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> This leads to an unprecedented amount of fuel built up on the forest floor Everybody forgets the second part. Unprecedent amount of fuel AND WATER. Forest s

> This leads to an unprecedented amount of fuel built up on the forest floor Everybody forgets the second part. Unprecedent amount of fuel AND WATER. Forest soil is a sponge plenty of fungus, tender roots, moss, and roundworms. This means that there is a lot of water in the soil also (and that each year there is more water in the area until is fireproof). Plant tissues store water also. Rainforests do not burn spontaneously. There is a net of streams and it rains. Maybe just once in a blue moon a lightning strikes here and there. When this happens it rains each day at 17h, therefore is a self-contained event. Ancien forests do not burn. Gasoline soaked trees yes, they burn.

outworlder 6y ago
You are definitely not talking about California weather.
- pvaldes 6y ago
  Ok, but California is the home of one of the biggest slugs in the planet, of the second tallest tree, and of newts that climb trees. We should think about it. Definitely the place has potential to be much more humid. We can apply measures to make buildings less fire prone We can apply measures to make structures less fire prone also And we definitely can release tons of water from planes after a fire. So let me propose something, why If we would do the same before a fire?. What if instead to suck and sell all water from the environment we would fix and respect a minimum ecological level of water instead and give its part to the forest?. If the water level descends over a minimum, just provide some water in patches or rings. We would need to pay the same bill from bomber services but we would save the money lost by fire damages. Looks like a win-win situation to me.
URSpider94 6y ago
That may be true in rain forests. It's not true in the forests here in California, which dries out almost entirely over the course of the long, hot summer (it often doesn't rain from April to November).

outworlder 6y ago

You are definitely not talking about California weather.

pvaldes 6y ago
Ok, but California is the home of one of the biggest slugs in the planet, of the second tallest tree, and of newts that climb trees. We should think about it. Definitely the place has potential to be much more humid. We can apply measures to make buildings less fire prone We can apply measures to make structures less fire prone also And we definitely can release tons of water from planes after a fire. So let me propose something, why If we would do the same before a fire?. What if instead to suck and sell all water from the environment we would fix and respect a minimum ecological level of water instead and give its part to the forest?. If the water level descends over a minimum, just provide some water in patches or rings. We would need to pay the same bill from bomber services but we would save the money lost by fire damages. Looks like a win-win situation to me.

URSpider94 6y ago

That may be true in rain forests. It's not true in the forests here in California, which dries out almost entirely over the course of the long, hot summer (it often doesn't rain from April to November).