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I think it's time we consider it to be climate change driven.
Bat Signal For Harry Johnson. :Flipoff2:
Bat Signal For Harry Johnson. :Flipoff2:
I think it's time we consider it to be climate change driven.
Bat Signal For Harry Johnson. :Flipoff2:
Gavin fucking Newsom.![]()
Whether or not you believe climate change is the cause, you can not deny there is a huge lack of preparation for this. If climate change has been on CA's agenda for over a decade, then they know the chance of wildfire is increased. But the funding to prevent and fight these fires goes to dumb shit like that goddamn 63 BILLION DOLLAR train to Fresno or paying for trannies to get their wieners cut off.
They still have not fixed the failing dams. The roads are still fucked. Public schools are dogshit. The state is burning to the goddamn ground.
Who is running this shitshow? Gavin fucking Newsom.![]()
I think it's time we consider it to be climate change driven.
Bat Signal For Harry Johnson. :Flipoff2:
Did we used to have so many fires back in the days when logging wasn't heavily regulated?
Now that's a dumb question we ALL know the answer too!
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I think it's time we consider it to be climate change driven.
If you've spent a lot of time in the woods, you'd know that it's really not that simple. They are logging damn near year round near me. A 5 year old tree plant burns just as well as thick brush.
They tried a shaded fuel reduction(where they leave enough trees to try and make a canopy) right behind my house and the brush still grew 8-12' tall.
I can't really speak for the santa cruz fire, because I don't know the area, but a lot of the fire near Vacaville and lake county is just brush and oak tree, never has or will be any logging in most of that area.
There is no simple solution to fires in CA, imo. We get a ton of rain in 3-4 months and then 8 months of hot and dry. So lots of fuel.
This was all started by weather. 12k lighting strikes in 2 days, I mean fuck.
The bad fires that have taken out 1000s of structures were late season and beyond when we normally get rain. I don't believe in the climate change agenda, but you Can't deny the weather is shifting.
Basically, in a nut shell, God hates CA
If you've spent a lot of time in the woods, you'd know that it's really not that simple. They are logging damn near year round near me. A 5 year old tree plant burns just as well as thick brush.
They tried a shaded fuel reduction(where they leave enough trees to try and make a canopy) right behind my house and the brush still grew 8-12' tall.
I can't really speak for the santa cruz fire, because I don't know the area, but a lot of the fire near Vacaville and lake county is just brush and oak tree, never has or will be any logging in most of that area.
There is no simple solution to fires in CA, imo. We get a ton of rain in 3-4 months and then 8 months of hot and dry. So lots of fuel.
This was all started by weather. 12k lighting strikes in 2 days, I mean fuck.
The bad fires that have taken out 1000s of structures were late season and beyond when we normally get rain. I don't believe in the climate change agenda, but you Can't deny the weather is shifting.
Basically, in a nut shell, God hates CA
If you've spent a lot of time in the woods, you'd know that it's really not that simple. They are logging damn near year round near me. A 5 year old tree plant burns just as well as thick brush.
They tried a shaded fuel reduction(where they leave enough trees to try and make a canopy) right behind my house and the brush still grew 8-12' tall.
I can't really speak for the santa cruz fire, because I don't know the area, but a lot of the fire near Vacaville and lake county is just brush and oak tree, never has or will be any logging in most of that area.
There is no simple solution to fires in CA, imo. We get a ton of rain in 3-4 months and then 8 months of hot and dry. So lots of fuel.
This was all started by weather. 12k lighting strikes in 2 days, I mean fuck.
The bad fires that have taken out 1000s of structures were late season and beyond when we normally get rain. I don't believe in the climate change agenda, but you Can't deny the weather is shifting.
Basically, in a nut shell, God hates CA
I'm not familiar with many of the areas in CA where the fires are burning but in my neck of the woods; Every clearcut is a fire break, maintained logging roads provide much better access to fight fires when they do occur and are also firebreaks, especially if they are on or near ridge tops. Loggers are usually the first to respond to fires because they are already in the woods, if they are allowed to log. Logging provides funds for forest management which can help in preparing for lightning caused fires foresters can be hired to analyze problem areas and proactively thin heavy fuel loads and other preventative actions. Logging is good for the forests if balanced, sensible processes are used. Regardless of the cause of dry seasons, continuing with the status quo regarding forest policy is a loser.
As far a climate change. Is it real? Absolutely, no question. The climate is always fucking changing, since the invention of climate. Has the last 150 year of human existence had an effect on the worldwide climate? Probably, I mean how could it not have at least some effect.
IIRC, the first episode of "One Strange Rock" on Netflix, describes the so called climate change pretty well.
I'm not saying I'm educated on the matter, but Earth has been adapting to all sorts of climate change for a long time. The planet is fine.
Whether or not you believe climate change is the cause, you can not deny there is a huge lack of preparation for this. If climate change has been on CA's agenda for over a decade, then they know the chance of wildfire is increased. But the funding to prevent and fight these fires goes to dumb shit like that goddamn 63 BILLION DOLLAR train to Fresno or paying for trannies to get their wieners cut off.
They still have not fixed the failing dams. The roads are still fucked. Public schools are dogshit. The state is burning to the goddamn ground.
Who is running this shitshow? Gavin fucking Newsom.![]()
Not sure if you were joking...but this was a real tweet.
To give a little insight to the Santa cruz mountains areas where the fires are... most of the property/lots were given away for free or extremely cheap in the 20s-50s so everyone and thier cousins went up and built little vacation cabins.... fucking everywhere. Every spot they could stuff a little house got built on, hanging off cliffs, built over the river, on top of old land slides, ect. There are hundreds if not thousands of little roads going everywhere they could be built just crammed full of little homes.
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um nope,
they are not the biggest reason for all these fires.
yes they have caused some problems, but you cant blame them for a 400K acre fire that really has few trees
most these fires have nothing to do with politics or whos running the state but people cant help themselves![]()
Since I get all my news here...any word on how we faired with last night's lighting?
And NOBODY talks about the fact that there are 20+million more people in this state than were ever anticipated.
That's a lot more people to be affected, and real estate to get fucked when things go south.
Lets ban cities in desert areas!![]()
Mentioned a year or two back after the Redding/Lake Shasta fire was the effect of invasive weeds. What had been a well devloped fire ecosystem has been wrenched by the invasion of waist to chest high weeds that thoroughly dry out by midsummer and are an incredible fuel load fire ladder threat.