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When I lived in Pasadena in the 70s, there were fires now and then, with smoke and ashes falling like snow. It was just part of life in that area. The way to p
by WalterBright 1y ago
When I lived in Pasadena in the 70s, there were fires now and then, with smoke and ashes falling like snow. It was just part of life in that area.
The way to present it to the citizens is, do you want to smell smoke now and then, or have your house burn down? Like what happened a few months ago?
Or you can do the controlled burns when the wind is blowing away from the city.
- estearum 1y agoSure, and here's what has changed between then and now: 1. A much longer and drier dry season 2. A much larger urban-wilderness interface 3. A much more organized public apparatus to combat environmental hazards (even in cases like this which require tradeoffs against more severe future risks) The reason this is such a challenging problem today is not because everyone living in 2025 is a moron or morally corrupt and the people in the 70s were not.