, Calif., Aug. 21, 2013 – Firefighters have been dispatched to new smoke reports this evening near the Timber Mountain area, northwest of Canby on the Doublehead Ranger District. Nearly 1,000 lightning strikes occurred across the Modoc National Forest Wednesday.