Re: The unspoken truth about wildfires

On 8/1/26 9:50 AM, Wilson wrote:
> On 7/31/2026 11:03 PM, Noah Sombrero wrote:
>> On Fri, 31 Jul 2026 19:54:09 -0700, Dude <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> On 7/31/2026 2:29 PM, Noah Sombrero wrote:
>>>> On Fri, 31 Jul 2026 21:28:14 -0000 (UTC), Tara <[email protected]>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On Jul 31, 2026 at 5:23:29?PM EDT, "Noah Sombrero" <[email protected]> 
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On Fri, 31 Jul 2026 16:20:28 -0400, 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.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Asl if tree huggers had the power to allow or not allow anything.
>>>>>
>>>>> They vote.
>>>>
>>>> Same as the tree choppers.
>>>>
>>> Just for the record you live in a house made out of lumber, right?
>>
>> Brick mostly.
> 
> Almost all brick houses have timber frame construction. The brick is 
> just on the outside.
> 

in north america sure. most of the planet doesn't use timber framing
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