FR Brainstorming: Solving Southern California's Wildfires [Vanity]

10/22/07 | Vanity

[Hebrews 11:6]

The mountains in CA look like the are covered with brush and maybe a few small trees here and there.

It depends on the elevation. The mountain treeline is about 5,000 feet. Above that elevation, the mountains are densely forested with pines.

That's one of the features of LA that makes it so attractive to so many: within an hour's drive you can be at the ocean, whereas an hour in the other direction puts you in snow-skiing territory.

If you're getting video of the Running Springs fire, that's near Lake Arrowhead, up over 6,000 feet about fifty miles east of downtown LA. I had to have a tooth capped as a ten-year-old by a Running Springs dentist after I sledded into an ice-boulder one morning.

[Hebrews 11:6]

First, it's a desert, not a dessert (your spelling needs help, too). ;)

Second, there are fifteen million of us who think SoCal is ShangriLa--I've lived here all my life. And the prior year, we nearly set a rainfall record with 34".

Third, who is Sam Kenison?

[Ben Bolt]

Third, who is Sam Kenison?

Do WHAT ??

[davetex]

Umm OK, I thought this was about fire prevention. I guess I’m on the wrong thread. Gotta go now.

[Hebrews 11:6]

Thanks for the referral.

[Hebrews 11:6]

I’ll ask you politely: please find someone else on which to bestow yourself.

[MinorityRepublican]

The desert should not be densely populated unless they have access to a significant source of water. If not, they should be relocated elsewhere.

[arderkrag]

It's California.

There's beaches.

Do the math.

[Ben Bolt]

Dont scurry off .. You can have 2 conversations at once . Tap into your human potential dude !

[Tenacious 1]

Touche.

Sam Kenison? You must either be pretty young or ....well.... He was this stand up comedian. Funny guy really. Not for the whole family. But he talked about Etheopians and why they don’t move where the food is.....

You know what, this thread was about fire prevention.

AADD (Adult Attention Deficit Dissorder)

[Ben Bolt]

I’ll ask you politely: please find someone else on which to bestow yourself.

That’s fine . Anyone who has to ask who Sam is in a vanity post ... deserves the 15 million in paradise .

[Squantos]

let your imagination roam.

Dangerous.....LOL

Answer is as stated in post # 2 IMHO , clean up dead fuel, build fire breaks and ignore the bunny huggers trying to save the flipper nosed yellow beaked peckerwood worms habitat !

Orrrrrrrrrrrr use Agent Orange to defoliate California and elect the Clintonista so all get free medical care to offset Agent Orange effects ! No more fires cept a nasty burning rash ya have to wait to have cured for years !

[Hebrews 11:6]

Sam Kenison? You must either be pretty young or ....

Then I do remember him. I'm certainly not young, but the last comedian I really followed was Bill Cosby. Not my genre--I'm not humorless, I just have limited time and many other interests. Thanks for the info.

[Hebrews 11:6]

Thanks for the interesting replies. Several advocated clearing brush, but I'm not sure any novelties were suggested. I'll keep checking back.

I have the idea that the motivation exists now in the wake of this carnage to try some new ideas, and they might as well originate with us.

[Ben Bolt]

I’m not humorless, I just have limited time and many other interests.

So you are normal .. But I’m not speaking to you ;)

[Bernard Marx]

I’ve always wondered why they continue to be reactive instead of proactive when we all know the fires come every year. Installing tanks on the ridges ahead of development would no doubt be cheaper than what is happening now.

Because nobody does anything -- especially things that threaten large tax increases -- until they absolutely have to. Why doesn't New Orleans build secure levees? Why do people living in flood or hurricane-prone areas rebuild houses in the very same places after they've been destroyed? Why do people live in trailer homes in twister country? (OK, that last one was to see if you were paying attention).

The truth is most people figure that in the worst case, Uncle Sugar will be there to bail them out. And, judging from recent history, he will be.

[Quix]

I have the idea that the motivation exists now in the wake of this carnage to try some new ideas, and they might as well originate with us.

= = =

I certainly agree with that.

Blessings,

[cherry]

some of these areas were burned 2 years ago, so its not all just fuel buildup....

unless you live in the West, you can't imagine how hot and dry it gets.....

in my area....eastern Washington..it was as dry this past June as it usually is at the end of August...

throw in the wind, and you get a disaster....

[cherry]

boy, we got some young'ins here today....

SK was IMO a vile, ugly man who made fame out of violent acts toward women on MTV.....his famous saying to those starving Africans who couldn't grow crops was basically....MOVE....

[RayChuang88]

In my opinion, here's an even better solution: drop bombs filled with liquid nitrogen.

It's not as far-fetched as you think; when the liquid nitrogen expands, the combination of extreme cold and quick displacement of oxygen in the air will quickly smother most fires. In fact, liquid nitrogen has been used to successfully fight oil fires.