[MrEdd]

Try this in Texas and they would plow broad swaths in fields and pastures, backfire between them, and minimize the potential size of the fires.

Not that the fires could be so intense since we clear out the underbrush.

We have the dryness. We have the wind.
We don’t have the irresponsible lend management.
Well, except to the extent that California imports got the zoning laws changed in a lot of places so they can build developments of two story McMansions side by side so fire can leap between them. Welcome to Conflagration Acres.

[poconopundit]

The Tubbs Fire of 2017 is proof that California is a dysfunctional State. You'd think that wealthy firms like Apple, Facebook, Google, and Intel would do something to fix their neighborhood.

No, they can't even get POOP off the streets of San Francisco.

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