The Californians Don't Have 200 Words for Fire

"Whenever these fires are pushed by ... winds, it's a like a blow torch with a hair dryer behind it," said Inspector Sam Padilla of the Los Angeles County Fire Department." (CNN)

For some reason this description stuck with me all morning after reading it. I mean...did he pick such a small metaphor because we're supposed to relate to it? Oh, yeah, like that last time I put a hair dryer behind my blow torch and took out half of Cambridge!