A thing about the California fires is that there are long stretches of drought in the American west's recent history (past few hundred years), "megadroughts" that can last for sixty years or more. European new arrivals just happened to settle the place during a rainy spell.
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Yeah, but they also talked about a giant bird knocking down all the timber. Different vibe than finding an inscribed stone that says 'FYI don't build lower than this point'https://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/21/world/asia/21stones.html …
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Climate change is not a political issue for 95% of the world by population. That's only the case for a tiny geographical and cultural slice of the world
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Accept it as a scientific fact, like air pollution. That doesn't mean the proposed solutions won't be the subject of political argument, just that the existence of the problem is not a political question.
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huge drought just three years ago but fewer fires .. what really is going on woth this pg&e drama?
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Don't discount the fact that current antropogenic influence will strongly enhance a medium scale incident of extended draught. Implications could be severe both reg. immediate v results but also long term trends. i.e establishment of positive feedback loops ....
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