Posted on 01/18/2025 2:38:52 PM PST by vespa300
Experts have identified the brand-new threat that may further destroy the Golden State as Californians continue to lose their homes to hellish wildfires.
At least 25 people have lost their lives and over 12,000 buildings have burned to the ground in the Palisades Fire - which has razed much of the Pacific Palisades, once a stunning coastal enclave home to the rich and famous.
However, according to the US Geological Survey the worst is yet to come.
As firefighters battle the flames and continue to diffuse them out, the federal agency claims landslides caused from burn scars left after the fires are out and rainfall returns will become a bigger issue in the future.
'After compiling one year's worth of soil and sediment erosion quantities occurring after large California wildfires between 1984 and 2021, scientists found that postfire erosion has accelerated over time, particularly in northern California, likely reflecting both the increase in wildfire in the state and the frequency of wet water years,' the study read.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
Wear a mask.
Take your vaccine.
Landslides caused by the ozone layer!
We’re doomed.
We’re all gonna die!!!!
I don’t blame you one bit.
The Cockroach That Ate Cincinnati
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NtEpqlrwX5c
That’s one of the four California seasons. Fire, landslides, riots, and earthquakes.
Vegetation good.
Overgrowth bad.
No vegetation worse.
Wonder what it looked like before population.
Bill Maher addressed the fires.
https://youtu.be/C5S8rhNCBnc?si=9LQg80TwAlXloH26
It is not a “brand-new threat”.
Where do these people come up with these statements ignoring the history of the region?
After the fires kill all the flora, their roots will no longer be there to hold the soil in place. The roots will begin to decay, and then the rains will come.
-PJ
California was relatively populated for thousands of years before Columbus. They practiced controlled burns and selective replanting near settled areas, unlike today’s Cali Democrats.
First thing I thought of after reading “threat that could swallow entire towns.”
I blame Dr. Demento.
>>>That’s one of the four California seasons. Fire, landslides, riots, and earthquakes.>>>
Isn’t riot season pretty much year round depending on what Whitey does or does not do?
Well, that was obvious.
Of course mudslides would happen when all the vegetation is gone.
Locust like swarms of personal injury attorneys.
Wait. You mean climate taxes don’t fit things??
“Wonder what it looked like before population.”
Mediterranean scrub, with a few oaks in the valleys.
And it burned regularly.
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