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originally posted by: Sookiechacha
a reply to: Doctor Smith
Most of the fires were started by lightening. Yes, some fires were started by arsonists. One was started by a gender reveal party gone bad.
Sometimes people start fire on purpose, sometime they start fires by accident. Sometimes nature starts fires.
But, there is no doubt that years of drought and hotter and longer dry seasons make fires worse. Next will come the rains, the flooding and the mud slides.
originally posted by: Blaine91555
a reply to: Sookiechacha
Perhaps we should just ignore the arsonists then?
I'm trying to understand why you seem to be providing cover for them, but I just don't get it. What is your point exactly; arson is not a thing to worry about or care about?
The arsonists are a matter of public record which is the point of the video. You can't deny them. Funny thing about fires is they are not political, they burn anything or anyone unfortunate enough to be in the path.
Climate change makes it even more important that the Sierra Club step aside, admit not allowing the clearing of brush and controlled burns is stupid and destructive, and let the Forest Service resume good management techniques developed over centuries, from experience. Years of court ordered mismanagement compliments of the Sierra Club are producing the results were seeing now.
It's no longer funny after billions in damage and human lives being sacrificed at the altar of radicals. Environmental lawsuits are responsible for the carnage. At some point people with two brain cells to rub together, need to wake up.
originally posted by: research100
in the news it said we getting a la nina which means not a lot of rain in the winter and dry summer. dryer winter means less mudslides in areas that are deforested by fires...when we get the el nino is when we get the torrential rains.
yes a reveal party went wrong one or to arsonists...but we had an unusual amount of lighting in a certain small period of time that caused a lot of fire to happen......
originally posted by: Sookiechacha
a reply to: Doctor Smith
Most of the fires were started by lightening. Yes, some fires were started by arsonists. One was started by a gender reveal party gone bad.
Sometimes people start fire on purpose, sometime they start fires by accident. Sometimes nature starts fires.
But, there is no doubt that years of drought and hotter and longer dry seasons make fires worse. Next will come the rains, the flooding and the mud slides.
originally posted by: rickymouse
Those are only the arsons they have charged people with. How many people have got away without getting caught. This is an arsonists dream, start a fire and it will be blamed on climate change. Maybe only one in a ten thousand people are pyromaniacs in this country, so how many people live in California, Washington, and Oregon, use math to figure out how many pyromaniacs would have increased opportunity to get away with starting a forest fire.
Also, how many people smoking Cannabis are out in the woods on trails and toss their joint on the ground. Lots of fires were started over the years by cigarettes when people smoked in the woods, but tobacco makes you smarter, pot makes you high and dampens a person's perception. When it is dry, do not smoke either when in the woods. Making pot legal probably increases the risk of forest fires a bit too, just like cigarettes used to.
originally posted by: Wide-Eyes
originally posted by: rickymouse
Those are only the arsons they have charged people with. How many people have got away without getting caught. This is an arsonists dream, start a fire and it will be blamed on climate change. Maybe only one in a ten thousand people are pyromaniacs in this country, so how many people live in California, Washington, and Oregon, use math to figure out how many pyromaniacs would have increased opportunity to get away with starting a forest fire.
Also, how many people smoking Cannabis are out in the woods on trails and toss their joint on the ground. Lots of fires were started over the years by cigarettes when people smoked in the woods, but tobacco makes you smarter, pot makes you high and dampens a person's perception. When it is dry, do not smoke either when in the woods. Making pot legal probably increases the risk of forest fires a bit too, just like cigarettes used to.
I agree with half of what you said but honestly, I think the average weed smoker will be quite conscientious about how they dispose of their roach in that environment.
How climate change affects wildfires
Although human activities — such as lighting campfires and discarding lit cigarettes — are mainly responsible for starting the fires, hotter weather makes forests drier and more susceptible to burning.
Rising temperatures, a key indicator of climate change, evaporate more moisture from the ground, drying out the soil, and making vegetation more flammable.
At the same time, winter snowpacks are melting about a month earlier, meaning that the forests are drier for longer periods of time.
originally posted by: Sookiechacha
a reply to: FlyingFox
A video released by the US Forest Service shows the moment an off-duty border patrol officer in Arizona shoots a makeshift target with the words "Boy" and "Girl" written on it and it explodes in an open field, revealing a plume of blue smoke and sparking a massive wildfire, in a gender reveal party gone awry.
This was a gender reveal that went bad, starting a HUGE fire last year.
originally posted by: bigfatfurrytexan
a reply to: Sookiechacha
Amazing that Canada and Mexico dont seem to have lightning. Super lucky for them, huh?
originally posted by: Doctor Smith
The media — and social media — insist that this year's fires in California and Oregon are a product of climate change. Well Glenn has news for all these so-called "protectors" of the truth. Even better, he has the actual DOCUMENTS to prove otherwise! Here are the arrest records for multiple suspected ARSONISTS — and at least one is a known BLM activist, dating back to Ferguson. So what's really going on? It's up to you to always question what you're being told, do your research, and find the truth. WATCH more Glenn Beck:
Climate Change exists, greatly impacts our planet, and it will continue to get worse. Arsonists starting fires has no effect on that.