Look at Mount Wilson: The LA Times documented long, slow burning fires there in 1896. And 1898. And 1900. That's what's BEEN happening.
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But now, the forestry puts fires out in an INSTANT. Our policy is one of fire *suppression* that only makes things worse.
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We're so busy sinking money into saving rich people's desires to live in nature away from the riff raff that it's costing LIVES!
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As someone who knows that climate change is spurring all kinds of disasters, I also know that it's not spurring these Southern Cali fires.
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It's almost certain that the drought here is a consequence of climate change... But that drought isn't the reason we've these crazy fires.
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Reason Southern Cali fires are out of control is a direct consequence of the idea that we can suppress wildfires. Umm, hello? They're WILD.
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Anyway... I talked to a fire ecologist about a lot of this; he can explain it much better than I can:http://grist.org/article/smokey-was-wrong-you-cant-prevent-wildfires-and-you-shouldnt-try/ …
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The next time you see a SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA FIRES ARE THE END OF THE WORLD story, please pause, and come back to this.
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Nature will take its course. Fuel-filled sage and brush ALWAYS burns; either slow, long burn now, or GIGANTIC quick burn tomorrow. You pick.
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Here's what they've done at Lake Arrowhead, where they haven't had a proper fire in 137 years. I just...pic.twitter.com/QwrYJ44BJB
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To clarify: I've been tweeting about Southern California brushfires specifically; other regions/vegetation = other explanations.
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similar in other places - UK has controlled burns of moorland scrubhttp://benvironment.org.uk/post/6758732361/muirburn …
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