CalFire has announced that due to weather indications for thunderstorms and concerns about the fire season being off to an early start, the state fire agency will begin staffing their watch towers. Volunteers are getting ready to staff look out towers like Mount Howell Look Out Tower in Placer County as forecasters expect thunderstorms in the high sierra Thursday. Lightning is notorious for starting wildfires and this year has been responsible for several devastating fires across the country. According to CalFire’s Amador El Dorado Unit Public Information Officer Tobie Edmonds there will be no impact for either the Mt Zion Tower or the Blue Mountain Tower. This applies only to towers in the higher elevations.