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This propublica story has a lot of detail on the fires. They estimate that there are ~20 million acres overdue for burn and the fires this year are burning abou
by ALittleLight 6y ago
This propublica story has a lot of detail on the fires. They estimate that there are ~20 million acres overdue for burn and the fires this year are burning about a million acres. If I understood it correctly a million acres burning a year is about what's required for stasis, but the 20 million acre backlog will need to be burned too.
https://www.propublica.org/article/they-know-how-to-prevent-megafires-why-wont-anybody-listen/ https://www.propublica.org/article/they-know-how-to-prevent-...
- reissbaker 6y agoAt this point over 3 million acres [1] have burned in CA alone. So, seems like some of the 20 million acre backlog is getting burned through this year. 1: https://www.fire.ca.gov/daily-wildfire-report/ https://www.fire.ca.gov/daily-wildfire-report/
- joe_the_user 6y agoOK, so in three equivalent years, 50% of what needs to go will be gone - and that will give "herd immunity" to the unburned parts - 'till those get large again, say in 5 more years.