Wildfire season

IT'S DEFINITELY NOT FEELING A LOT LIKE DECEMBER.. WITH NEAR RECORD HIGHS AND ZERO MOISTURE ON TAP.. THE STATE IS DRYING UP FAST.. CREWS ARE SCRAMBLING TO PREPARE FOR WHAT COULD BE A SECOND...

>>> MORE THAN A DOZEN WILDFIRES ARE DEVOURING PARTS OF OKLAHOMA. DOZENS OF FAMILIES HAVE LOST THEIR HOMES. MICHAEL SEIDEN FROM AFFILIATE KOCO JOINS US FROM LUTHER, OKLAHOMA....

>> The Texas summer of 2011 saw a record heat wave with no rain for over 60 days creating a virtual tinder box across the state. Analyzing this perilous situation was UT's Center...

THIS AN EMERGENCY. THIS IS WHAT CALIFORNIA'S DROUGHT LOOKS LIKE. THE DRIEST YEAR IN A CENTURY MET A FLAME-FRIENDLY CANVAS FOR THE COLBY FIRE. 1700 ACRES CHARRED, THOUSANDS EVACUATED, 5 HOMES...

Let me just say that on behalf of the Governor and all of us in state operations, our sympathies go out to those who lost property and homes. We know how difficult of a time this can be. We know that...

>> >>ERIK: THE LATEST WUM WEAPON IN SAN DIEGO FIRE FIGHTING IS AN INFRARED CAMERA MOUNTED ON THE BOTTOM OF A PLANE. THE PEEK THROUGH THE CLOUDS OF SMOKE AND SEARCH OUT A...

HOUSES. SO HOW DOES THIS WORK? MARTIN SAVIDGE IS "OUTFRONT." >> Reporter: IN AN UPSCALE, SCORCHED SUBDIVISION A FIRE TEAM DEALS WITH ONE OF THE LAST HOT SPOTS OF THE...

ROB MCCLENDON: WELL EVEN THE BEST PREPERATIONS CAN'T KEEP WILDFIRES AT BAY WHEN OKLAHOMA TURNS TO A CRISPY BROWN. BUT WHAT CAN HELP IS WHAT WE DO AROUND OUR HOMES. EARLIER I VISTED WITH STATE...

>> COMING UP ON TEXAS PARKS & WILDLIFE... >> YOU HAVE TO KEEP MOVING, IT'S A REALLY INTENSE THING BEING OUT THERE, IT'S EXCITING, IT'S SORT...

[music] Most times we have a crew of six to eight, some areas we may have more, some a little less but on the average, six to eight people. And what we do is designate a smoke-and-weather person, we...