The U.S. Continues To Burn

The image, from 2012-11-09, comes from here:

http://alg.umbc.edu/usaq/images/currenthms_20121109.jpg

As you can see, the bulk of the fires are along the West Coast in central California and extending north into Canada, and along the Gulf Coast extending toward the northeast. The oceanic 'dead zones' are the reason, as they are now surely pluming deadly and highly flammable hydrogen sulfide. The two big sources for the gas emissions are most likely the dead zones in the Gulf of Mexico, and the large dead zone called the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, in the Pacific Ocean to the west of California. The winds will blow the hydrogen sulfide released from these two large anoxic areas to the areas you see burning on that map. By examining the areas where fires are hitting hard, you can pretty much tell where you're most likely to drop dead from poisoning or have your brain destroyed by hydrogen sulfide's neurotoxic effects, or burn of course, if you're in the continental United States.