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Re:California’s Wildfire Policy Backfired (2019) by brazzy on Sunday August 23, 2020 @04:50AM (#24250595)
> It kinda seems to me like this is a decently well-known effect that the government has been just been slow to acknowledge...

I think the problem is that with controlled fires, there is always a risk they could get out of control and burn down some properties, which will probably end the career of any politician who supported the decision/policy to not suppress that fire.

Suppressing fires is safer in the short run, while creating problems in the long run.

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Re:California’s Wildfire Policy Backfired (2019) by jennasys on Sunday August 23, 2020 @01:10PM (#24253377)
Maintenance burns getting out of control has happened several times in the past. That's the reason they changed what they called them from "controlled burns" to "prescribed burns". They got tired of the "That fire wasn't very controlled hahaha" jokes.
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