@GSPgirl wrote:
@ahoymate wrote:
Tyakk, have your heard about climate change, global warming?
Nothing new. I grew up in San Diego, Ca when we HAD forest management. We still had fires especially around the time of Santa Ana winds, but they weren't as bad. It really upsets me when I hear it's all about global warming, which is obviously caused by us right? I went to college next door to Paradise, CA where they had a horrible fire. I suggest you watch the Nova special about this subject. We will always have cycles in the weather according to my geologist dad.
Shoekittyy said
i have lived here all my 71 years. My mother and dad before me. My great grandfather settled in Juan Capistrano when California was part of Mexico. No it hasn't always been like this. California has always had milder winters and in some areas hotter summers. That is why the Spaniards called it California,forno meaning fire hot. I have lived in an area of 80 miles my whole life. The weather has changed. When I was young you could see and smell the smog. The smog is gone, but I feel the weather is more erratic. People have a lot to do with the weather change as well. Too many cars, exhaust, factories. Where I live 8 lanes of traffic, takes 1.5 hours to go 35 miles at peak traffic hours. The exhaust is horrible, even with high standards in California. Forests and areas that once were trees and agriculture here where I live,have been flattened for homes. We consume more of everything, well..because there are more of us. We also have had a change in weather patterns. When you have lived in same area you know this is true.
forests are drier. We are coming out of a drought, but lots of dead wood. Idon'tt think it rained but a few days a year here until last hear. It rained from late October til June. It filled lakes andreservoirs, but dead trees are dead trees. The fires are occuring more toward residential last couple years. When we used to have big fires they were more in unpopulated areas. Rarely burning homes like the fires do now.
Paradise fire andKinkadee fire were caused by faulty. PGE equipment. . PGE has not maintained equipment. I can attest to that in my backyard. We have phone poles still with old fashioned wiring. When the wind blows hard we can count on power outages You can call them ..they don't come out. Once when we had a problem they showed up at my door 7 weeks after the fact. They ate bankrupt now, so you get what you get. The people who work forPGEE work hard, it themanagementt. Workers do what they are told.
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