This is my biggest fear, but it's also inevitable and overdue. After the original logging of a hundred years ago, western Washington is back to critical mass for another fire. Add to that the increasingly dryer climate and you've got a catastrophe within the next decade.

OP isn't trying to say the firefighters are stupid. It's just stupid to say this is a "mild" season for fires when there's so much burning this late in the year. It may be mild in acreage, but it's not mild in terms of amount and duration of smoke on populated areas.