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What we see is the outcome of a political process, but doesn’t mean policymakers are unaware. All it really means is that when it comes to a battle between fir
by whimsicalism 2y ago
What we see is the outcome of a political process, but doesn’t mean policymakers are unaware.
All it really means is that when it comes to a battle between fire prevention people and people who like their gardens, in the absence of a fire, the people worried about fire are going to look like scolds and the people who want the individual freedom to have a garden are going to win the political fight. More of a collective outcome of our society than oversight by policymakers.
Good luck trying to ban gardens in the Oakland hills, people just won’t do it even if policymakers want it. Probably the best way to do it would be to deregulate insurance and give them discretion - “oh you want to have a garden in a fire prone area, sure - that will just be 3x your original bill”
- lokar 2y agoDo you mean garden in the American sense or the British sense? Tomato plants are not a problem. Trees and dense shrubs near the house are.
- whimsicalism 2y agoi'm referring to the generally dense areas of green and trees that are common on the west coast ie like what you see here https://maps.app.goo.gl/hWghBErtRoHU8CTm9 https://maps.app.goo.gl/hWghBErtRoHU8CTm9
- lokar 2y agoYeah, that’s just not safe in places that can go 9+ months without rain and get 50+mph dry winds most years.
- RangerScience 2y agoAFAIK, just the shrubs. Particularly, California native trees are fine for and in fires. And if you look at the pictures, the houses have burned but the trees haven’t.
- throw0101a 2y ago>[…] the houses have burned but the trees haven’t. Which of course has fuelled conspiracy theories: * https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/los-angeles-wildfire-trees-1.7428870 https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/los-angeles-wildfire-trees-1.7... TL; DR: dry bushes burn, trees with moisture in them do not.