"They also concluded that the main damage from these bombs came from the incendiaries, which were especially dangerous for the forests of the Pacific Northwest.

"They also concluded that the main damage from these bombs came from the incendiaries, which were especially dangerous for the forests of the Pacific Northwest. The winter was the dry season, during which forest fires could turn very destructive and spread easily." Either the climate has changed drastically since 1944, or this is nonsense. For the past 30 years, winter has been the wet season. It rains almost every day for November through April. On the other hand, it hardly ever rains on July and August, and very little in September.