Somebody did mention the possibility of a Carrington Event, while I could be wrong, I cannot see it being that localized. What was shown in that video did not look natural at all.
I am a bit further North in Western Washington, and yeah, the climate is changing. I've seen enough in my half century of living here to see that ball is already rolling. (Don't get me started on the stop climate change scam being pushed that rhymes too much with the 'we're all in this together' cooties bunk.)
Actually the one thing that has helped get me through all this cooties nonsense is to pay attention and help midwife the few acres I'm on. So far the vow 'Til death do us part' has dispelled every last hard sell of fear being pushed for me. Spending the last few days away from work mowing firebreaks makes a lot of sense if my heart is already married to the land. It is reassuring that we can also work with and build and ecology and not just destroy them.
That being said, I have geeked out on a bit of this stuff. Freaking cottonwoods burning from the inside out!?! A live one couldn't burn if you doused it with 100 gallons of #2 diesel. I keep them around here with the other trees because they won't burn and help for a natural firebreak.
Fires happen on their own well enough, and yes, Western North America does get dry summers, but what was shown for those specific fires ought to be raising more red flags than Chairman Mao's funeral.
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Date: 2023-06-13 03:31 am (UTC)I am a bit further North in Western Washington, and yeah, the climate is changing. I've seen enough in my half century of living here to see that ball is already rolling. (Don't get me started on the stop climate change scam being pushed that rhymes too much with the 'we're all in this together' cooties bunk.)
Actually the one thing that has helped get me through all this cooties nonsense is to pay attention and help midwife the few acres I'm on. So far the vow 'Til death do us part' has dispelled every last hard sell of fear being pushed for me. Spending the last few days away from work mowing firebreaks makes a lot of sense if my heart is already married to the land. It is reassuring that we can also work with and build and ecology and not just destroy them.
That being said, I have geeked out on a bit of this stuff. Freaking cottonwoods burning from the inside out!?! A live one couldn't burn if you doused it with 100 gallons of #2 diesel. I keep them around here with the other trees because they won't burn and help for a natural firebreak.
Fires happen on their own well enough, and yes, Western North America does get dry summers, but what was shown for those specific fires ought to be raising more red flags than Chairman Mao's funeral.