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Re:Fire on the Mountain: Rethinking Forest Management in the... by PaulDavisThe1st on Monday October 19, 2020 @05:23PM (#24831182)
I don't live in California.

I live in a place that is likely to be even adversely affected (in terms of human living conditions) by the move out of the last several thousand years of relatively wet weather in the American southwest. Note that this change isn't expected to involve increasing temperatures of much note all by itself, just increasing dryness. AGW will likely do that, however.

I'd also note that talking about the climate of "California" doesn't make a lot of sense. If state boundaries were based on biomes/climatic zones, CA would likely be at least 3 different states. The coastal zone of Northern CA is essentially unrelated, climate-wise or ecologically, to either Central Valley, the high Sierras or the start of the great basin to the east.

Re:Fire on the Mountain: Rethinking Forest Management in the... by bigbubba on Monday October 19, 2020 @06:38PM (#24831804)
This discussion about fire in California is specifically about the regions of California which are prone to fires, in case that somehow was unclear to you. If you're trying to make a point, it's not clear what that point is.

My point is this: Fires in California will get worse and this shouldn't be news to anybody who cares. Both AGW and California's history point to fires becoming increasingly common. One without the other would be bad enough, but California has both.

Re:Fire on the Mountain: Rethinking Forest Management in the... by PaulDavisThe1st on Tuesday October 20, 2020 @10:15PM (#24844227)
When I reply to people on HN (or anywhere else) I assume I am talking to that person. You noted that "you" (meaning me) should consider taking certain steps. I noted that I don't live in CA. I then pointed out that the concerns you raised about CA apply to the entire US southwest. I then noted that CA has several different climate zones and biomes and that these concerns do not apply to all of them.

What is so hard to understand about this?