Community Chat

[Linmo]

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@Mistreatedbycs wrote:

It's not climate change, it's that the forests are not being maintained and cleared.

Not all trees are living, the dead one's are not being cut down and cleared, the densely populated forests are not being thinned.

I'm sorry you have the fires but until someone realizes that this needs to be done, fires will continue every year, I understand there are people who are using the court system to block tree thinning.

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@Mistreatedbycs I'm sorry but your post is so wrong about the reason for these wildfires.  I've lived in CA for most of my life.  It is about the drought conditions that are getting worse year after year.  Every once in a while, we have a good rainy season, but that is happening less and less over time.  You can blame the drought on climate change or not, but please don't tell us to go out and rake our leaves.

[Teddixat]

@Linmo    Don't you just love the talking points about raking forests.   Those come from climate change deniers.  Your post is spot on.   Some of these fires are in areas you couldn't even get to to cut down trees.  The drought and climate change is the reason.  There are fires in Utah, Colorado, Oregon and Washington.  There are fires raging through Greece, Russia and Turkey.    I am sick to death of people blaming the problem on not cutting down the forests 

[agb80]

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@Mistreatedbycs wrote:

It's not climate change, it's that the forests are not being maintained and cleared.

Not all trees are living, the dead one's are not being cut down and cleared, the densely populated forests are not being thinned.

I'm sorry you have the fires but until someone realizes that this needs to be done, fires will continue every year, I understand there are people who are using the court system to block tree thinning.

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@MistreatedbycsYes but I think these fires are from a few different sources some caused by lightning, others from hanging power lines that sway and fall during high winds, then there's arson and other times from stupid careless accidents like a gender reveal gone terribly wrong and other careless human actions. 

[hennypenny]

@chessylady , our oldest son lives in SLT. he  said they closed 50 at Meyers, and that people are lining up to get gas and some places running out.

[agb80]

@Just Bling As I re-read my post, I guess I missed the point since if there are dead trees in the line of a fire and if they were not there, the fire would not get so out of control regardless of how the fire started. 

[SilleeMee]

Yes, the fires are very bad. Our local weather people say we can expect to see hazy skies from the fires every year from now on. Things are not going to get better, only worse. I've already made plans to get some air purifiers for my house. I'm having problems breathing this smokey air.

[Teddixat]

@@just bling.   You do know there are fires burning in 14 states  not just California, including Montana.  If you don't know,  a simple google of what states fires are burning in will educate you if you care to know the facts

[teganslaw]

There is no good reason to get into a climate change argument. There could be many reasons for the fires, and it doesn't seem to be getting better. Certain places aren't habitable and people need to see that before building.

[Buffalogal47]

I sympathize with all those people who have been directly affected by these terrible fires. However, poor management of these forests is responsible for the severity of the fires. Fires are an annual natural phenomena; it's how Nature cleans up debris making it possible for new growth to flourish. Until California starts to do a better job of maintaining the forests, the fires will continue to get worse. These fires aren't just affecting the West Coast; the smoke has traveled across the country and has affected air quality 3,000 miles away.

[Vivian]

My daughter, granddaughter, son-in-law, several first cousins and their children, as well as my best friend all live north of San Francisco. I worry about them. They all love the weather and the beauty of the area and I agree that it is, or perhaps I should say WAS, fabulous. Climate change is leaving its mark on many places, but for us Americans this is one of our tragedies in the making. The fact remains that my family and friends now live in what could be a very dangerous place. One of the reasons that my daughter left Florida was all the storms and floods. Now it's fires in California. She traded water for fire. How ironic!