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New Hampshire is not only less hot than California, but less dry. A D3 drought in New Hampshire is not the same as a D3 drought in California - it's represents a deviation from the norm.
The difference in humidity helps keep forested areas moist throughout the heat of the summer, even in this drought. All the surface area of the trees and their leaves collect water throughout the summer nights, which are often 80 to 100 percent humidity. This year, areas with full sun dried up noticably more than in shaded areas. All the moss in the sunlight turned brown as dirt, while in the woods they've stayed green all summer.
The risk in New Hampshire is not so much million acre conflagrations, but smaller fires that are a loss to property owners and the timber industry. Poorly maintained woodlands are most at risk. Particularly those which have been logged previously and are now overcrowded with regrowth. While people are cynical about the idea of 'raking the woods', maintaining a previously logged woodlot is a worthy endevour for fire safety.
There is no comparing the characteristic dryness of the West, climate change or no, with the environment anywhere on the East Coast or even the eastern half of the United States. The regions are entirely different animals. The practical comparison ends with the observation that both have wood and wood can catch on fire.
It’s a theory that climate change is causing the fires in the west. It is NOT proven, but suspected.
Based on concrete climate data, average temperatures in many areas of the West have risen 2-3 degree just in the last 50 years. Increase in temperatures lead to increased evaporation rates in an already dry climate area that receives a large majority of its precipitation only during the winter season. Positive feedback loops are set in motion, leading to a higher probability of longer drought cycles. The drought in California between 2012-2016 was found to be the worst in any recent recorded history, resulting in large-scale tree death in many areas of the state.
It’s a theory that climate change is causing the fires in the west. It is NOT proven, but suspected.
Lots of theories anywhere from climate change, lack of management, klantifa/the burn loot murder crowd, careless campers, careless smokers, arson, or lightning strikes. It is likely a combination of all of the above.
User1055 is correct.Even in a drought NH is not subject to the type of fires that they are experiencing in the west.
In NH fires generally remain in undergrowth and at ground level.The crowns of the trees don't burst into flame as they do out west so they don't spread as fast or cause as much damage.
Areas that have experienced wildfires usually recover quickly because the larger trees are not killed
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