fathompinball

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   by fathompinball 5y ago

   The really threatening fires we had here were in 1988, 1994, 1997, 1999.
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   by fathompinball 5y ago

   >They were much more measured and careful than the idiots who arrived after the 1500s I doubt it. There just weren't nearly as many of them.
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   by fathompinball 5y ago

   > We forget so quickly. We used to burn the forests out of indifference and perceived abundance. A quick look at some papers indicates that prehistoric California burned much more acreage than the modern variety.
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   by fathompinball 5y ago

   >California is in a megadrought. To be fair, we had big, honkin', town-killin' fires back when it rained and snowed more than average for decades. It's hard to tell how much is due to drought, how much to a shift from snow
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   by fathompinball 5y ago

   >at least those megafires will decrease the likelihood of fires in the comming years. I wouldn't be so sure. It looks like a lot of the fires don't wipe out the fuel load, a lot of burnable stuff grows back quickly, it doesn&#