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I think they pretty much only watch Fox news. Through that lens it is understandable. But I agree it is interesting as well.

Sorry to hear that your friend lost their house. There has been a lot of that going around this summer. I'm glad you have another friend whose house was spared. I had to help a friend evacuate in August but thankfully the fire was stopped before it got to their neighborhood. So far, anyway. Even contained, none of them are actually out until rain comes. Although I am definitely affected by fires all around me, I am fortunate that the area where I live is unlikely to burn. It's very urban and only about 500 meters from the ocean as the crow flies. I do have a respirator & fire blanket in my car, but I mainly prep at home for earthquakes as I am almost right on top of the San Andreas fault. I have food, water & camping supplies that would carry me for well over a month as long as my house was still standing and water was available. If not, I do know where I can get water and have filtration but it would be a huge pain to go get it. Besides, if things were that bad I expect my neighborhood might get a bit chaotic. But I also keep a small storage unit near work which I mainly use for tools & equipment that I sometimes use as I still do some independent projects. It's in a one story facility so I think it is not prone to collapse. There's probably a month's supply of food there and some water, but there's no way to store enough water. You have to find a source if things go long term. My backpack & hiking boots are always prepped & ready by the door, mainly because I use them often, but they're also what I plan to grab if have to run out of the house naked in the middle of the night. I have cousins in Texas who are prepping for the election. They expect that Trump will win a second term, and they fully expect the left to riot nationwide when that happens.

You have the quotes with the wrong photos. If you switch them your post makes more sense.

I agree with most of the video as well. I have spent a considerable amount of time in Big Basin redwoods and it's absolutely true that there was a lot of litter on the forest floor in that park. There is still a whole bunch in surrounding parks that didn't burn in the CZU complex fire, and it should be dealt with. I was never too worried about the old growth trees, although there a few lesser known ones that I'd like to check on the next chance I get to visit. California is not all forest, however. Much of the coast is chaparral and inland there are thousands of square miles of grassland which you can burn this year all you want. It will be right back again next year after a wet winter. Locally to me, the SCU complex fire burned through much of that kind of terrain and became one of the largest fires in the states history. I realize that if it were the only large fire that Calfire had to contend with at the time, it probably would have gotten more resources and been contained sooner. So we can call the lightning event, which started multiple fires over a large area, and the likes of which I have never seen in the 16 years I've been on the west coast, an anomaly. A freak event. We don't have to blame climate change for the fact that monsoon type weather crept further north than it usually does. I have no data so I won't pretend that I know it is anything other than just that, an anomaly. But add to the anomaly a record breaking heat wave, and conditions were perfect for a catastrophe. I have also spent a good bit of time in Henry Coe State park where much of the SCU complex fire was. Trust me it is ready to burn every year. And this is why I disagree with one statement in the video. "A small change in temperature is not the change between normalcy and catastrophe." Not exactly as it is stated though. I think a small change in average temperature is the difference between normalcy and catastrophe. I think of climate change as the small canopy that makes the low turn of bad forest management catastrophic.

Forest management is an issue, but it's sort of a red herring in this case, at least in the way that the president is using it to avoid discussing climate change. That it was 120 degrees in LA and 100 in San Francisco not long ago is more of an indicator that things are getting worse, as predicted by science. I think prescribed burns may be beneficial but I can't imagine how they could safely be conducted. The practice was outlawed in California as I understand it. Even if they could be done safely, much of what burns out here is grassland which you can burn all you want. It will be right back the following year. I think better fire breaks could be constructed and should be maintained. Raking the forest is a joke. It can't be done. There also seems to be some misinformation out there about California laws with regard to brush clearing and dead tree removal. I've seen many a YouTube expert commenter claim that California laws don't allow it. On private property it is not only allowed but encouraged, and in some areas required. The state will even help you do it. They call it defensible space. On public lands that are adjacent to communities in the bay area they use goats to essentially mow the grassland. They are in the Oakland hills every year. Unfortunately there are not enough of them to handle the whole state. I do think better decisions could be made as far as housing construction. There is a reason classic mission style architecture works out here. It handles the winter rains and brutal summer sun equally well, with the added benefit that it's difficult to get stucco and tile roofs to ignite. Fires are a part of life out here. There isn't a redwood forest or chaparral that I have hiked through that doesn't show some evidence of past fires. But as you point out, "Drought, record temperatures, urbanization of forested areas have all contributed." Fires are worse now, as predicted by climate science.

Okay, so no data or information but just some speculation about how someone could have done what you imagine. Great job steering the discussion away from the ridiculous statements made by the president so we can discuss a hypothetical scenario in your head.

One of his sons died in May of 2015. That may have affected his decision on whether or not to run in 2016.

I see what you did there. Does that mean they did mention woman made climate change?

Okay. So I'm still wondering what is your point? There are dozens of active fires in California right now, including at least 15 that are either close to or well above 100,000 acres in size. https://firemap.sdsc.edu/ This is a very comprehensive site for following them. The map has layers much like google, and it gets interesting when you overlay current and historic fires. Trends are noticeable. Of course, nothing is mentioned about causes, so it may not provide information that is of interest to you.

Okay, this ought to be good. Go on.

It's a mig 29. Maybe he should use an AK for the next one. Of course, he won't know if he does, right? it's not his fault. It's about the message.

In which state? Not sure of any in California yet this year but I could be uninformed in that regard. I'm mainly keeping track of the local ones which are mostly contained and have not been ruled arson yet, as far as I know. I can't imagine they will be because I was here for the lightning event in the Bay Area that started them. I've heard of one in Oregon reported as such. In 2018 a large fire near Ukiah was caused by arson. Anyway, where are you going with this?

Let's say he didn't. Do you think he (Donald Trump) approved this message?

He may as well have said you have 15 fires, and the 15 within a couple of days is going to be down to close to zero. I can't tell if I should believe him or if he's just trying to keep me from panicking.

“We were joking that even the air could be mined” Great article. Thanks for sharing. I forget how good some of them in RS are.

Every news outlet I follow is covering it. My local news as well. Terrible.

There's an easy way to figure that out. Just take the George Floyd challenge. Remain stone cold sober and have someone kneel on your neck for 8 minutes and 46 seconds. Be sure that you are breathing normally before conducting this test so you can avoid any uncertainty as to the results.

That is leadership. Thanks for sharing. I guess they don't toss it off to the governors over there.

Funny how opening ANWR and tax cuts for the wealthy are listed as two different accomplishments. They were in the same piece of legislation, The tax cuts and jobs act. For some reason they didn't want to include opening ANWR in the name of the bill when they were trying to get it passed, but now it is proudly listed as an accomplishment, and a separate one at that. I also like how unemployment is listed several times but just with a different demographic attached to it. It reminds me of how I would write when I was in grade school and had to produce a so-many-word essay.

Me driving behind a Prius while in my Prius.

Also true. That's why we have so many spare the air days. But the word air in this case is referring to the air of superiority we all feel. Enjoy it, you hybrid owner.

Absolutely true. And the traction control will not allow you to spin tires so you go nowhere. Luckily I don't have to deal with that where I live. I just have to be careful where I park or else my beloved hybrid might be consumed by fire.

I'm a believer. That very same 2004 Prius I speak of was originally a work vehicle at my place of employment back in the late 2000s. The owner bought it so he could he could use the carpool lane to get to meetings more quickly, and it already had around 100k miles on it at that time. Eventually the Prius was no longer HOV exempt in the bay area so he sold it to one of my fellow employees for a dollar and bought an electric Ford focus. By then the odometer on the Prius had stopped counting at 299,999 and we had tested the limits of what it could do. A Prius will carry 400 lbs. of concrete in the back and still go 70 mph. Also, if you bend them carefully you can get a several 12 ft. lengths of pvc outdoor conduit inside and still get the hatch closed. They don't corner terribly either. But what they really seem best at is pissing people off.

https://www.facebook.com/pages/category/Community/Toyota-Prius-Haters-club-186587051368268/ Yeah I get it

Not sure about wind conditions, but yes downhill. Both cars. The Prius was supposed to be governor limited to 112 but somehow that car did it.