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@p @olmitch @PurpCat @TheMadPirate I knew a guy who started a forest fire in Utah. Lazy ass didnt stop out his fire coals...like he just burried them so yeah they were on some roots or something and it started a blaze.
Only you can prevent forestfires motherfuckers.
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@ins0mniak @PurpCat @TheMadPirate @olmitch Also the LAFD could prevent forest fires but a retrofitted Chinook costs more than a backhoe so their budget prevents them..
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@olmitch @TheMadPirate @PurpCat @ins0mniak We're living up in hills that, since before people arrived, would periodically catch fire. There are pine trees that drop cones that don't even open until after they've caught fire, because the tree's apparent strategy is to avoid fighting weeds and shrubbery and just wait until they are not present. These hills are supposed to periodically burn, but we live in them so we have to clear the brush periodically, but we stopped.
Since the brush is not cleared, the brush catches fire. I'm aware there's arson and gender reveal fireworks and whatnot, but if we didn't cultivate a tinder box, we wouldn't have this problem. It would be really hard to burn down the woods if we didn't fill it with dry brush.