Posted on 10/28/2019 5:43:18 PM PDT by Libloather
SAN FRANCISCO Facing down 600 wildfires in the past three days alone, emergency workers rushed to evacuate tens of thousands of people in Southern California on Thursday as a state utility said one of its major transmission lines broke near the source of the out-of-control Kincade blaze in Northern California.
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The idea that fire could itself be used to help fight fire and restore ecosystems first gained institutional acceptance in the South. In 1958 a policy change was made to allow for the first prescribed burn in a national park, at Everglades National Park in Florida.
For some time, the practice remained anomalous outside of the South. But within the south, according to Nathan Klaus, a senior wildlife biologist with the Georgia Department of Natural Resources, even private landowners would occasionally set smaller, controlled fires on their property.
Before the era of fire suppression, north Georgia around Brawley Mountain used to burn roughly every three to five years, according to Dr. Klaus. Those blazes allowed species that could withstand some fire, like the longleaf pine, to proliferate and flourish, shaping local ecosystems.
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Man, that is the ultimate disaster for California. A major earthquake during the Santa Ana winds. God forbid.
Yesirree and the whole country is next if the Democrats regain control. The Democrat Party pledged itself to Satan at its 2012 national convention.
Got news for you, we’re all under Gods judgement....and not one escapes.
I totally agree. As a resident of the West Coast I tremble when I remember that Our Father is Just.
No surprise that the left wants us to return to the Middle Ages, but they're hoping for the final victory of the muzzies this time.
The ecosystem that really need shaping is the one in their brains.
Wonder how mild the wildfires were when the world oxygen level of the atmosphere was at 30% instead of the current 19%.
It’s the Shake and Bake season on the west coast.
Perfect take! Thanks for my first chuckle of the morning.
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