14 Replies to “Now Is The Time At SDA When We Juxtapose!”

  1. Born and raised in Calif. So yeah. I know something about this.
    In the 1960 & 70 you could get a permit for 10 or 20 bucks to remove dead or downed trees to use are fire wood.
    Then the eco-freaks went nuts in the 1980 and no more. We never had out of control fires like they are having now.
    I wonder why.
    PS. As a retired Fire-fighter. This is called (fuel load) A forest is no different that your over packed garage with junk. So when if catches fire, it goes like crazy.

  2. Politics in the US at this time makes you wonder if more than one flew over the cuckoo’s nest and landed in the Democratic party.
    What’s more concerning here in Canada is the Media’s obsession with US politics and wall to wall Trump bashing when we have plenty to be concerned about right here. We need to get answers, honest answers, so we can make informed choices at voting time.
    When we can’t get straight answers we have a problem.

  3. As the forester at the pulp mill I used to work at told me years ago:

    “You have two choices for a mature forest, it gets cut down, or it burns down.”

    1. Yep.
      And when you have this many trees close to each other and dead wood on the ground. It’s a fire looking for a place to happen. When it does, look out!

      1. Lightning tends to clean up those untended forests. People trying to stop a forest fire are just pissing in the wind.

  4. I was fascinated to read a DRUDGE headline a few days ago which DEMANDED the Governor to call in the National Guard to help SAVE homes and lives. Funny … I don’t remember those same panicked calls during the inland fires burning RED counties. Then, I read the article and discovered the panicked shriek was written by a San Jose State Professor. A professor who likely has a home in the CZU Santa Cruz Fire Zone … which is largely occupied by old hippies and alternative dope-smoking lifestylers. Or … the SCU Fire Zone in the hills east of Morgan Hill, where many Silicon Valley workers have their homes.

    Yes … beyond the questions of clearing brush from our forests … CA Fires also carry a BLUE or a RED label on them. These two big fires, which have been choking my skies and lungs for well over a week, are hurting Silicon Valley leftists. Suddenly … “something needs to be done”. Suddenly the thin veneer of “environmentalist” gives way to “forestry manager”.

    Yet … there is still pushback. Everyone is still blaming the victims. Blaming them for building a home in the forest. You should have bought a highrise condo instead! And jammed yourself into mass transit! Then you would be safe from Fire … and we could all just let our forests burn like the naturrrrral native peoples did.

    Again … this is NOT the State I grew up in. Yes, we had seasonal Fires … and EVERY forested land does. But the fires are not the same. And despite a massive budget and fleets of aerial high tech firefighting … the fires are worse … and more numerous. Here’s an idea! How about a little population management to go along with the vegetation management? Starting with those 12 million people who are here illegally?

    1. Kenji,
      These are hard times with the Wuhan Flu lockdown and the riots. And the wild fires, and resultant rolling blackouts, have added to your misery.
      Take care of yourself and your family. Be safe. Are the fires directly threatening your home? As civic order is completely breaking down, I would not be surprised if the fires resulted from arson, with the explicit purpose to loot the affected homes. Do everything you can to protect yourselves. I pray for you.

      1. Thank you OB. No fires in my beautiful slice of the Oak Woodland biome. However! My neighborhood is vulnerable. Last year, a PG&E transformer blew across the freeway from me and started a wildfire. I was amazed to see a full battalion of firefighters on my side of the freeway … all in full gear … just waiting to respond if the fire jumped the freeway. I was impressed by their readiness.

        But … since we haven’t burned yet … I suppose we are always vulnerable. I am not “in” the hills … but I am surrounded by hills that would present very difficult fire fighting terrain. Any fire in those hills would consume my home in an instant.

        My current concern is that our local fire fighting personnel are responding as mutual aid … and we are currently operating with skeleton crews. A fire in our hills now … could be disastrous.

  5. The worst part is that when these fires happen, they burn so hot, they literally sterilize the soil. No molds, no bacteria, no organic matter, no nutrients.

    Neighbor had a big bonfire in the middle of his vegetable garden in October. BIG Bonfire, including old RR ties, a couch, etc. Nothing grew in that circle for years.

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