Apparently no documented megafires occurred in California before 1970, according to NASA: https://climate.nasa.gov/blog/2830/six-trends-to-know-about-fire-seas

Apparently no documented megafires occurred in California before 1970, according to NASA: https://climate.nasa.gov/blog/2830/six-trends-to-know-about-fire-season-in-the-western-us/ https://climate.nasa.gov/blog/2830/six-trends-to-know-about-... While yes, the earth is unpredictable and humans should aim to be adaptable, if we have identified trends that look dangerous then ideally we want a political and value system that rewards steering away from them.