You're being deliberately dense now. You know I've blamed the actions of the government as well for this disaster. Stop squirming around so much just because you hate the idea of accepting that climate change is a contributing factor to this type of mess. It's both things. Working together to produce a horrible outcome. Governments have to both accept that climate change is happening, and make proper efforts to mitigate its risks and damage. We do that here in Australia as much as possible. America needs to do the same thing. Newsome should have done a much better job of preparing an arid, dry and dangerous California for the kind of fires we're seeing. He did not.
Dude, there have been fires in that area FOREVER. It's nothing new. It's only worse now because HUMANS are doing shit differently and so many people live there than in centuries past.
Almanac facts, information and trivia about Los Angeles County, its people, cities and communities.
www.laalmanac.com
"Until the 1870’s, wildfires (as today, mostly accidently or purposely human-caused) in the mountains north of Los Angeles were considered more of an attraction than a threat, especially at night. They were fondly described as “tongues of flame licking the Sierra Madre.” Since few people lived on or near the mountains, fires there caused no great alarm. In fact, two cattlemen were reported to annually ignite big fires in the mountains that raised no concern. Wildfires only first became a concern in 1884 when flooding from eroded hillsides wiped out the track system of the Southern Pacific Railroad in the Los Angeles area. Authorities finally banned needless fires and even threatened to prosecute offenders. As fires and flooding resulting from fire erosion increasingly threatened property by the late 1800s, Angelenos lost their fondness for “beautiful” wildfires and demanded fire suppression."
Sound familiar? The hills ALWAYS burn, it's just the nature of that type of terrain.
And from wiki (not my fav source but accurate ion this case I think)
en.wikipedia.org
Drought is intrinsic to the natural climate of California.
[6] Across the Californian region, paleoclimate records dating back more than 1,000 years show more significant dry periods compared to the latest century. Ancient data reveals two mega-droughts that endured for well over a century, one lasting 220 years and one for 140 years. The 20th century was fraught with numerous droughts, yet this era could be considered relatively "wet" compared against an expansive 3,500 year history. In recent times, droughts lasting five to 10 years have raised concern, but are not anomalous. Rather, decade long droughts are an ordinary feature of the state's innate climate. Based on scientific evidence, dry spells as severe as the mega-droughts detected from the distant past are likely to recur, even in absence of anthropogenic climate change.
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"Climate change" is redundant. This is just "climate of southern california". And these fires are natural to the area and it's HUMAN HABITATION getting in the way and exacerbating them.
