Re:Expert predicts a major hurricane hitting Houston would b...
by flrthrowaway on Wednesday August 26, 2020 @12:42PM
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There was an article posted here a year or two ago that very clearly defined Florida's approach to wildfires and based on what I remember it isn't as clear cut as you are making it out to be.
I really wish I had the link to it but I have failed to find it when looking recently.
Re:Expert predicts a major hurricane hitting Houston would b...
by themaninthedark on Tuesday August 25, 2020 @02:33PM
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FYI, Flora is the word you are looking for.
Fauna is wildlife.
Re:Expert predicts a major hurricane hitting Houston would b...
by gamblor956 on Wednesday August 26, 2020 @08:27PM
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Lol yes I typed that out while eating.
But I stand by my statement. The fires get hot enough to light animals on fire from a distance.
Re:Expert predicts a major hurricane hitting Houston would b...
by blaser-waffle on Tuesday August 25, 2020 @03:27PM
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might still apply to the last part of the parent's comment:
> and even ignite fauna from a distance.
Scary
I had to laugh at that. The scale of wildfires between CA and FL is like the difference between a nuclear bomb and a sparkler. The reason that wildfires aren't a big deal in FL is because (a) the air is humid, damping fire growth and generally creating fire-adverse weather conditions like rain, and (b) the fauna is wet, so it doesn't burn as easily, quickly, or as hot. In CA in the summer, the air is dry and hot. Fauna can get so dry that it can be used as kindling, resulting in fires that spread to thousands of acres in under an hour, that burn so hot they can create their own self-reinforcing weather systems and even ignite fauna from a distance.
You're also going to need to support your claim that FL fire crews train in the West, since based on all reporting from the last 4 years of CA fires, all of the crews were from Western states, as far east as Utah. (The last time FL news sources report a crew being sent to assist CA was in 2015.)
At least in most parts of Florida. If you go to a Florida beach on any day of the week, you'll see every race sun tanning or swimming with or next to each other, having fun.
That described my experiences in FL in Orlando and in beach cities. The interior and northern half of the state...was just as racist as I was led to believe it would be.