iirc the long-term explanation of wildfires is that building human habitations too close to natural fire zones leads to over-aggressive control of small fires leading to underbrush build up over years and bigger fires. Is this roughly correct?
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Replying to @vgr
Pretty much what I remember reading about this issue before "muh climate" became the default explanation for literally anything that happens on, or under, the unpaved parts of the Earth's surface.
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Replying to @Rationalbot
Climate definitely contributes as longer hot/dry spells exacerbate the situation. Climate change in general is like stress in the human body. It increases the probability of certain kinds of extreme scenario.
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Replying to @vgr
I didn't mean to say that there is no climate change or that it isn't a contributing factor. It's just that trying to corral wild nature to abide by the needs of suburban development is going to be a much more significant factor.
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Yeah that ship has sailed though. Much of the responsible development happened decades ago. Especially SoCal. I'm still trying to grok this PNW version of things.
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