The only effective check on grass and brush fires is rain. If the level of rainfall is below normal for an extended p...
JazzyJuly 27, 2023
Answer E
"Grass and brush fires that are not caused by human negligence or arson tend to be started by lightning."
My reading was: if a major cause of fires is lightning, and lightning accompanies rain, so periods of severe drought, which does not have lightning, does not have a major cause of fires. Hence less damage by such fire.
Did I go beyond common sense here?
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I think you may have. Lightning doesn't necessarily have to be accompanied by rain, and even if it is, the fact that there is rain doesn't really help explain why the brush fires during drought are less damaging than those during wetter periods.
