Hell on earth

[malleefarmer]

Apparently not photoshopped checked and checked before posting.
Fires in NSW greens are coping heaps from there forest management strategies.
Or lack there off

[15444]

Apparently not photoshopped checked and checked before posting.
Fires in NSW greens are coping heaps from there forest management strategies.
Or lack there off

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Lots of property has to burn and people have to die before they figure out that controlled burns are the only way to fight fires. Too many people watched Bambi and said fire was bad, neglecting to realize the power of ecosystem maintenance and regeneration fire has.

[sumdumguy]

Wow, talked to our cousin in Wollongong today, they are worried about the fires. Trump says forrest floors must be managed. We are religious about blackened fire breaks here to prevent prairie fires. What’s different in the bush?

[Guest]

Thats the problem nowadays
Everyone wants to live in the city but want the bush to come up to and into the city
Or live on a riverbank or a lakeshore

[Oliver88]

Thats the problem nowadays
Everyone wants to live in the city but want the bush to come up to and into the city
Or live on a riverbank or a lakeshore

Forest management/buffer zones are really lacking around cities.
Than the forest fires which are commonly started by humans or lightning are blamed on a “climate emergency “.

[Horse]

Climate change or not you have my sympathy we are -24 c and close to 1ft of fresh snow I wish there was a away to share with you,sure dont want to trade, seems like extremes every where yesterday we were 20 degrees below normal and points in alaska was 20 degrees above normal. Hope things get better for you in the land downunder.

[malleefarmer]

See on news tonight 500 schools closed.

A map was shown of prescribed burns in 60 70 80s compared to now and was over layer with bushfires then and now was stunning.

[Integrity_Farmer]

Wow, talked to our cousin in Wollongong today, they are worried about the fires. Trump says forrest floors must be managed. We are religious about blackened fire breaks here to prevent prairie fires. What’s different in the bush?

Yes you need to get Trump out raking leaves. What a clown. https://globalnews.ca/news/4676548/finland-trump-raking-leaves-forest-fires/

[chuckChuck]

The Australian Prime minster is getting booed in some places he visits close to the fires because the perception is he is not doing much about climate change.

Australia has always been a hot and dry country, but the persistent droughts and fires in the east seem to be getting worse.

What is your take on this Mallee?

[fjlip]

Our fires were arson, RCMP says, NOTHING to do with Climate Emergency! Who knows maybe these low life's?

https://nypost.com/2019/11/06/isis-urges-followers-to-ignite-fires-in-forests-across-us-and-europe/?fbclid=IwAR3tXNvfrweIbWcBKezL5vlfk7gKJHIkvqsN6vS4 Ux1_CXIwELZCJQtdx6Q https://nypost.com/2019/11/06/isis-urges-followers-to-ignite-fires-in-forests-across-us-and-europe/?fbclid=IwAR3tXNvfrweIbWcBKezL5vlfk7gKJHIkvqsN6vS4 Ux1_CXIwELZCJQtdx6Q

[chuckChuck]

Wildfire facts


Approximately 8,000 wildfires occur each year in Canada.
The average area burned in Canada is 2.5 million ha/year.
Fires caused by lightning represent 45% of all fires, but because they occur in remote locations and often in clusters, they represent 81% of total area burned.
Human-caused fires represent 55% of all fires. They occur in more populated areas and are usually reported and extinguished quickly.

[chuckChuck]

https://climateatlas.ca/forest-fires-and-climate-change

When he considers what’s in store for Canada, Flannigan says simply that “There is a lot more fire in the future, and we better get used to it.” More and more Canadians are living, working, and playing in Canada’s forests. That means more people are likely to be affected by larger and larger fires – even catastrophic ones. “Was Fort McMurray a one-off?” Flannigan muses: “Heavens, no.”

To figure out what climate change means for forest fires in Canada, Flannigan and a team of researchers at the Canadian Forest Service analyzed the findings of almost 50 international studies on climate change and fire risk. [4] They found that our future looks “smoky” because climate change will worsen the three major factors that influence wildfire: having dry fuel to burn, frequent lightning strikes that start fires, and dry, windy weather that fans the flames.

Another recent study [5] by Flannigan and several other scientists predicts that western Canada will see a 50% increase in the number of dry, windy days that let fires start and spread, whereas eastern Canada will see an even more dramatic 200% to 300% increase in this kind of “fire weather.” Other studies predict that fires could burn twice as much average area per year in Canada by the end of the century as has burned in the recent past. [6]

Flannigan, M. D., Krawchuk, M. A., De Groot, W. J., Wotton, B. M., & Gowman, L. M. (2009). “Implications of changing climate for global wildland fire.” International Journal of Wildland Fire. https://doi.org/10.1071/WF08187
Wang, X., Parisien, M.-A., Taylor, S. W., Candau, J.-N., Stralberg, D., Marshall, G. A., … Flannigan, M. D. (2017). “Projected changes in daily fire spread across Canada over the next century.” Environmental Research Letters, 12(2), 025005.https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/aa5835
Mike Flannigan. “Fire and Climate Change”
CBC. “2018 now worst fire season on record as B.C. extends state of emergency”
Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen"From Floods to Fire: Be Fire Smart!"
Natural Resources Canada “Forests: Climate Change Impacts”

[sawfly1]

You have to let stuff burn , once in a while ,
And nature used to take care of that.
My cousin, a park ranger , said old plates
Early 1900s ,showed wide open meadows in the Banff valley.
Not now , another fort McMurray ready to happen.
Some day the conditions , will be ripe ,for disaster.
Global warming or not.

[fjlip]

"Other studies predict that fires could burn twice as much average area per year in Canada by the end of the century as has burned in the recent past."

Woo hoo key is PREDICT, well another GUESS like warming twice as fast EVERYWHERE on earth at the same time? And a 100 years out they know PRECISELY what will happen, next week rarely get it right! Get real!

In 2019 BC hardly burned at all, because it was WET and COLD. Duh? Oh just weather, an anomaly...

[furrowtickler]

https://climateatlas.ca/forest-fires-and-climate-change

When he considers what’s in store for Canada, Flannigan says simply that “There is a lot more fire in the future, and we better get used to it.” More and more Canadians are living, working, and playing in Canada’s forests. That means more people are likely to be affected by larger and larger fires – even catastrophic ones. “Was Fort McMurray a one-off?” Flannigan muses: “Heavens, no.”

To figure out what climate change means for forest fires in Canada, Flannigan and a team of researchers at the Canadian Forest Service analyzed the findings of almost 50 international studies on climate change and fire risk. [4] They found that our future looks “smoky” because climate change will worsen the three major factors that influence wildfire: having dry fuel to burn, frequent lightning strikes that start fires, and dry, windy weather that fans the flames.

Another recent study [5] by Flannigan and several other scientists predicts that western Canada will see a 50% increase in the number of dry, windy days that let fires start and spread, whereas eastern Canada will see an even more dramatic 200% to 300% increase in this kind of “fire weather.” Other studies predict that fires could burn twice as much average area per year in Canada by the end of the century as has burned in the recent past. [6]

Flannigan, M. D., Krawchuk, M. A., De Groot, W. J., Wotton, B. M., & Gowman, L. M. (2009). “Implications of changing climate for global wildland fire.” International Journal of Wildland Fire. https://doi.org/10.1071/WF08187
Wang, X., Parisien, M.-A., Taylor, S. W., Candau, J.-N., Stralberg, D., Marshall, G. A., … Flannigan, M. D. (2017). “Projected changes in daily fire spread across Canada over the next century.” Environmental Research Letters, 12(2), 025005.https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/aa5835
Mike Flannigan. “Fire and Climate Change”
CBC. “2018 now worst fire season on record as B.C. extends state of emergency”
Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen"From Floods to Fire: Be Fire Smart!"
Natural Resources Canada “Forests: Climate Change Impacts”

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTiL1q9YbrVam5nP2xzFTWQ