What is Happening???

Here is a satallite photo of the state I call home going up in flames (the red marks were digitally put there but the smoke is for real). What is the deal with this? We can't go outside because the air quality is so poor. There is ash everywhere, the other day we left our kitchen window open all night on accident and woke up to our kitchen covered in ash. We keep our windows closed all day and it is close to 100 degrees outside. School has been canceled tomorrow, not because of snow or rain, but SMOKE. I tell you we need rain! I'm two seconds from going outside and doing some sort of Indian rain dance around the palm tree in my back yard - so help me bring on the winter weather.