Re:Meteorologists, please stop the fearmongering (2019)
by russdill on Tuesday October 15, 2024 @02:54PM
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Many of the most damaging fires here in southern California have been started by people doing things during a red flag warning that they absolutely should not be doing. Loss of property, loss of life.
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Re:Meteorologists, please stop the fearmongering (2019)
by olalonde on Tuesday October 15, 2024 @03:35PM
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More evidence that people get numb to the warnings and ignore them.
Re:Meteorologists, please stop the fearmongering (2019)
by bobthepanda on Tuesday October 15, 2024 @03:50PM
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The problem really is that the baseline is adjusting so that formerly routine activities can quickly become dangerous, but people do not want to adjust their expectations on what they should do.
It’s a tough problem; people love campfires and they love fireworks, but it is legitimately becoming risky to do that without starting a large forest fire for large parts of the year in places.
Re:Meteorologists, please stop the fearmongering (2019)
by adamrezich on Tuesday October 15, 2024 @03:12PM
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Well, that, and your corrupt state's government squandering its unthinkably massive budget as usual, instead of spending it on adequate fire prevention.
(For those saying Californian forests are federally managed—what is https://www.fire.ca.gov ?)
Re:Meteorologists, please stop the fearmongering (2019)
by uberman on Tuesday October 15, 2024 @03:27PM
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The majority of forest in CA is federally owned and managed.
Re:Meteorologists, please stop the fearmongering (2019)
by Alupis on Tuesday October 15, 2024 @03:15PM
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A non-trivial number of these fires in recent years have been traced to homeless encampments as well.
Re:Meteorologists, please stop the fearmongering (2019)
by adamrezich on Tuesday October 15, 2024 @03:25PM
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That can't be true—those are all responsible, upstanding Californians!