[wastoute]

In the 60s we learned how to thin trees and clear flammable debris from our Boy Scout camp which was just a few miles from where Smokey was found. As mentioned, this method of managing Forrest’s was abonded 20-30 years ago in favor of “letting Gaia heal the earth”. Now they are paying the price. When one pretends they can ignore reality and live in a Unicorn fantasy land eventually there is a price to be paid. They are paying it. Unfortunately, the gummint will probably step in to “prevent their suffering”. Wanna bet tax dollars go to rebuilding celebrity’s mansions?

[Mr. Jeeves]

As Ayn Rand put it: "You can evade reality, but you cannot evade the consequences of evading reality."

[SJackson]

this method of managing Forrest’s was abonded 20-30 years ago in favor of “letting Gaia heal the earth”. Now they are paying the price.

Have to agree with them, nature is taking care of it. But to the detriment of humans. Managing forests, even if humans are doing it, isn't necessarily a bad thing.