The math is not mathing for the fires in Maui - 2 of 2
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I am in Alaska and lightening does start fires here, usually far away from most of large cities, but we have had a few that have come close to taking out small towns. We have been so cold and wet this year though no lightening and as far as I know no major fires.
Lightning strikes are common ways for fires to start but keep in mind that it requires a lot of unique conditions.
But is that near the coast? I wonder about lightning starting fires WELL inland (100s of miles from any coast, and well north of Canada-US border)
Sorry about that :) (but there is a reason hurricanes form in the tropics, and thunderstorms are common in the tropics; you HAVE to have humid air to form thunderstorms)