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> And they blame the CA gov for stopping controlled fires in the last couple of years This is what is crazy to me. Growing up in the Midwest, we always had co
by dmoy 5y ago
> And they blame the CA gov for stopping controlled fires in the last couple of years
This is what is crazy to me. Growing up in the Midwest, we always had controlled burns on extended family's rural farmland near forests, to prevent future wildfires. It was a regular occurrence
Looking up how absolutely little CA does for controlled burns compared to the Midwest and Southeast was an insane eye opener to me.
Florida alone does like 50x the amount of controlled burns than CA.
Minnesota, which is tiny by comparison, does more controlled burns than CA (or at least used to within the last few years)
- sharkmerry 5y agoMinnesota is 50% of the land mass of California and 1/8 the population. easier to burn with less people affected CA, also is largely federal forests. Not sure how florida compares to that.
- etc-hosts 5y agoThe multi year drought probably influences number of controlled burns in CA