Some people may love the full sunshine and no precipitation from Mother Nature in September, but it’s not necessarily a good thing.
As Jay Lindemuth, a Fire Forester with the PA Bureau of Forestry explained, “Well we are in a drought right now, here in Northwest Pennsylvania, basically here in Erie County, Crawford, and Warren counties and some have abnormally dry and moderate drought conditions and every day now that the leaves are changing more fuel is falling on the forest floor and what we are referring to as the floor is the leaves and the litter that’s on the forest floor.”
The region could be starting wildfire season early, which leads to the potential of more fires popping up…