1. Recent Environmental Events AOS/Geogr/IES 121 9/16/2009

2. California drought– 3 rd year California drought– 3 rd year Can he terminate it? Schwarzenegger to Obama cabinet: Wed Sep 2, 2009 7:33pm EDT By Peter Henderson SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has demanded that President Barack Obama's cabinet rethink federal policy that would divert water from parched farms and cities to threatened fish, his administration said on Wednesday. California's rivers used to brim with salmon and sturgeon, but a massive system of canals diverted water that fed farms and cities, now suffering through a third year of drought. Water... please!

3. Los Angeles County Station Fire A helicopter makes a water drop on the wildfire burning in the mountains northeast of Los Angeles in Azusa Canyon Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2009 in Azusa, Calif. (AP Photo/Los Angeles Times, Irfan Khan) Left: Station Fire near Los Angeles airport - one of the worst in memory - and more to come - by Jaimito Cartero.Jaimito Cartero. http://www.buycontacthasbegun.com/subscribe.html

4. Station Fire in Los Angeles MODIS images of LA Station fire (NASA)

5. How about this? Several massive wildfires were raging across southern California over the weekend of October 25, 2003. Whipped by the hot, dry Santa Ana winds that blow toward the coast from interior deserts, at least one fire grew 10,000 acres in just 6 hours. (NASA)