'This has never happened': San Jose State's wildfire lab makes scary discovery

Re:'This has never happened': San Jose State's wildfire lab ... by iudqnolq on Tuesday April 13, 2021 @12:27AM (#26788127)

I think the title could be a little less vague. I'd like to suggest

> This year the fuel-moisture content across the Santa Cruz Mountains is terrifyingly low

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Re:'This has never happened': San Jose State's wildfire lab ... by airhead969 on Tuesday April 13, 2021 @01:28PM (#26795857)

Parts of San Jose are equivalent to semi-arid desert. In the summer, it was always very, very dry in the Almaden and Santa Cruz foothills. Go up The Dish in early October and see how yellow the grass is.

The whole peninsula has "microclimates" with frequently changing weather and different climatic conditions. Perhaps if this happens for many years, the climate there is changing to be more like a desert.

PS: some neat rocks and sort-of caves I wandered around when I was a kid. Dropped pin https://goo.gl/maps/Dw2oEpXWaLwsqkeK8

place where high-schoolers got high but never, never, ever naughty: Dropped pin https://goo.gl/maps/vrU3ueUeLg6CRfA66

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