> So the reason that California cut back on controlled burns? Because due to the factors described above, controlled burns very quickly become massive, uncontro

> So the reason that California cut back on controlled burns? Because due to the factors described above, controlled burns very quickly become massive, uncontrolled conflagrations. Yeah what a disaster a massive, uncontrolled burn would be. > But you know what's really unbelievable? Someone who doesn't know diddly squat about what they're talking about who thinks they know better than the people who actually have to deal with this on a regular basis. Your righteous indignation falls pretty flat when there is plain evidence that they are doing a bad job. Here is a list of the 20 largest CA fires https://www.fire.ca.gov/communications/downloads/fact_sheets/Top20_Acres.pdf https://www.fire.ca.gov/communications/downloads/fact_sheets... 19 are from the last 50 years, 16 in the last 20. How many more hundreds of thousands of acres have to burn before the approach is changed?