This is a map that I found today when looking for current hazards and it's from http://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/cmb/hazards/2011/09/tx-fire-danger-map-09-05-2011.png showing Texas' daily fire danger. The blue and the green indicate areas of low or moderate danger which you can see there are very few sections and the dark red shows extremely high chances of fire and the light red and yellow are still very high and high. You can also see how many of Texas' large cities and weather stations are located in the areas under extreme concern. The fires are as a result of strong winds from Tropical Storm Lee, record heat, drought, low humidity and lack of rain and all of these factors combined have created dozens of fires including the most destructive in Texas history.
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