Oregon wildfires: Half a million people flee dozens of infernos

Re:Oregon wildfires: Half a million people flee dozens of in... by user99099 on Friday September 11, 2020 @03:57PM (#24446701)

Slowly but surely the blind masses are waking up to the fragility of our modern infrastructure, as well as the terrible idea of millions upon millions of people living in small concentrated areas.

If you haven't seen the writing on the wall yet, MOVE out of the cities and heavy population areas. You will be glad you did.

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Re:Oregon wildfires: Half a million people flee dozens of in... by vsssk on Friday September 11, 2020 @04:13PM (#24446850)

But, one of the reasons for the fires is that due to lack of housing in cities, populations have been pushed more and more into wilderness areas, preventing proper forest management and exposing themselves to greater risks of fires.

Not to mention the second order effects of less density: more driving, more C02, more warming... more fires.

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Re:Oregon wildfires: Half a million people flee dozens of in... by kaikai on Friday September 11, 2020 @04:35PM (#24447075)

Fires on the west coast are especially damaging to homes built in rural areas. It's the people living outside of heavy population areas being hit hardest right now.

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Re:Oregon wildfires: Half a million people flee dozens of in... by amanaplanacanal on Friday September 11, 2020 @05:19PM (#24447418)

These fires are not in the cities, these are forest fires that are burning small rural towns.

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Re:Oregon wildfires: Half a million people flee dozens of in... by gizmo686 on Friday September 11, 2020 @04:09PM (#24446815)

How does moving out of high population areas help with wildfires?

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