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Originally Posted by Racerbvd
I highly dought that fireplaces cause more damage than the fires that have burnedoff & on since this planet was formed. Who put out the raging fires in the west before we were there??  |
Actually, before "we" were here there were no raging fires such as there are now in SOCAL, the reason being that there was no forest "management" as there is today.
When nature ruled there were plenty of fires that burned themselves out naturally. Annual wild fires thusly kept growth in balance, not allowing vegetation to thrive to the extent that it would support larger fires.
These fires were much smaller than today's because there was not the accumulated growth that there is today. Today the small fires are now quickly put out before they spread, allowing the "saved" areas to thrive.
So now there is typically much more fuel to burn if a small fire is not put out before it gets out of control and a very large fire results. This is compounded when multiple fires break out and join to become even larger fires.
Across the border in Mexico there is no such forest management. The huge fires we have here every so many years never occur there because nature is left to maintain her balance. Here we have periodic holocausts.
Accepting that, many of the wild fires that break out each year should be allowed to run their natural course, except of course where structures and homes need to be saved.
This would work if nature was allowed to regain its balance. There would be many more small fires each year than there are now but those that encroached on structures and lives would be very much more easily controlled at probably less expense and definitely with less loss of lives and property.