The Detestable, Evil B-word, Nancy Pelosi -ITM

As MDDad mention, this summer was actually mild compared to most.  Last week was the typical September "goodbye to summer" blast we get before the autumn temps begin in October.  if you lived here, you would know that.

Further, the fires are not all over the state.  If climate change was the reason for them, you would see fires in places that you normally don't.  Instead, all of the fires are on public lands, not private lands.  Is climate change so smart that it knows the difference?

Obviously no.  Private lands are manged properly to keep the vegetation healthy.  Undergrowth is removed, sick or dying trees are replaced, they are treated like one manages a garden.  That is not the case with public lands.  Thanks to the left, there is no management, the area is left to its own devices, resulting in the timber-boxes that go up in flames every decade or so. 

The natural cycle out here, if there is no human involvement, is small yearly fires that clear out the deadwood, leaving the healthy.  This is not practical if humans are involved, so management is required to prevent large fires.  If you choose not to manage and you suppress the small fires, you end up with huge blazes instead.

Again, if you lived here, you might understand this situation, but you don't.  So shush.

Everything you say is correct, with the possible exception of the red text.  I heard a discussion on the radio about a week ago with two forestry experts.  It's estimated that before Spanish missionaries and American settlers came to California, wildfires consumed about 12 million acres a year, so they weren't small yearly fires.  We knocked that down to about 1/4 million acreas until the last few years, when the numbers are again approaching 2 million acres a year.  That number is still historically very small.  The fact that public lands are no longer allowed to be managed, spaced and cleared with sound and proven forestry practices is what is causing the uptick.  And it's not the fault of Mother Nature that every year more and more developers and homeowners are choosing to build and live in or near forested areas.

There is a lot of discussion about how lack of proper forestry management in public forests is allowing trees to grow closer together and underbrush to become more dense -- both of which contribute to the rapid spread of wildfires. What usually goes unsaid is that the closer trees are to each other, the easier it becomes for tree-destroying diseases and insects like beatles and weevils to spread from tree to tree. When they infest a tree, it eventually dies, becomes dry tinder, and burns much more easily.

It's no different than your home landscaping. Stop managing it and leave it alone for a couple years and it will become dry and overgrown. Throw a match on it and see what happens.

Point well taken Nancy, I know exactly what you’re talking about.

Just more bullshit buzzwords.

My favorite is [adjective] + justice. Justice is justice people...

Democrats continue to absolutely kill it!

www.foxnews.com/politics/pelosi-trump-talking-25th-amendment

Has she lost her fking mind?