March 2025

[Dark Star]

2 hours ago, eduggs said:

I'm confident (though not certain) that you know less about fire prevention than experts whose job it is to know. The issue is likely a lot more complex than you indicate.

California is a lot bigger, but their policy is hands off when it comes to clearing underbrush.  There is no forest management there.  They stopped that decades ago.  Truth be told, I know nothing about fire prevention, but obviously the Fire Chief of LA didn't exude much confidence either, since she was recently demoted.  Part scapegoat, I understand.  

[LibertyBell]

9 hours ago, eduggs said:

I'm confident (though not certain) that you know less about fire prevention than experts whose job it is to know. The issue is likely a lot more complex than you indicate.

Overgrowth is a problem that experts all over the country admit to though, even the ones in California.  They even publicly cited the boom in rainfall from a few years ago as a reason for massive overgrowth and the excessive wildfires back in January.  They said because of the extremes of the pattern we are now in (excessive rainfall followed by extreme drought) big wildfires are now much more likely and are a year long threat not confined to one season.  They also said that when California swings back to an excessive rainfall pattern there will be a threat of mudslides and landslides because of the burn scars.

 

[LibertyBell]

6 hours ago, Dark Star said:

California is a lot bigger, but their policy is hands off when it comes to clearing underbrush.  There is no forest management there.  They stopped that decades ago.  Truth be told, I know nothing about fire prevention, but obviously the Fire Chief of LA didn't exude much confidence either, since she was recently demoted.  Part scapegoat, I understand.  

They even admitted that overgrowth not being cleared after their last bout with excessive rainfall was a problem.

Big picture here, if we don't fix the problem, nature will.  The whole purpose of wildfires is to clear excessive growth.  So either we do it, or nature will.

[Krs4Lfe]

Just checked the weather for the week coming up. 40s and 50s all week. Pack it in, it’s over. Wednesday’s snow felt great, last one until December 

[MJO812]

10 minutes ago, Krs4Lfe said:

Just checked the weather for the week coming up. 40s and 50s all week. Pack it in, it’s over. Wednesday’s snow felt great, last one until December 

Did you check after next week ?