Posted on 08/14/2023 1:01:55 PM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
Invasive highly flammable grasses in Hawaii have been key to fueling the deadliest wildfires in the US in more than 100 years, experts say.
While factors such as extreme weather events from climate change and the state’s local power grid have been blamed for helping to cause the blaze, large plots of land in Hawaii have been overrun by volatile non-native fire-prone grasses that are fueling the deadly flames, according to experts.
Land that was once occupied by irrigated pineapples and sugar cane was taken over by the grass species as those businesses began to decline, according to Elizabeth Pickett, the co-executive director of the Hawaii Wildlife Management Organization.
“The problem is at such a large scale, 26% of our state is now invaded by these grasses,” Pickett told The Associate Press.
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Why did agriculture decline? Do they need braceros from the mainland?
“While factors such as extreme weather events from climate change...”
FU
Invasive species are causing a problem?
Sounds rather similar to the southern border.
When you get a big fire, you start backfires in front of the places you want to save.
And then you pray.
I(f some illegal alien plants can do that much damage just imagine how much death and harm illegal alien people can do ...
Native plants fueling Maui blazes, expert say.
You wonder if the grasses being brought in are ones that the people who are building their dream homes in a place like Maui are wanting to recreate their front lawns like they had on the mainland with grass species that are not suitable for the Hawaiian environment like they might be for elsewhere.
What happened to the alien space lasers?
Pardon my earlier comment, it is interesting to read in the article about the grasses imported from Africa being the possible culprit.
Tempted to stop reading at climate change…
Some are still on the shark heads.
Why are there so many fires followed up by direct energy theories. Why is the these people refused to sell their land to the WEF then the city burns down except for rich peoples mansions?
We may be able to consider this AFTER arson has been fully investigated by competent investigators with open minds.
They probably stopped the above to "prevent global climate change" and got bit.
That's what Wokeness does for you. It doesn't think about the consequences of the action.
Why don’t they just mow and remove the tall dry grass so there will not be a fire?
There are several reasons for the decline of agriculture in Hawaii, including globalization, the rising popularity of sweeteners other than sugar, the growth of tourism generated by the invention of jetliners, and rising land values.
I recall the ads in which C&H flogged its "pure cane sugar from Hawaii." Nowadays, its sugar probably comes from Brazil, Thailand or Vietnam.
Thank you for the info. Maybe they need to plant kudzu instead of these flammable dry grasses.
An earlier article today said that invasive pine trees squeezed out tropical jungle plants. When the pine trees get hit by fire, the seeds explode from the pine cones and are carried on the wind long distances to either ignite new fires in front of the forest fire or expand the pine forest in new directions.
It’s funny...Hawaii is very proud of keeping highly invasive snakes out of the islands. Too bad they weren’t so diligent about invasive plant species.
I heard today, too, that the State of Hawaii knew full well that the demise of the pineapple plantations and explosion of invasive grasses could lead to this conflagration, but did absolutely nothing about it.
“Invasive highly flammable grasses in Hawaii have been key to fueling the deadliest wildfires in the US in more than 100 years”
Anything other than blaming the elected officials whose job it is to be sure such disasters don’t happen.
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