Understanding Wildfires and Climate and How we Must Adapt

Jim Steele

Video explaining the ecology of wildfires and why California is more prone to fires than the rest of the USA

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griff
August 18, 2021 7:32 am

I read:

The Dixie fire has consumed hundreds of thousands of acres of forested mountainsides, including large swaths of land in Plumas National Forest.

So I looked up fire management for that National Forest and found a long list of projects involving reducing fire risk…

for example 2 at random
Some areas within the 2018 Camp Fire burned under high and mixed severity. Left unmitigated these dead, dying, and structurally damaged live trees will become hazardous fuels. We propose to remove fire killed trees that would become dangerous fuels.

Strategically place DFPZ and WUI treatments to modify fire behavior and improve forest resilience. Activities include mechanical thinning, hand thinning, piling, mastication, group selection, prescribed burning, and associated transportation planning

Fred Middleton
Reply to  griff
August 18, 2021 10:37 am

Yep. In some accounts – local boot on the ground, recent fire scar Camp and Bear fires – now mostly grass 1-hour fuel, fire raced through at alarming speed – slope and upslope normal wind. One Fire Prediction formula 100% slope equals 30 miles per hour wind. Any additional valley winds will also shear off and go upslope

August 19, 2021 7:43 am

Manipulation by youtube! First because I get notified of each comment I noticed a very positive comment was removed so I reposted it. 2 days later the comment was returned. Then I saw youtube dropped the likes from 22 to 15. So I started taking screen shots. Last night at 9 PM likes had risen back to 22, but by 7 AM youtube lowered the likes to 20. My screenshots are proof of youtube’s manipulation! This needs to be investigated!