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These numbers seem to support the grandparent comment that the absence of controlled burns was causing more fires that covered more area. 2023 was a ridiculousl
by lazyasciiart 3y ago
These numbers seem to support the grandparent comment that the absence of controlled burns was causing more fires that covered more area. 2023 was a ridiculously low fire year, and at least one reason for that is the last few years of destructive fires finally kicked in the political will to do controlled burning. https://www.fire.ca.gov/incidents/2023 https://www.fire.ca.gov/incidents/2023
- mistrial9 3y agoimagine for a moment, a firetruck driving down a street at 12 miles per hour; next to the truck is a dog from the firehouse, running along side. What you describe is similar to "the dog decided to turn left at the corner, so things are better now" The sheer number of people involved in fire response, and the deadly and immediate nature of their work, has natural links to military style leadership and organizational behavior. No way, at all.. is "more controlled burning recently" the driving factor in the new stats. The budgets and the size of the destruction, are hard for a person to think of.. in California Real devastation was caused by "catastrophic" fires, burning at higher temperatures than previously recorded. Extensive forest die-off preceded these events in California. This is not over in one or two rainy years, since recent shrub growth is subject to die-off in a dry year and will burn.
- lazyasciiart 3y agoYou clearly feel very strongly about this, but maybe try not to assume that you are the only person who reeeeeally gets the scale of this stuff.