>> Hello, those 'backlogs of flammable materials,' AKA living forests, were not built up by unwise policies. << Yes, they were. Humans spent decades suppressing wildfires as best they could. The problem is that, when you do that, dead fuel builds up. So when it lights -- and sooner or later it WILL light -- it burns hotter, longer, and wider. Western forests are quite well adapted to periodic fires. Many species of wildflowers and trees rely on fires to produce fertilizing ash and clear the undergrowth so seeds can sprout. However, they can't survive the much worse fires that are burning now. That's a problem. >> The reason they're burning now is because stupid humans trashed the climate, and their loss will speed up the destruction: deserts are less flammable, sure, but they don't hold water in the soil. << This is true. >>Ruins are much less vulnerable to hurricanes than thriving towns are, so I guess that will be just fine.<< For certain cavalier definitions of "fine," yes.
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