Re: The unspoken truth about wildfires

On 8/1/2026 9:57 AM, dart200 wrote:
> 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
 >
About 90% to 94% of new homes in the United States and Canada use wood 
framing because of vast local forests.