This year there have been more than 5,000 wildfires in California. Historically, these wildfires would burn without causing much damage. But that's not the case any longer. In addition to the State's arid weather and high winds, people are ever more residing deep into wilderness areas that are susceptible to wildfires.<p>As firefighters work hard to stop these fires, others are developing technologies to forecast them. One such technology is WIFIRE, a supercomputer that combines "real-time weather" info along with "known fire corridors" and other data to forecast wildfires. This is reported in a 11/4/19, WSJ article.<p>What am I wondering is if startups are coming up with technologies to solve CA's wildfire issues? Certainly, residents and local, state and Federal governments would be eager for any solutions.