And every year, we still have wildfires. Because they’re wild. And we can’t control them no matter what we try.https://twitter.com/angeles_nf/status/920351278462484480 …
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The Los Angeles Times chronicled how Mt. Wilson burned in 1896. The wildfire started July 10 and ended in late October 20 that year.
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The next wildfire on Mt. Wilson was in 1896. It started July 30 and ended October 23. It burned that entire time. That’s natural here.
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There are dozens, if not hundreds, of Angeles Crest-area wildfires chronicled through early 1900s. Some of the fires lasted into December.
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But as white folks started building housing in the area, which is essentially a naturally-burning carpet bomb, we started suppressing fires.
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The entire area is chaparral, vegetation that has evolved to germinate with fire. In short, fire means survival for indigenous plants.
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For 100 years, local/state/federal policies try to prevent wildfires. Which makes as much sense as preventing earthquakes. You can’t do it.
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You can cut back chaparral. You can put out small fires. You can pray. And you’ll maybe avoid a big fire for 9 years. Watch out on year 10.
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Chaparral, also known as brush, smells wonderful! That’s because it’s full of oil. That oil attracts fire. Because that fire means survival.
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You can try and suppress that big fire all you want. But it’s inevitable. It *will* burn. All you’re doing is wasting valuable resources.
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And, because climate change is real, people who don’t understand LA ecology automatically blame it for this Mt. Wilson fire in October...
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Except it’s highly unlikely that it’s climate change that’s causing this fire. Try understanding LA and/or listen to indigenous folks.
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I seriously doubt people act like it's never been on fire before, since it was just on fire a year ago.
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Someone on FB just posted a wildfire live feed with the words: “I’ve lived here my whole life and have never seen it like this before.”
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Then that person is probably a child. My house burned down in 1992 when the fire came down Mount Wilson into our foothill canyon.
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They’re 27, so not a child. You’re right that many people do know they happen every year. But many also assume it’s the first time.
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Sorry. I'm a bit on edge whenever it happens b/c all it takes is a wind surge & life gets very unpredictable.
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No need to apologize. I honestly do wish everyone remembered the fire last year.
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