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BullNBear52

11/10/18 11:10 AM

#293440 RE: DesertDrifter #293438

And now to blame these deaths on forest management (and by extension for managers) is unconscionable.

You can do a controlled burn in Idaho, Washington or Oregon but not in a heavily populated area like where this fire is currently burning.

Trump is simply an idiot who is clueless as to what is causing these fires in CA. He should really have a chat with a meteorologist.

Why Does California Have So Many Wildfires?

...“And so in a lot of California now when fires start, those fires are burning through places that have a lot more plants to burn than they would have if we had been allowing fires to burn for the last hundred years.”

In recent years, the United States Forest Service has been trying to rectify the previous practice through the use of prescribed or “controlled” burns....


https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/09/climate/why-california-fires.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage
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PegnVA

11/10/18 12:06 PM

#293444 RE: DesertDrifter #293438

He is an arrogant, ignorant, narcissistic asshole - BINGO!
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BOREALIS

11/10/18 7:08 PM

#293487 RE: DesertDrifter #293438

California Professional Firefighters President blasts Trump's comments on the California fires

Jose A. Del Real

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https://twitter.com/jdelreal/status/1061370261897801728/photo/1

In an absolutely scathing statement, California Professional Firefighters President Brian Rice blasts President Trump’s comments on the California fires:


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