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How severe were those droughts?
In Cali there were droughts from 1928-1937 (10 years) and 1943-1951 (9 years)
1977 had been the driest year in state history to date.[39] According to the Los Angeles Times, "Drought in the 1970s spurred efforts at urban conservation and the state's Drought Emergency Water Bank came out of drought in the 1980s."[38]
The period between late 2011 and 2014 was the driest in California history since record-keeping began.[42] In May 2015, a state resident poll conducted by Field Poll found that two out of three respondents agreed that it should be mandated for water agencies to reduce water consumption by 25%.[43]
originally posted by: DigginFoTroof
I just can't understand how people can say that a 1 degree rise in temperature is the cause of these forest fires. It is absolutely ridiculous to think if I raised the temp in my house from 72 to 73 that everything would be 300% more flammable or something.
originally posted by: game over man
originally posted by: DigginFoTroof
I just can't understand how people can say that a 1 degree rise in temperature is the cause of these forest fires. It is absolutely ridiculous to think if I raised the temp in my house from 72 to 73 that everything would be 300% more flammable or something.
Yes it is ridiculous and this is a troll thread or you aren't very bright because no one said anything you said.
originally posted by: DigginFoTroof
originally posted by: game over man
originally posted by: DigginFoTroof
I just can't understand how people can say that a 1 degree rise in temperature is the cause of these forest fires. It is absolutely ridiculous to think if I raised the temp in my house from 72 to 73 that everything would be 300% more flammable or something.
Yes it is ridiculous and this is a troll thread or you aren't very bright because no one said anything you said.
Have you watched the news? CNN blamed this specifically on global warming and said it was something that would become "common" due to it.
originally posted by: DigginFoTroof
originally posted by: game over man
originally posted by: DigginFoTroof
I just can't understand how people can say that a 1 degree rise in temperature is the cause of these forest fires. It is absolutely ridiculous to think if I raised the temp in my house from 72 to 73 that everything would be 300% more flammable or something.
Yes it is ridiculous and this is a troll thread or you aren't very bright because no one said anything you said.
Have you watched the news? CNN blamed this specifically on global warmingand said it was something that would become "common" due to it.
originally posted by: DigginFoTroof
originally posted by: game over man
originally posted by: DigginFoTroof
I just can't understand how people can say that a 1 degree rise in temperature is the cause of these forest fires. It is absolutely ridiculous to think if I raised the temp in my house from 72 to 73 that everything would be 300% more flammable or something.
Yes it is ridiculous and this is a troll thread or you aren't very bright because no one said anything you said.
Have you watched the news? CNN blamed this specifically on global warming and said it was something that would become "common" due to it.
originally posted by: game over man
originally posted by: DigginFoTroof
originally posted by: game over man
originally posted by: DigginFoTroof
I just can't understand how people can say that a 1 degree rise in temperature is the cause of these forest fires. It is absolutely ridiculous to think if I raised the temp in my house from 72 to 73 that everything would be 300% more flammable or something.
Yes it is ridiculous and this is a troll thread or you aren't very bright because no one said anything you said.
Have you watched the news? CNN blamed this specifically on global warming and said it was something that would become "common" due to it.
The entire science community has confirmed climate change is the main cause, with specific symptoms from climate change. Not even remotely close to turning your thermostat up in your house 1* and your house goes up in flames. Figure it out.
originally posted by: CharlesT
originally posted by: DigginFoTroof
originally posted by: game over man
originally posted by: DigginFoTroof
I just can't understand how people can say that a 1 degree rise in temperature is the cause of these forest fires. It is absolutely ridiculous to think if I raised the temp in my house from 72 to 73 that everything would be 300% more flammable or something.
Yes it is ridiculous and this is a troll thread or you aren't very bright because no one said anything you said.
Have you watched the news? CNN blamed this specifically on global warmingand said it was something that would become "common" due to it.
Well I probably could have quoted MSNBC or PBS or something but I rarely waste time on those and only saw the CNN clip b/c it was mixed in with other reports on the fire. They spent 3 mins giving an explanation about why the raise in temp made this such a bad fire, and therefore we can expect fires such as this to become a regular occurrence. They quoted some gov studies and other "scientific" studies.
CNN blamed this specifically on global warming
There you go. That convinces me for sure.
originally posted by: DigginFoTroof
originally posted by: game over man
originally posted by: DigginFoTroof
originally posted by: game over man
originally posted by: DigginFoTroof
I just can't understand how people can say that a 1 degree rise in temperature is the cause of these forest fires. It is absolutely ridiculous to think if I raised the temp in my house from 72 to 73 that everything would be 300% more flammable or something.
Yes it is ridiculous and this is a troll thread or you aren't very bright because no one said anything you said.
Have you watched the news? CNN blamed this specifically on global warming and said it was something that would become "common" due to it.
The entire science community has confirmed climate change is the main cause, with specific symptoms from climate change. Not even remotely close to turning your thermostat up in your house 1* and your house goes up in flames. Figure it out.
Please tell me how it is different than the sauna example.
You people get nasty when the facts don't align with your pseudo poo.
If you can't explain it, which i'm pretty sure you can't, then at least give me a link that explains how a one degree temp can effect the weather like this, when a much dryer and hotter season, didn't suffer any where near the same issue. I can't think of any other way to ask this and I can't fathom how you can consider asking this type of question trolling. Please help me understand why you think this temp rise can cause such a difference in fire behavior.
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The Malibu fire is occurring in the chaparral-type ground cover that is characteristic of the California coastal hills (where I live) and the Camp Fire is occurring in the Oak scrub and grassland type of cover that is characteristic of the low Sierra foothills. Here is a pointer to the CALFIRE incident map:
3. Being dense, impenetrable, and prone to infrequent, large, high-intensity wildfires is the natural condition of chaparral. It's not the fault of past fire suppression, poor land management, "unnatural" amounts of vegetation, or environmental laws as some claim.
4. The age and density of chaparral has little to do with the occurrence of such large fires. Large fires in California shrublands are driven primarily by weather, such as Santa Ana winds, sundowner winds, and multi-year droughts.
The paradigm that has been repeated over and over is that fire suppression has caused an unnatural overabundance of vegetation, creating dangerous levels of "fuel" in California's wildlands. While this may be an accurate description for some forests, such as dry ponderosa pine forests in the Southwest, it is not true for California chaparral.
originally posted by: game over man
originally posted by: DigginFoTroof
originally posted by: game over man
originally posted by: DigginFoTroof
originally posted by: game over man
originally posted by: DigginFoTroof
I just can't understand how people can say that a 1 degree rise in temperature is the cause of these forest fires. It is absolutely ridiculous to think if I raised the temp in my house from 72 to 73 that everything would be 300% more flammable or something.
Yes it is ridiculous and this is a troll thread or you aren't very bright because no one said anything you said.
Have you watched the news? CNN blamed this specifically on global warming and said it was something that would become "common" due to it.
The entire science community has confirmed climate change is the main cause, with specific symptoms from climate change. Not even remotely close to turning your thermostat up in your house 1* and your house goes up in flames. Figure it out.
Please tell me how it is different than the sauna example.
You people get nasty when the facts don't align with your pseudo poo.
If you can't explain it, which i'm pretty sure you can't, then at least give me a link that explains how a one degree temp can effect the weather like this, when a much dryer and hotter season, didn't suffer any where near the same issue. I can't think of any other way to ask this and I can't fathom how you can consider asking this type of question trolling. Please help me understand why you think this temp rise can cause such a difference in fire behavior.
GOOGLE it and go back to school!!!
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originally posted by: DigginFoTroof
originally posted by: game over man
originally posted by: DigginFoTroof
I just can't understand how people can say that a 1 degree rise in temperature is the cause of these forest fires. It is absolutely ridiculous to think if I raised the temp in my house from 72 to 73 that everything would be 300% more flammable or something.
Yes it is ridiculous and this is a troll thread or you aren't very bright because no one said anything you said.
Have you watched the news? CNN blamed this specifically on global warming and said it was something that would become "common" due to it.
originally posted by: Phage
originally posted by: DigginFoTroof
originally posted by: game over man
originally posted by: DigginFoTroof
I just can't understand how people can say that a 1 degree rise in temperature is the cause of these forest fires. It is absolutely ridiculous to think if I raised the temp in my house from 72 to 73 that everything would be 300% more flammable or something.
Yes it is ridiculous and this is a troll thread or you aren't very bright because no one said anything you said.
Have you watched the news? CNN blamed this specifically on global warming and said it was something that would become "common" due to it.
Can you provide a link? Did CNN say the fires started because of global warming or did they say that global warming is causing conditions which exacerbate the problem? Things like a longer dry season?