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> the fire services has shown itself not capable of containing the blazes You realize how large these fires are, right? It is an incredible achievement that th
by wcarron 7y ago
> the fire services has shown itself not capable of containing the blazes
You realize how large these fires are, right? It is an incredible achievement that they are contained even a little bit. These fires can be so large and burn so hot that they create their own weather patterns over hundreds, even thousands of square miles.
Saying "fire service has show itself not capable of containing" fires is nearly as ignorant as blaming beach life guards for being "incapable of containing a hurricane storm surge"
- neuronflux 7y agoAnd yet, that's the job of fire fighters. Lifeguards don't contain storms...
- dfsegoat 7y agoI beg to differ: Fire services saved my town just last month when the largest fire in our counties history was set to erase it from the map. They can make a stand where they need to if they have time. Source: "Inside the fight to save Windsor from the Kincade Fire" [1] 1 - https://www.pressdemocrat.com/news/10278596-181/inside-the-fight-to-save https://www.pressdemocrat.com/news/10278596-181/inside-the-f...