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Old 5th Jan 2020, 02:42
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Originally Posted by RickNRoll
You are simply wrong. This is a more complex take on the problem.

https://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2019-...fires/11817336

People hate to hear it but climate change is a significant factor. Fires are going through areas that were cleared not long ago and even re-crossing burnt areas multiple times. The heat, humidity and drought are burning with a ferocity that is igniting the whole forest from to to bottom in one hit. Hazard reduction achieves nothing in those circumstances.

Hazard
​​​reduction burns are being done but the window of opportunity to do these is continually shrinking. Look at the time of year these fires started.
Would you rather be in / adjacent to an area that had hazard reduction or an area that did not at present?

Put simply, do you want a big fire or a small one?
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