<< If CA had any responsible forest management, these fires aren't out of the ordinary. Yes it was blisteringly hot. But patterns change. A couple of years ago it was cool and rainy. >>
One thing that has not been widely discussed that was an important cause of recent fires. Dry lightning storms. Thousands of lightning strikes with little rain to accompany it. It caused over 200 fires. This year, the dry lightning came after some minor heat waves. We seldom get lightning, even less often without rain, even less often after heat waves. This combination might not occur again for hundreds of years.
Morons hyperventilating about eccentric weather. There's all kinds of eccentric ( extreme } weather all over the world every year. May not happen again for hundreds of years. Geologic time scales for climate. We only have 200 years of decent records, "new" stuff happens every year. Weather vs climate.