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Bill N said:
Thanks Lou.  The article did partially explain the reasoning but the legislature must have been grossly misinformed if they passed that bill with no nay votes.  Whatever, the fires are raging now and it will be interesting to see if any legislation comes about as a result of the devastation.

Bill

Ordinarily our CA legislators are in lock step with the governor, but without a new tax fee Gov. Brown will veto any bill that could take revenue from Calpers or the Bullet Train.  His legacy appears to be in serious financial jeopardy. 

Only the Wizard of Oz knows what Governor Newsom is going to do... ;D

Welcome to California  :)) :)) :))

 
Here's a riveting timeline of the first day of the Camp Fire that destroyed Paradise.  There was less than three hours between the time the fire broke out and when the town and it's only exit route was engulfed.

The main evacuation route for 27,000+ residents was a 4 lane road that carried a peak of 1,200 cars per hour during rush hour and was quickly clogged with abandoned vehicles.

What started as a tiny brush fire became California?s deadliest wildfire
 
A lot of misinformation here.

The fire started on National Forest, but quickly burned on to private lands of mixed ownerships (about 1/2 mile distance to forest boundary).  Most of what burned the first day was not 'over choked with 100 years of fire suppression' nonsense (the 10AM fire policy ended in the 1970s).  The area burned in 2008, that fire was stopped at the edge of town.  The vegetation was only 10 years old.  The fire started under a perfect storm of conditions -- 50+mph winds, single digit humidities, and after 8 months of no rain.  All the fuels treatment you could dream up would not have made much of a difference.  Good management would help reduce the damage from other fires, not this one.  Once started, there was not much anyone could do.  Federal policies did not have anything to do with it.

The city of Paradise had a tree removal and landscaping ordinance designed to keep the woodsy forested character of the town.  Fire clearances around homes was near impossible to get through all the city regulations.
 
Cooperhawk said:
Let's take this Natural Management to another level.  Why do we use medicine to prevent deadly disease?  Why not let Nature take it's course?  Isn't that about the same argument that environmentalists take?

THere is indeed a movement (Anti-vaxers) along that lines.. Many dead already as a result.

The bottom line is  if you did not before, you now know why they call nature a "Mother".
 

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