Wildfires occur every year and the government and other agencies maintain records of them. This year is not unprecedented, not even close.

For all the talk about 2020's fires being an unprecedented apocalypse (7M acres burned), it's worth noting 2020 is unlikely to surpass 2017's total.

Even if it does, it's still about about 1/5 of the total acreage burned in 1930.

Context matters. H/T @BjornLomborg. pic.twitter.com/x44Ag1l4me

— Jon Miltimore (@miltimore79) September 21, 2020