October 2007 California wildfires
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October 2007 California wildfires
One of the most undesirable consequences of earlier melting of mountain snowpacks, of warmer and drier springs, rain-deficient summers, and reduced soil moisture will be a higher frequency and longer duration of wildfires.
Vaclav Smil • Global Catastrophes and Trends: The Next Fifty Years
Why do homes survive a firestorm? For us forensic experts who have lived a few decades through many fire storms, patterns emerge.
It is not global warming, it is not due to carbon, or even drought. Multimillion dollar homes burned down surrounded by lush landscaping fit for a tropical environment. Here’s the facts:
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It is not global warming, it is not due to carbon, or even drought. Multimillion dollar homes burned down surrounded by lush landscaping fit for a tropical environment. Here’s the facts:
High wind moves burning brands int... See more
Wind gusts of 115 miles per hour (185 km/h) were reported,[22] and the fire extent was an estimated 1,600 acres (650 ha) by 5:00 p.m. and had increased to 6,200 acres (2,500 ha) by 10:00 a.m. on December 31.[11]
Marshall Fire
The Yurok, Karuk, Hupa, Miwok, and Chumash tribes across California, and hundreds of other Indigenous tribes, have been doing controlled burns for millennia, realizing that smaller fires in intentional areas prevent massive fires that would overtake the entire forest. This practice is continued to this day by Indigenous people and park rangers alik
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