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Re:Australia faces rethink: prepares for long-term bushfires... by perfunctory on Monday December 16, 2019 @05:19AM (#21802061)
> That either happens with small fires frequently, or big fires infrequently.

It's not like there haven't been any "small" fires in the preceding years?

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Re:Australia faces rethink: prepares for long-term bushfires... by marcus_holmes on Monday December 16, 2019 @10:24AM (#21803665)
I don't know enough about the specifics of the areas that are burning now to say when the last time those areas had a fire.

Every acre of bush needs to burn every few years. If it doesn't, fuel load builds up and then there's a huge fire.

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