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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 04:30 PM Original message |
A question about the California wildfires: I know a lot of areas have |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 04:39 PM Response to Original message |
1. Additional consideration |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 04:45 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. See, now that's exactly the info I'm looking for. My understanding |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 04:47 PM Response to Original message |
3. The fires are hotter, bigger and more frequent due to global warming |
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NYC_SKP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 04:54 PM Response to Original message |
4. The accumulation of litter is a natural event, as are wildfires.... |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 04:57 PM Response to Original message |
5. Here in SoCal a lot of our fires are in chapparal, which is not forest. |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 05:00 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. It's a problem with no easy solution. The only way I see to get back |
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tabatha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 05:03 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. It needs fire to regenerate and stay healthy. |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 10:06 PM Response to Reply #8 |
23. Fire is an essential component of our ecosystems here in the SW. |
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tabatha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 11:31 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. Sarcasm aside, I have attended lectures by scientists |
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tabatha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 05:02 PM Response to Original message |
7. California Fires |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 05:08 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. I'll have to think about that - it's a pricey book, I think the key point is |
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tabatha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 05:11 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. Here is an article that reflects some of the latest thinking. |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 05:23 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. Neat! I suspect the real problem isn't the fires but the fact that |
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Chovexani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 05:30 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. That is the problem in Arizona |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 05:39 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. The area of New York where I live turns into second growth forest |
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izquierdista (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 05:09 PM Response to Original message |
10. Take a look south of the border |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 05:14 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. The problem is getting to there from here. What can be done |
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izquierdista (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 05:55 PM Response to Reply #12 |
18. Which side is natural? |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 06:04 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. If I read you right, you're saying that the chaparral is the second growth. |
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Hekate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 02:20 AM Response to Reply #18 |
26. Goleta, where I live, is in the Central Coast. You seem to know the area... |
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tabatha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 05:14 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. Some headlines from this article: |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 05:26 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. What is your synopsis of this article? |
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izquierdista (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 06:39 PM Response to Reply #15 |
21. I'm going to have to call BS |
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tabatha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 08:01 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. I went to a series of lectures by renowned fire reasearchers. |
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azul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 06:27 PM Response to Original message |
20. Our forest management is iffy at best, and we built too many dumb houses. |
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BrotherBuzz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 10:28 PM Response to Original message |
24. Years ago, sections of Mount Tamalpais was set afire during winter months |
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