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California was design to burn by mother nature over the last 10,000 years. Droughts and heat are nothing new. Fires are more intense now because of inefficient management practice relative to logging, building, grazing, general forest managment and fire fighting over the last 150 years. Pictures of the Sierra and Rockys from the late 1800's tell the biggest part of the story, understory growth that is out of control because of mans rush to put out every damn fire as quickly as possible in the last century and a half.
I'm not necessarily in disagreement with anything you say here. It is true, however, that the increased heat and drought that California is experiencing has led to an increase in wildfires, as well as the severity of them and the difficulty in extinguishing them. But living high in the hills when you have to contend with those conditions exacerbated by the Santa Ana winds does indeed make the situation far worse than it should be.
I'm not necessarily in disagreement with anything you say here. It is true, however, that the increased heat and drought that California is experiencing has led to an increase in wildfires, as well as the severity of them and the difficulty in extinguishing them. But living high in the hills when you have to contend with those conditions exacerbated by the Santa Ana winds does indeed make the situation far worse than it should be.
Which has nothing to do with the man made climate change.
If you recall, Jim Inhofe made a huge ass of himself at an international conference in Denmark. How do morons like him have a seat on the Environment and Public Works committee?
Which has nothing to do with the man made climate change.
The effect of climate change is being felt all over the world, and it just so happens one of those places is California, the consequences of which I just happened to mention.
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