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FWIW, the "forests" that are burning in LA have nothing to do with what Trump was talking about.

And even so, the notion of spending billions of dollars cleaning forest floors and destroying habitats to limit wildfires is a narrow minded way of thinking.

A big problem with these kinds of fires is that it's impossible to pick a fire line where you say, "everything closer to the fire than this is going to be sacrificed". Watch it all burn rather than risk getting sued for picking which houses can be saved.
 
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FWIW, the "forests" that are burning in LA have nothing to do with what Trump was talking about.

And even so, the notion of spending billions of dollars cleaning forest floors and destroying habitats to limit wildfires is a narrow minded way of thinking.

A big problem with these kinds of fires is that it's impossible to pick a fire line where you say, "everything closer to the fire than this is going to be sacrificed". Watch it all burn rather than risk getting sued for picking which houses can be saved.

Lol, OK! ✅
 
FWIW, the "forests" that are burning in LA have nothing to do with what Trump was talking about.

And even so, the notion of spending billions of dollars cleaning forest floors and destroying habitats to limit wildfires is a narrow minded way of thinking.

A big problem with these kinds of fires is that it's impossible to pick a fire line where you say, "everything closer to the fire than this is going to be sacrificed". Watch it all burn rather than risk getting sued for picking which houses can be saved.
While raking or sweeping the forest floors isn't really feasible (Finland, Trump's model, covers only ~130K square miles. We have 4 states bigger than that), there's actually a nugget of truth at the center of the concept.

One of the major problems with US forests is the thick growth, particularly the undergrowth. For over a century we've put out every forest fire as quickly as possible, which has allowed accumulations of dry organics on the forest floor and let the shrubs and juvenile trees get unnaturally dense. Our bigger goal was to maximize harvestable trees...and we did. Meanwhile, we increased the quantity of combustibles. A natural forest system burns periodically and clears out the understory, but when that's less dense the fire doesn't burn hot enough to light the mature trees or to get into the tree crowns. When we let it accumulate, the understory fires burn longer, hotter, and higher, they burn the trees and get into the crowns, and then they're off and running.

There's no way we're going to rake and sweep it, but it would not be a terrible idea to clear the understory (including the old logging slash)...which probably means careful burning.

Of course, this isn't really relevant to the SoCal fires, since they're not in forests.
 
lol. They were putting out a small trash fire. And those are small containers they carry for such instances. Having spent 3 years with District 8 in Spokane a few decades ago as a young adult I can assure you this is a lot faster than pulling hose and cranking up the pump - especially if you are in a big hurry and have to be mobile to deal with other issues.

This is a fine example of how social media turns people into morons. Or morons into even bigger morons.
 
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You had one job.

A job that pays $750,000/ yr. Making you the highest paid public employee in California. You earn as a public employee, twice what the President makes.

You had one job. Time for accountability.




 
Dear Neighbors,


I know that everyone is on pins and needles over the fires all over LA County and I don't want to alarm you, but I received the following information from a well-sourced person in the LAPD. To be forewarned is to be forearmed.


The LAPD is pretty sure that the fires are being caused by an arsonist. A very savvy arsonist that may know a lot about wind patterns and fire science. The arsonist seems to be targeting affluent areas that abuts brush areas. Our community needs to be very vigilant for any suspicious activity. Please spread the word, right now they are fighting a brushfire that has started in Topanga.


Please take this seriously! Make sure that you are monitoring your cameras. If your dogs are barking, investigate. I will ask ADT to step up their patrols in the neighborhood. If this information is true, we could very well be targets.


Shirley Worrels, President


BHE HOA
 
I don't spend time concerning myself with made-up stories and fairy tales except to determine they are made-up stories and fairy tales. Taihtsat
Lucky for you we have people here who spend all of their time doing that and can provide you the cliff notes (or tweets).
 

Directed-energy weapon​

There was some footage this morning of what looked like the start of the Palisades fire. So, I would say Monday at the latest, they will have something on what started that one.
 
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