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California firefighters watch a backfire on a hillside in Jamul, Calif., Tuesday, October 23, 2007.
Thursday, Oct. 25, 2007

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  • Bryan Walsh
  • Fierce winds and years of drought put the torch to hundreds of square miles in California and displace nearly a million people. How we got here and what — if anything — we can do
Photo: Rick Bowmer / AP | Source: Fierce winds and years of drought put the torch to hundreds of square miles in California and displace nearly a million people. How we got here and what--if anything--we can do