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California's Gov. Brown: Wildfires Are Evidence Of Changing Climate 'In Real Time'
NPR ^ | 08/02/2018 | Scott Neuman

Posted on 08/02/2018 7:13:19 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

California Gov. Jerry Brown says his state is in "uncharted territory" with the current slew of intense wildfires and he warns that climate change has made the situation "part of our ordinary experience."

"[The] predictions that I see, the more serious predictions of warming and fires to occur later in the century, 2040 or 2050, they're now occurring in real time," Brown said at a news conference on Wednesday in Sacramento.

"You can expect that — unfortunately — to continue intensifying in California and throughout the Southwest. We are part of that process," he said.

Brown said that only a month into the current budget year California has already spent $125 million, a quarter of its fire budget.

"We're in for a really rough ride," Brown said at the news conference. "It's going to get expensive, it's going to get dangerous, and we have to apply all our creativity to make the best of what is going to be an increasingly bad situation."

Brown's remarks reflect a growing body of evidence and scientific opinion that supports a link between warmer temperatures due to climate change and more fires of greater intensity that occur for more months out of the year. They also echo the frustration of many on the front lines battling the blazes.

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TOPICS: Science; Society; Weather
KEYWORDS: california; climatechange; envirowhackos; jerrybrown; wildfires
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To: JayAr36

LOL!


21 posted on 08/02/2018 7:35:07 AM PDT by familyop ("Welcome to Costco. I love you." - -Costco greeter in the movie, "Idiocracy")
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To: SeekAndFind
Uh, jer. Keep your friggin' smoke in your own state. We don't need no stinkin' smoke. At least some of it has blown out of Reno for a day or two. But, Hot August Nights kicks off next Monday so work on keepin the smoke confined to the Cali side of the state line. Prayers up forr the fire fighters and those affected by the fires. 🚒🚑🚨🙏👍🏼🇺🇸
22 posted on 08/02/2018 7:37:02 AM PDT by rktman (Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
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To: SeekAndFind

B$ flag raised!

Still remember standing on the roof with dad, hosing down the roof while the fires a ridge over were cresting the top. That was about 45 years ago. Since then, seldom a year goes by without a kalifornia wildfire or several in the news. Envirowackos help with this, blocking what would normally be done to manage areas susceptible to combustion.

Silly land of Oz!

KYPD


23 posted on 08/02/2018 7:38:01 AM PDT by petro45acp (So why wasn't anyone there willing, able, and equipped to protect those people?)
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To: SeekAndFind

So the fires we had in So Cal EVERY SUMMER from the time I was a child were just aberrations?

Jerry, it is called WEATHER. I the summer, it becomes hot and dry and you get Santa Ana winds. Every year. Since before humans even existed.

This is just as stupid as saying hurricanes during hurricane season are the result of global warming.


24 posted on 08/02/2018 7:43:13 AM PDT by freedumb2003 ("Trump is such a liar. He said we'd be tired from all this winning" (/dfwgator 7/27/18))
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To: choctaw man

>>Many of these fires are deliberately set, IMHO.<<

Global warming-induced insanity causes people to become pyromaniacs.

IOW: the battle cry of the left - never let facts get in the way of an agenda-forwarding narrative.


25 posted on 08/02/2018 7:45:23 AM PDT by freedumb2003 ("Trump is such a liar. He said we'd be tired from all this winning" (/dfwgator 7/27/18))
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To: SeekAndFind

I wasn’t aware people could be this stupid and live.


26 posted on 08/02/2018 7:53:39 AM PDT by WorkerbeeCitizen
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To: SeekAndFind
California's Gov. Brown: Wildfires Are Evidence Of Changing Climate 'In Real Time'

No, the wildfires are evidence of Californistan refusing to allow natural fires, and thus build up lots of extra fuel.

27 posted on 08/02/2018 7:55:38 AM PDT by Lazamataz (The New York Times is so openly dishonest, even their crossword puzzles lie.)
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To: phormer phrog phlyer
The early early native Americans called the area “Heepim Big Smoke”. 😉
28 posted on 08/02/2018 7:59:57 AM PDT by wardamneagle
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To: SeekAndFind

Jerry Brown’s an idiot.


29 posted on 08/02/2018 8:03:49 AM PDT by Jack Hammer
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Moonbeam....you are a da in real time...


30 posted on 08/02/2018 8:04:43 AM PDT by TnTnTn
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To: SeekAndFind

Trying to find a picture of a pagan high priest.


31 posted on 08/02/2018 8:07:05 AM PDT by DungeonMaster (...the light has come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light...)
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To: SeekAndFind

Evidence and scientific opinion that supports a link between warmer temperatures due to climate change and more fires.

Pssst Jerry Ca had more and bigger fires before man set foot in California.


32 posted on 08/02/2018 8:11:21 AM PDT by Vaduz (women and children to be impacIQ of chimpsted the most.)
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To: choctaw man

Yup. Arson


33 posted on 08/02/2018 8:24:52 AM PDT by Cobra64 (Common sense isnÂ’t common anymore.)
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To: SeekAndFind
The idiots worship their trees. Now the trees are killing them.

Idiots. If you have too many trees they will eventually burn.

34 posted on 08/02/2018 8:29:29 AM PDT by far sider
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To: SeekAndFind

Brown makes sense. California never had wildfires, mudslides or earthquakes before Trump came into office and started climate change ...


35 posted on 08/02/2018 8:32:13 AM PDT by catnipman ((Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!))
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To: G Larry

So stupid idiots who cause these fires are due to global warming Jerry can ?


36 posted on 08/02/2018 8:44:24 AM PDT by Truthoverpower (The guvmint you get is the Trump winning express !)
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To: SeekAndFind
Didn’t California stop wildfire mitigation maintenance due to environmentalists.
37 posted on 08/02/2018 8:49:05 AM PDT by liberalh8ter (The only difference between flash mob 'urban yutes' and U.S. politicians is the hoodies.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Here’s the causes of the wildfires being so large & uncontrollable:

1. Bruce Babbitt, of the Interior, under Clinton closed the U S Forest roads with large gates. They also dug LARGE holes inside those gates to prevent ANY vehicles or fire crews from getting to a SMALL fire before it became a large one. I know about those gates because I was bookkeeper for a welding shop in N Calif and he had a contract to make a large number of them. I SAW those gates in place when I rode my horses on existing trails in that area. Only way to get crews into fires was by parachute—HOTSHOTS—or walking them in. Could NOT use those existing roads into the forests because they had been SABOTAGED by Clinton /Babbitt.

2. Timber harvesting & replanting was stopped because of the “Spotted Owl. Millions more of board feet of timber has gone to waste by the bark beetles or by fire than anyone in the USA has ever comprehended. Loss of timber harvest revenue is also impacted.

3. The main tree in the California/Oregon, etc., forests is the Douglas Fir. It DOES NOT LIVE FOREVER. That is another lie the Enviros want to tell people. The life of a Douglas Fir is about 30 years. Then, it USED TO BE harvested for lumber. If NOT harvested, it goes downhill fast, and is useless in about 2 years. Loss of millions of $$$ of timber, but the USA keeps building everywhere all the time.

4. The dead & dying Douglas fir trees now are a banquet for the Bark Beetles. They are very destructive. They have been raising havoc for years in those forests. The bark beetles now have a head start on the younger trees, also. When you see large patches of brown trees in the forests, it is the bark beetle that is more responsible than any ‘drought’. A ‘Drought’ would cover a larger area & all the trees.

5. The ranchers have NOT been allowed to graze their cattle or sheep on the forest grounds. Those animals bring in $$$ for grazing fees, and they eat the grasses & lower shrubs which are called ‘LADDER FUELS’. When those grasses & shrubs ignite, they feed taller fires which then get into the taller trees. Those trees burn, and they release burning embers which can fly away as far as a mile & start/feed other fires.

NOW-—The FUEL LOAD in the Nation’s forests is really high.

There are some other reasons, but all of the above are responsible for the high fire risks & the losses of the recreational usage & the timber harvests of our Federal Lands.

Bill Clinton & Bruce Babbitt engineered all of this with the ‘GREENIES’ and they created a terrible legacy.

Put the blame where it belongs...on Clinton—Babbitt—and the headstrong Enviros.


38 posted on 08/02/2018 9:22:06 AM PDT by ridesthemiles
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To: SeekAndFind

More proof that Moon Beam is out of touch with reality.


39 posted on 08/02/2018 9:30:35 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (#NotARussianBot)
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To: SeekAndFind

Good God, does that azzhole think everyone FORGOT that the NOAA in 2015 said “global warming” had nothing to do with CA’s fires?


40 posted on 08/02/2018 9:34:22 AM PDT by ScottinVA (Liberals, piss off. That is all.)
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