Jesusita fire rages in 100 degree F (38 C) oven conditions and hot, blistering winds

SHOOT: Fire and floods. We will probably see fires becoming a pattern in the same areas as these areas become progressively hotter and drier. California, Australia and the Western Cape region of South Africa all face increasingly tinderbox conditions.
Floods - well these are on the rise too. The 2009 Hurricane Season may demonstrate how quickly this trend (of atmospheric anomaly) is manifesting.

clipped from news.yahoo.com SANTA BARBARA, California (Reuters) – A wildfire that has destroyed dozens of multimillion-dollar homes and injured 10 firefighters burned unchecked through the central California foothills at the edge of Santa Barbara for a third day on Thursday. Already 13,500 people have fled their homes in the hillsides surrounding seaside Santa Barbara, as 1,400 firefighters fought the fire, which was being investigated as an arson. By mid-afternoon on Thursday, the so-called Jesusita fire had charred an estimated 1,300 acres, authorities said, and crews contending with nearly 100-degree F (38 C) temperatures and hot, dry Santa Ana winds made little headway in controlling the flames. "I thought we were going to die," he said. "Until I started seeing those firemen coming in there, I didn't think any human being could be out there."