Sandybayes1
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- Sandra
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Sorry, ME is a totally different eco climate system and has not been as fire prone as the dry, arid west. There was an early period of fire suppression (recall the comic “Smokey the Bear of the 1950’s). Then more recently the efforts of clearing the debris off the forest floor especially around cities. You are just so wrong my friend (as is Trump). Nature’s role has been to let trees catch fire and naturally thin the overgrown forests. You can actually see photos of our forests taken by Powell taken in the 70’s which show a much thinner forest in the 70’s when forest fires were allowed to rage. We now pretty much doing just that while thinning continues closer to populated areas. The primary problem is the drying of the western side of the US due to climate change. Old growth trees are so stressed they have become vulnerable to scrounges like the notorious “bark beetle” which weakens and Either the tree has become vulnerable to forest fires or the beetle finally kills its host. We also see this cycle occurring in Canada’s forests. Please check the history of our forests before you second guess causation of what is threatening us in the West now.Speaking of opinions NOT politics, what do future Cybertruck owners think is the root cause of the forest fires threatening population centers on the west coast of the US again this summer. I personally believe bad Forest Management is the immediate cause not global warming. I’m a part time resident of ME for the past 42 years and even though peak temperature were frequently as hot as South Florida this summer we’re not plagued by Forest fires. We have active logging industries in ME and Florida. Keeping the Forest from encroaching on the family homestead is kind of a family tradition in these parts. Felling trees against the lean using wedges is kind of generational education to many of us.
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