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The wildfires burning in the Southwest are bad but 'not unprecedented'

Kirk Siegler

May 16, 2022

In this photo provided by the New Mexico National Guard, a New Mexico National Guard Aviation UH-60 Black Hawk flies as part of firefighting efforts, dropping thousands of gallons of water with Bambi buckets from the air on the Calf Canyon/Hermits Peak fire in northern New Mexico on Sunday, May, 1. (New Mexico National Guard via AP)

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