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A Perfect Firestorm Threatens West Coast

Posted February 23, 2012 9:40 AM

From Discovery News - Top Stories:

Despite the massive wildfires that have swept the western U.S. in recent years, the region has barely begun paying down the huge fire deficit it has accumulated over the last 100 years.

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02/24/2012 10:40 AM

What's the point of this article? About the only thing I can glean is that the forests burn more when it's warmer and drier. Duh. If the author is trying to say we need to manage the amount of fuel, she should have said so. We currently manage the fuel of many of these forests by producing lumber and paper. So what?
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02/25/2012 12:03 PM

I agree that the probability of a forest fire is directly related to the forest temperature.
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