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Re:Reasons to Fear Another ‘Great War’ by pvaldes on Monday November 12, 2018 @06:59PM (#18437114)
> After that, they are no longer a threat because there is no fuel.

Not necessarily. I bet that the new replacement ecosystem will be, in fact, much more flammable. The water has quit the area.

Re:Reasons to Fear Another ‘Great War’ by lozaning on Monday November 12, 2018 @07:34PM (#18437316)
The issue we worry about post fire is not more fire, it's landslides next time whatever excuse we get for a rainy season comes around.

You simply can't burn a forest to the ground twice without growing another forrest in between.

https://www.fs.fed.us/science-technology/fire/after-fire

Re:Reasons to Fear Another ‘Great War’ by ip26 on Monday November 12, 2018 @08:50PM (#18437748)
The succession goes grassland, scrubland, forest. The grass is indeed more flammable, but the fires are much less intense. Dry cheatgrass, for example, flares up with incredible enthusiasm, but burns to ash in literally seconds.
Re:Reasons to Fear Another ‘Great War’ by Fjolsvith on Wednesday November 14, 2018 @08:08AM (#18449543)
Exactly. Lawns don't burn down homes.