PG&E Sparked at Least 1,500 California Fires, Now Faces Collapse

Re:PG&E Sparked at Least 1,500 California Fires, Now Faces C... by pixl97 on Monday January 14, 2019 @06:07PM (#18907433)

>then someone is not assessing the risk of building and living there appropriately.

This is the answer no one wants to hear.

For example almost 10 years ago Paradise almost burned. There was a grand jury review afterwards(that you can find online if you're willing to search some) that pointed out that the place was a tinderbox deathtrap and major changes needed to be implemented for safety.

The problem is populations in these places, along with most humans in general, like trees and shade and the idyllic beauty of nature. People would rather have a pine tree and bushes around their house, rather than a 100 foot cleared defensive parameter.

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Re:PG&E Sparked at Least 1,500 California Fires, Now Faces C... by jonnycoder on Monday January 14, 2019 @08:51PM (#18908261)

You are also leaving out environmentalists who fight against thinning and cutting down trees — source, the Angora fire in South Lake Tahoe, Canyon Creek complex in eastern Oregon, and many others. Playing politics and not acknowledging environmental lobby will not do anyone any good. If you know any actual foresters in the USFS, they will tell you as well because they are suid by environmentalists for stuff as simple as salvage logging.

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