Wild Fires - The Immediate Face of Climate Change? (Weather)

by dulan drift ⌂, Saturday, November 10, 2018, 13:46 (1987 days ago) @ dulan drift

California is still burning

Is that area heading towards 'too dangerous to inhabit' or will things get so burned out there's nothing left to burn?

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Where I am here I can see fires from my porch that have been burning for weeks - apparently they are deliberately lit by farmers for 'back burning' purposes. Controlled fuel reduction burning is ok but seems a bit late to be still doing it now - in Qld , which is more tropical, iI guess they figure they get enough rain to keep it under control - but I do wonder if they're factoring climate change into that traditional practice

Although we had decent rain a few weeks back there's been none since plus a full week of 38-40C weather and now the grass, after suddenly turning green from months of yellow, is turning.back yellow again

Another couple of weeks with no rain and then a 40 plus day with wind and those fires could easily explode


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