Originally Posted by stev0

You sure they haven't requested assistance yet? Watching CNN now, firefighters say they don't have nearly enough resources to contain the fires. When Cali was having fire trouble in '03 or '04, I believe they requested assistance pretty early, and in previous years we've had Canadian firefighters and water bombers down there helping out.

This seems a lot worse so far, if they haven't requested assistance yet I don't know what they're waiting for...