It doesn't matter if the flames don't reach to the tips of the largest tree's uppermost branches. These fires burn so hot it kills their roots and even little a

It doesn't matter if the flames don't reach to the tips of the largest tree's uppermost branches. These fires burn so hot it kills their roots and even little animals hiding in their burrows underground. Driving through northern California on my way to Washington, a couple of weeks ago, I could see whole forests are dead where the fires went through. Large trees, scrub, everything.