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Australia is burning every year. The main reason why it's burning so much right now is that not enough prescribed burns were done earlier in the season.

bamboozled 7y ago
The reason it’s burning so much now is it’s hotter and drier than before? I can’t imagine prescribed burns would’ve made it rain and stopped the temperature from reaching 48.9 in Sydney, can you ?
- lazyjones 7y ago
  Prescribed burns reduce the amount of fuel available for wildfires, so logically the fires will be less severe if they are taken care of. It's an essential, if not the most essential part of wildfire prevention.
anotherevan 7y ago
Although the following links focus on the recent, "It's all the greenies fault," rhetoric that has been sweeping through Facebook and other places the last couple of days, it does also provide information about hazard reduction burns from people who work in the field (AKA experts). https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/nov/12/is-there-really-a-green-conspiracy-to-stop-bushfire-hazard-reduction https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/nov/12/is-th... https://nitter.net/jagungal1/status/1212937426034782208 https://nitter.net/jagungal1/status/1212937426034782208
- lazyjones 7y ago
  Another source: https://www.smh.com.au/national/prescribed-burning-key-to-controlling-fires-20191129-p53f9o.html https://www.smh.com.au/national/prescribed-burning-key-to-co... ''Fire captain Brian Williams, 73, vice-president of the Volunteer Fire Fighters Association, supports the prescribed burn argument. He spoke after a 12-hour night shift fighting the Three Mile fire burning north-east of Wiseman's Ferry. Mr Williams said: "The hazard-approval process is what is stuffing the whole process. "It is bogged down by green [environmental] and red tape which makes getting approval for a prescribed burn a very slow and complex process. "They have introduced a system that makes it virtually impossible to manage the bush in a sustainable way. I am just one of thousands of volunteers out there who are frustrated."''

bamboozled 7y ago

The reason it’s burning so much now is it’s hotter and drier than before? I can’t imagine prescribed burns would’ve made it rain and stopped the temperature from reaching 48.9 in Sydney, can you ?

lazyjones 7y ago
Prescribed burns reduce the amount of fuel available for wildfires, so logically the fires will be less severe if they are taken care of. It's an essential, if not the most essential part of wildfire prevention.

anotherevan 7y ago

Although the following links focus on the recent, "It's all the greenies fault," rhetoric that has been sweeping through Facebook and other places the last couple of days, it does also provide information about hazard reduction burns from people who work in the field (AKA experts). https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/nov/12/is-there-really-a-green-conspiracy-to-stop-bushfire-hazard-reduction https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/nov/12/is-th... https://nitter.net/jagungal1/status/1212937426034782208 https://nitter.net/jagungal1/status/1212937426034782208

lazyjones 7y ago
Another source: https://www.smh.com.au/national/prescribed-burning-key-to-controlling-fires-20191129-p53f9o.html https://www.smh.com.au/national/prescribed-burning-key-to-co... ''Fire captain Brian Williams, 73, vice-president of the Volunteer Fire Fighters Association, supports the prescribed burn argument. He spoke after a 12-hour night shift fighting the Three Mile fire burning north-east of Wiseman's Ferry. Mr Williams said: "The hazard-approval process is what is stuffing the whole process. "It is bogged down by green [environmental] and red tape which makes getting approval for a prescribed burn a very slow and complex process. "They have introduced a system that makes it virtually impossible to manage the bush in a sustainable way. I am just one of thousands of volunteers out there who are frustrated."''