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Yeah, you're too deep in it. The natural rate of wildfire is about 5x higher than current levels, despite what breathless journalists will push. Check out this
by Brusco_RF 3y ago
Yeah, you're too deep in it.
The natural rate of wildfire is about 5x higher than current levels, despite what breathless journalists will push. Check out this chart [1] before modern forest "management" kicked in.
Modern conflagrations are a result of decades of snuffing out small fires.
Also, I live in Arizona and I'm pretty sick of people telling me it's getting hotter. Its not. Our record temperature was set in 1990 [2]. The news claims that every year is "record breaking" by using a different metric every time. Last year it was "number of days over X degrees" this year it's "Average nightime lows" which is more affected by the growing urban heat-island effect than climate change, but I digress.
[1] https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iISDydT73c1M/v1/-1x-1.png https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iISDydT73c1...
[2] https://cals.arizona.edu/maricopa/garden/html/weather/records.htm https://cals.arizona.edu/maricopa/garden/html/weather/record...
- wittenbunk 3y agoMy kid has barely been able to go outside this summer because of months of endless wildfires a thousand miles away...or am I in too deep with my lying eyes and wheezing lungs?
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