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So you don't believe the fiery hellscape that is California in 2018 is climate related at all?

Weather is not climate. Natural disaster is not climate.

Changes in average precipitation rates is climate, and california's fire season is now year-round.

Please reread the guidelines. Intentional obtuseness is not conducive to healthy discussion.

+ The 5 warmest years on record have been in the 2010s

+ The 20 warmest years on record have been since 1995

We're already experiencing it.

I live in British Columbia and for the past 3 summers have had to spend at least all of August indoors with doors and windows sealed shut due to the dangerous levels of particulates in the air. I am already experiencing it.

Particulates – is that smoke from forest fires caused by hot dry weather?

More or less. The fires are caused mostly by lightening and dry winds (some human caused too) by also contributed to by a lot of fuel from overly wet spring followed by dry hot summer.

A small increase in temperature results in a significant increase in lightening which is the big worry.