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Marine is one stupid mother fvcker. Dumbest pvssy on the forum, and that includes CR89. Pansy ass, pussy hat wearing cocksucker. A total disgrace to the marine corps.
He’s blaming the mismanagement of the forest.
I actually know people in the forest industry that agree with Trump and what he said.
Mismanagement of the forest by California.
I actually know people in the forest industry that agree with Trump and what he said.
Mismanagement of the forest by California.
Brian Rice, president of the California Professional Firefighters, described Trump's assertion about the state's forest management practices as "dangerously wrong," noting that 60 percent of California forests are directly managed by the federal government, which has reduced spending on forestry in recent years. The Los Angeles Timesexplained that the Camp Fire was fueled not by over-dense timber, but dry grass amid sparse pine and oak woodlands which previously burned just 10 years ago.
But of course you can take trumps word for it like you do all the time. Trumptards can’t think for themselves.
50-70 mph winds.It's dry and the wind is kicking. You get a fire in the those conditions and the trees explode. Trump has zero clue about anything but golf courses...and I bet he couldn't be greenskeeper, either.
I actually know people in the forest industry that agree with Trump and what he said.
Mismanagement of the forest by California.
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I've gotten to the point where I don't care at all when I see destruction in California. With that said, I admittedly know nothing about forest fire prevention, but, since it seems to be a major issue at least once a year, why don't you put in place some type of permanent breaks? I understand that high winds cause fire to jump breaks, just seems like people who really understand these fires, could devise a set of permanent breaks to allow effective containment and ease the fire fighting process.
Yes, very expensive to construct, but how expensive compared to the billions in damage each fire now causes?
Marine is one stupid mother fvcker. Dumbest pvssy on the forum, and that includes CR89. Pansy ass, pussy hat wearing cocksucker. A total disgrace to the marine corps.
I've gotten to the point where I don't care at all when I see destruction in California. With that said, I admittedly know nothing about forest fire prevention, but, since it seems to be a major issue at least once a year, why don't you put in place some type of permanent breaks? I understand that high winds cause fire to jump breaks, just seems like people who really understand these fires, could devise a set of permanent breaks to allow effective containment and ease the fire fighting process.
Yes, very expensive to construct, but how expensive compared to the billions in damage each fire now causes?
No, he really doesn't. He truly believes what he stated. That's what you're dealing with.He’s blaming the mismanagement of the forest. But you know that and are just trying to score points
So you would say that at a minimum Trumps tweet was irresponsible.Trump's not entirely wrong. Nor is it entirely California's fault. Years and years of fire suppression, coupled with poor forestry management (doing nothing about e excessive undergrowth, failing to create permanent trenches/firebreaks near residential areas, etc.) All contribute to the magnitude of fires we see in the West. Hell, we were talking about this in my environmental science class at Marshall 20 years ago.
Trump's not entirely wrong. Nor is it entirely California's fault. Years and years of fire suppression, coupled with poor forestry management (doing nothing about e excessive undergrowth, failing to create permanent trenches/firebreaks near residential areas, etc.) All contribute to the magnitude of fires we see in the West. Hell, we were talking about this in my environmental science class at Marshall 20 years ago.
It's where people build their homes.
. The state’s urban sprawl and encroachment into formerly undeveloped land is the real catalyst, though, said former Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District chief Kurt Henke.
A recent Villanova University study found there are about 7 million homes in fire-prone areas in the West, more than 10 times the 600,000 or so that were present in 1940. That includes nearly 2,000 homes in Folsom and about 4,600 in the greater Sacramento region. Environmental scientists believe 1.2 million more could be built in the highest-risk areasstatewide between 2000 and 2050.
The same bucolic landscape that earned Paradise its name can magnify the effects of natural disasters, Cal Fire spokesman Rick Carhart said. Paradise is built atop a ridge, with canyons descending on either side. Carhart said fires that reach the bottom of canyons have every intention of climbing back to the top. Those kinds of geographic features are present in many foothill towns, where development continues to push dense housing deeper into rural areas.
The infrastructure necessary for housing also brings dangers. Overhead power lines have been cited or suspected as the cause of some of California’s most deadly wildfires, prompting PG&E to try pre-emptive outages when high winds kick in. At this point, Henke said, house hunters should view future blazes as inevitable when buying in places such as the Sierra Nevada foothills and Central Valley.
“In these places, it’s not if a fire is going to happen, it’s when it’s going to happen,” said Henke, who now consults with fire departments. “We’re basically building structures right in the path of firestorms. There’s just some places a subdivison shouldn’t be built.”
Fire experts use the term wildlife urban interface, or WUI, to refer to the area where human building meets or intermingles with undeveloped natural land. California’s WUI zone grew 20 percent from 1990 to 2010, according to U.S. Forest Service data.
Paved streets have replaced underbrush, but most developments on natural land keep some native trees and other vegetation intact, said Keith Gillies, dean emeritus and a current professor of forest economics in UC Berkeley’s College of Natural Resources.
When fires get large enough that they “crown” — spread from treetop to treetop — they’ll move nearly as quickly in a vegetation-rich residential neighborhood as they would in the woods, Gillies said.
“We have a lot of people living in ‘urban forest’ conditions,” Gillies said. “It’s sort of a mixed bag. If you have a forest canopy and put homes under it and roads under it, that can help (limit the fire) ... but in an extreme fire, homes become fuel themselves.”
State officials have taken steps to limit people’s exposure to wildfires in recent years.
Cal Fire requires new developments near wilderness areas to be built out of fire-resistant materials and requires owners to keep easily combustible vegetation at least 100 feet from walls. The state budget funded “pre-positioning,” or mobilizing strike teams to vulnerable locations before a wildfire ignites, for the first time in 2018.
https://www.sacbee.com/news/state/california/fires/article221385910.html
So you would say that at a minimum Trumps tweet was irresponsible.
Can’t do that because the water might affect the three eyed newtOk, what if you ran a water line system in the most fire prone areas and construct a line of 100' towers along that water line. Create a 100 yard wide cleared area and when fire approaches the break you turn on the "sprinkler system". It would carry the water in the same direction as the wind and embers would be traveling, protecting the integrity of the break. You could build out a grid over time for further protection.
Ok, what if you ran a water line system in the most fire prone areas and construct a line of 100' towers along that water line. Create a 100 yard wide cleared area and when fire approaches the break you turn on the "sprinkler system". It would carry the water in the same direction as the wind and embers would be traveling, protecting the integrity of the break. You could build out a grid over time for further protection.
How many are prone to flooding in West Virginia and West Virginians just keep rebuilding in the food plain. Really no different.
Can’t do that because the water might affect the three eyed newt
Great story bro.Ok, what if you ran a water line system in the most fire prone areas and construct a line of 100' towers along that water line. Create a 100 yard wide cleared area and when fire approaches the break you turn on the "sprinkler system". It would carry the water in the same direction as the wind and embers would be traveling, protecting the integrity of the break. You could build out a grid over time for further protection.
You sound like a Liberal lunatic.Ok, what if you ran a water line system in the most fire prone areas and construct a line of 100' towers along that water line. Create a 100 yard wide cleared area and when fire approaches the break you turn on the "sprinkler system". It would carry the water in the same direction as the wind and embers would be traveling, protecting the integrity of the break. You could build out a grid over time for further protection.
I cannot even begin to image how much this would cost. Just California is huge, and it seems to me most of the state, besides the desert, is fire prone. Add in a bunch of other western states....wow.