Sure, it's dry here right now

Did you know there are several wildfires burning at this very moment on the North American continent?

Here's a list:

--Gladiator Wildfire
Arizona State Forestry Division - State Office
Arizona, USA
Active 14,963

--Hewlett Fire Wildfire
Arapaho & Roosevelt National Forests/Pawnee National Grassland
Colorado, USA
Active 7,685

--Whitewater Wildfire
Gila National Forest
New Mexico, USA
Active 985

--Collins Wildfire
Coronado National Forest, Arizona, USA
Active 50

--Sunflower Fire Wildfire
Tonto National Forest, Arizona, USA
Active 16,115

--Baldy Fire Wildfire
Gila National Forest, New Mexico, USA
Active 4,000

--Bull Flat Fire Wildfire
Fort Apache Agency, Arizona, USA
Active 2,145

--Highway 1 Wildfire
Superior National Forest, Minnesota, USA
Active 175 1 day ago

Then, not to be done there, as though that's not enough, there's a wildfire in Canada now, too:

Kirkland Lake, Ont. forest fire forces 300 from homes

Natural Resources officials say the fire broke out Sunday morning and by Monday had consumed more than 20 square kilometres of forest.

My point?

If it is, in fact, a rather long, hot, dry Summer, the way some meteorologists have forecasted, it may be a rough one.

A really rough one.

Here's hoping it's not.

(I'd say pray for rain but when Texas Governor Rick Perry did that with a group last year, things only got much worse).

Links: http://www.kpho.com/story/18568191/gladiator-fire-claims-2-more-structures; http://inciweb.org/; http://www.nifc.gov/nicc/sitreprt.pdf; http://www.ctv.ca/CTVNews/Canada/20120521/kirkland-lake-forest-fire-120521/