Re: The unspoken truth about wildfires

On 7/31/2026 4:42 PM, Creon wrote:
> At Fri, 31 Jul 2026 16:19:14 -0700, Dude <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
>> On 7/31/2026 2:40 PM, dart200 wrote:
>>> On 7/31/26 1:42 PM, Tara wrote:
>>>> On Jul 31, 2026 at 4:37:14 PM EDT, "Wilson"
>>>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On 7/31/2026 4:31 PM, Tara wrote:
>>>>>> On Jul 31, 2026 at 4:20:28 PM EDT, "Wilson"
>>>>>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 7/31/2026 2:06 PM, Tara wrote:
>>>>>>>> On Jul 31, 2026 at 12:40:32 PM EDT, "Wilson"
>>>>>>>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On 7/30/2026 3:50 PM, Tara wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> Julian <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>> On 30/07/2026 19:56, Tara wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>> On Jul 30, 2026 at 2:53:09 PM EDT, "Julian"
>>>>>>>>>>>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 30/07/2026 19:29, Tara wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Jul 30, 2026 at 2:04:17 PM EDT, "Julian"
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Sadly he was proved right. So was I. After I warned in
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> these very pages last year that government policy was
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> worsening the fire risk on moorland, it gives me no
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> pleasure to say: ‘I told you so.’
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Matt Ridley
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Indigenous peoples in North America have been conrolling
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the threat of wild fires with prescribed/controlled
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> burns for centuries. Canada is looking to do the same in
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> co-operation with our native people. We have a problem
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> doing this however because of the acessibility and
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> vastness of our forests. But in a country the size of
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Britain (and other European countries), it seems to me
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> that controlled fires are a no brainer.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Are inaccessible fires in vast forests really a problem?
>>>>>>>>>>>>> I think they're as likely good for the land's long term
>>>>>>>>>>>>> health.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> There is that, but an uncontrolled fire can massively grow
>>>>>>>>>>>> and send a lot of smoke to people populated areas.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> A bit like a volcano.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Yeah like that.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> The northeast US is hundreds of miles from the wildfires yet
>>>>>>>>> we've had serious air quality warnings this year and last. A
>>>>>>>>> few weeks ago it literally dimmed the sun for several days,
>>>>>>>>> making what was otherwise a clear day look cloudy.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> https://www.cbsnews.com/news/wildfires-smoke-millions-exposed-
>>>>>>>>> midwest-northeast-us/
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Those pictures are not an exaggeration. That's what it really
>>>>>>>>> looked like.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Meanwhile the idiot treehuggers think they know what's best.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I am an admitted tree hugger but I am also a realist and think
>>>>>>>> that one answer
>>>>>>>> here is controlled burning. Another is education and strictly
>>>>>>>> enforced laws
>>>>>>>> against those who are careless and start fires through laziness
>>>>>>>> and ignorance,
>>>>>>>> clearing vegetation around and near dwellings and building fire
>>>>>>>> resistent
>>>>>>>> homes.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Yes I agree. The funny thing is, the idiot treehuggers I'm
>>>>>>> talking about are killing more trees by not allowing beneficial
>>>>>>> things like controlled burns.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Exactly. Somebody aught to tell them.
>>>>>
>>>>> They are too much like Nick, think they know it all.
>>>>
>>>> Do you think they will ever grow up? Maybe they will just get old
>>>> and inefectually fade away - we can only hope.
>>>
>>> one thing's for sure:
>>>
>>> boomers will take their fucking abject stupidity to the grave for
>>> sure, and we will mock them for generations in how absolute shit
>>> they were in regards to the future
>>>
>> That's funny, Nick. Good one! You're already thirty-something.
>>
>> So, I can't believe you don't belong to a bowling alley.
>>
>> "Nobody fucks with the Jesus!" - Jesus Quintana.
>>
>> https://tinyurl.com/yy7hf6hy
> 
> "dart200" thinks Gen X are "boomers" too.
> 
> I think he's showing signs of cracking.
> 
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