This comment is kind of deliberately missing the point. We can tame nature, but not to an arbitrary degree: to do so, we need to make compromises and mandate+fo

This comment is kind of deliberately missing the point. We can tame nature, but not to an arbitrary degree: to do so, we need to make compromises and mandate+forbid certain behaviors. Wildfires can be tamed, but it requires 1) controlled burns which aren't held up for years in red tape, 2) insurance priced appropriately to risk, which means not everyone who wants to live in a fire zone should be able to afford it and 3) construction codes with mandatory firebreaks, specific fire-resistant materials and vigorous enforcement punishing anyone not doing these (since one break in the firewall can lead to the whole town burning down). California refuses to do any of these things, never mind all of them, and pays the inevitable consequences.