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Forget 'What are your strengths and weaknesses?' If you want to get the real dope on prospective employees, ask job candidates these seven questions.

I briefly talked about last week, so today I thought I would elaborate on that. I had the chance to speak with Delta's SVP-New York Gail Grimmett on what they've been doing. My biggest question was . . . what does it mean to "win" New York?

Even smart people make financial moves that are downright illogical. Emotions and superstitions have a sneaky way of keeping you from rational financial decisions. But dumb choices can have serious, real-world consequences. Here are some of the biggest blunders we all make, plus tips from the experts on how to keep cool.

NOAAWatch - Fire Weather / Wildfires
NOAA Information on Fire Weather

• Critical Fire Weather Area in Southern California
  A critical area for wildfires is forecast for interior southern California west of the coastal range, due to low humidity and strong offshore winds this morning.
• Critical Areas for Wildfires
  Critical areas for wildfires are forecast across southern Arizona and southern California today.
• Critical Fire Weather
  There are critical fire weather areas today for Arizona and western New Mexico, as well as an area of southern California in the vicinity of the San Gabriel and San Bernardino Mountains.
• California Wildfires
  The Sheep Creek Wildfire, about 40 miles northeast of Los Angeles in the San Gabriel mountains has burned 7,500 acres and was 20% contained as of Monday afternoon. The resort town of Wrightwood remains under a mandatory evacuation order. Three structures have been destroyed with 2000 threatened. Cooler temperatures and calmer winds are helping the containment effort. There are no other critical fire weather areas today.
• Wildfires in the West
  The Sheep Creek wildfire in the San Bernardino National Forest near the community of Lytle Creek began Saturday afternoon. No deaths or injuries have been reported. On Sunday, the California Governor declared a state of emergency in San Bernardino County. As of Sunday afternoon, the fire had burned over 3500 acres and was 10% contained. Approximately 5000 people have been under a mandatory evacuation order in Wrightwood, California. In Arizona, an escaped prescribed burn was threatening the community of Williams, Arizona, and led to evacuations. Some residents remained away from their homes for another day. The fire scorched about 1,000 acres by Sunday.
• Critical Fire Areas for Saturday
  A critical fire weather area has been declared for portions of southern and central Nevada, eastern California, and southwestern Utah due to strong winds and low relative humidity. In addition, red flag warnings are in effect for most of southern and central Nevada and southwestern Utah.
• Critical Area for Wildfires
  Critical areas for wildfires are forecast across the southern California Coastal Ranges, far Southeastern Colorado, far Southwestern Kansas, the Oklahoma Panhandle, Northern Texas Panhandle, and Central New Mexico. The primary conditions setting this up are strong winds, low relative humidity, and abnormal dryness.
• Critical Areas for Wildfires
  Critical areas for wildfires are forecast across the southern California Coastal Ranges, Northern Arizona the Four Corners Region, and Southeastern Colorado, Eastern New Mexico, and the Western Oklahoma Texas pan handles.
• Western Wildfires
  Large wildfires are reported in California, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington and Wyoming. A wildfire in Yellowstone National Park has closed a portion of the main road through the park, but no visitors are in danger. Elsewhere, critical fire weather areas exist today due to recent dryness, low humidity and strong winds across central and southern Nevada, Utah, northwestern Arizona, and central and southern Wyoming.
• Critical Areas for Wildfires
  Critical areas for wildfires exist for central and eastern Oregon, northeastern California, and northwestern Nevada due to strong winds, low relative humidity, and abnormal dryness to severe drought. Red Flag Warnings are in effect for parts of northern California, Oregon, and Nevada.
• Critical Fire Areas
  A critical fire weather area has been declared for eastern Montana, northeastern Wyoming, western and southern South Dakota, and northern Nebraska due to dry conditions, strong winds and low relative humidity. In addition, red flag warnings are in effect for southwest Wyoming, south central California and the leeward areas of Hawaii.
• Critical Fire Areas
  A critical fire weather area has been declared for central and eastern Montana due to dry conditions, strong winds and low relative humidity. In addition, red flag warnings are in effect from northeast Washington to the western Dakotas, portions of Wyoming, southern Idaho, and south central California.
• Critical California Fire Areas
  Critical areas for wildfires are forecast across southern California due to moderate Santa Ana winds combined with 100 degree temperatures and low relative humidity.
• Critical Fire Weather Areas Today
  There are critical fire weather areas today for inland southern California, northern California northward to southern Washington, and portions of northwest Arizona into southeast California. Red flag warnings are in effect for much of the West Coast due to gusty winds, unseasonably warm temperatures, and very low relative humidity.
• Wildfires
  The wildfire in the forest north of Los Angeles was nearly 93% contained on Sunday. Fire crews dropped 80,000 gallons of water on the fire in anticipation of hot, dry winds moving into the area this week. The fire has destroyed 89 homes and scorched nearly 281 square miles. Critical wildfire areas are identified for the Columbia Gorge into northern California and for inland Los Angeles and Ventura Counties, and the mountains of Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo.
• Critical Fire Areas
  A critical fire weather area has been declared for western North Dakota, northwestern South Dakota and far eastern Montana. Gusty southeasterly winds of 15-25 MPH along with temperatures into the upper 80's and lower 90's will result in relative humidity values into the 10-15 percent range.
• Wild Fire Danger
  High fire danger exists for northeastern Nevada, northern Utah, and southern Idaho due to dry thunderstorms.
• Critical Fire Areas
  A critical fire weather area has been declared for portions of central and northern California into southern Oregon due to the threat of dry thunderstorms. Fuel conditions are expected to be very receptive to lightning ignition.
• California Wildfires Continue
  A fatal wildfire burning north of Los Angeles grew to more than twice the size of California's capital Tuesday evening. The Station fire is now double the size of Sacramento. The Station fire has burned for nearly two weeks and has charred 160,357 acres, making it the eighth-largest wildfire in California since 1932. About 4,700 firefighters are battling the blaze and hope to fully contain the fire by September 15. There are no other critical areas for wildfires today.
• Critical fire weather area in the West
  An upper level trough is forecast to continue progressing eastward into the Pacific Northwest on Saturday and will be accompanied by a surface cold front. Thunderstorms are expected to occur ahead of the trough over much of the Intermountain West and Desert Southwest.Critical fire weather conditions will be possible with gusty winds and low relative humidity ahead of the surface cold front over northeastern California, northwestern Nevada, and southeastern Oregon.
• Wildfires in Hawaii and Los Angeles
  A wildfire on Molokai has burned 8000 acres since Saturday and is currently at 80% containment. It may affect residential areas near the town of Kawela today. The fire started in the mountains near Kaunakakai. The fire has spread to the Molokai Forest Reserve where 400 acres were burned.An apiary in Kapa'akea was burned causing $20,000 in damage and $18,000 in lost honey. In California, moisture moved into the area yesterday allowing humidity to increase. Onshore flow with cooler temperatures and even higher humidity should bring improved conditions to the ongoing fires in California at the end of the week. As of Wednesday afternoon Station Fire - Current acres - 140,150, Containment - 22%, Mill Flat Fire - Current acres - 11,180, Containment - 10%
• California Wildfires
  The Station Fire grew to cover nearly 128,000 acres on Tuesday, almost all in the steep and rugged areas of the Angeles National Forest north of Los Angeles. Firefighters had 22 percent of the fire contained by the end of Tuesday. The fire is