In Virginia the haze started Monday, Tuesday we had the smell of smoke, but today it smells like plastic is burning - and the Air Quality is in the Awful Purple zone.In central Ontario (southern Georgian Bay area) we've had haze for several days as well as blood-red sunrises and mons, but today the smell of smoke hit us for the first time.
After a prairie grass fire, ever notice how green and healthy the next year growth is on the previously burnt area? Burns are a part of nature and we should be managing them somehow.
Did not Donald Trump suggest a few years ago that the California wildfires could've been prevented if the state hadn't been to lazy to rake their forests?Clearing out the dead underbrush, dead fall etc isn't really practical, and will build up overtime to create massive fire loads. If you can regularly burn off some of the accumulation (at least in areas) it helps from things getting way out of control when it does kick off (when it's much drier). It at least creates some fire breaks to help fence off areas to help contain things.
I think so, but hard to tell if he was serious.Did not Donald Trump suggest a few years ago that the California wildfires could've been prevented if the state hadn't been to lazy to rake their forests?
He did. His statement was based off of the National Forest Service's (or whatever agency that was) study of the problem. His points were completely valid but some people didn't like the way he said it...Did not Donald Trump suggest a few years ago that the California wildfires could've been prevented if the state hadn't been to lazy to rake their forests?
Ah, the Purple zone haze...
There is a push to start doing controlled burns again as part of the forest management; it used to be more common but people complained about the smoke and they would occasionally get out of control.
Clearing out the dead underbrush, dead fall etc isn't really practical, and will build up overtime to create massive fire loads. If you can regularly burn off some of the accumulation (at least in areas) it helps from things getting way out of control when it does kick off (when it's much drier). It at least creates some fire breaks to help fence off areas to help contain things.
Not a new idea; the first nations used to regularly do this centuries ago for the same reason, which is probably a better option than having a fire rip through your village when your evac options are on foot or in a canoe, and your warning is animals running away.
Same problem in Australia couple years ago with severe fires. The greenies succeeded in stopping any controlled burns, opting for let nature take its course.I think so, but hard to tell if he was serious.
But a lot of the same people that complained about the smoke from the controlled burns had their houses reduced to ash.
Not to downplay the impact of a large scale burn and the amount of smoke and ash it creates, and the very real air quality impacts, but I'd prefer that be done on purpose in a controlled manner every 5 years than just let it build up to catastrophic levels and then get fun phenomena like fire tornadoes ever 10 to 20 years when things are way to dry to do anything other than try and evacuate people.
Not just those that are affected by smoke - I'm one - some allergies here. However I would encourage the use of controlled burns to keep the wildfires at bay. PLUS eco warriors were dead set against controlled burns.There is a push to start doing controlled burns again as part of the forest management; it used to be more common but people complained about the smoke and they would occasionally get out of control.
Clearing out the dead underbrush, dead fall etc isn't really practical, and will build up overtime to create massive fire loads. If you can regularly burn off some of the accumulation (at least in areas) it helps from things getting way out of control when it does kick off (when it's much drier). It at least creates some fire breaks to help fence off areas to help contain things.
Not a new idea; the first nations used to regularly do this centuries ago for the same reason, which is probably a better option than having a fire rip through your village when your evac options are on foot or in a canoe, and your warning is animals running away.
I'm in the same boat, but I'd rather take the occasional planned hit for maintenance as well.Not just those that are affected by smoke - I'm one - some allergies here. However I would encourage the use of controlled burns to keep the wildfires at bay. PLUS eco warriors were dead set against controlled burns.
We ALL need to sacrifice something at points in our lives but it seems Canadians have forgotten this.
Did he really say "rake", or did he say something else and people reinterpreted it for a gotcha?He did. His statement was based off of the National Forest Service's (or whatever agency that was) study of the problem. His points were completely valid but some people didn't like the way he said it...