Trump, Wildfires, and Stupid Celebrities

[Silver FoxParticipant 2766]

https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/11/politics/california-wildfires-trump-tweets/index.html

Trump is absolutely correct. Forest management has been completely wrong and misguided for many decades, and although there are many good changes taking place, it will not be anywhere near enough to stop the current trend of massive wildfires each year. I’ve said before that Americans living in the western states better not hope for any relief soon. The pendulum took 50 years to swing this far, and it will take just as many for it to swing back.

But if you want to start really making an impact for the benefit of American forests, here are two things that absolutely need to happen:

1. Restart the logging industry at full steam. This does not mean cut down all the trees. It means let the logging companies back into the forests and start clearing out all the choked areas that are unhealthy. When you have too many trees in a given area, it sucks all the nutrients out of the ground, blocks adequate sunlight, and prohibits any new growth on the forest floor. You get a dense thicket with a very dry understory, with several feet of dried pine/fir needles piling up deeper each year. If you let the logging companies back in, they will clear out these trees to allow plenty of space between existing trees, which solves all these problems.

2. The budget of the Forest Service needs to be 100x what it is and we need 10x as many firefighters so we can actually do some good. Although firefighters get in the news for the work they do firefighting, much of the good we do is actually in the pre-season preparation work we do each year. We dedicate many thousands of man hours into clearing out thick areas and burning off choked undergrowth. But it’s not anywhere near enough. We can only do so much, because we are vastly understaffed.

DiCaprio is an ignoramus for blaming these fires on global warming. Global warming has nothing to do with it. Even many firefighters don’t understand this. The reality is that bad Forest Service management in the past has created this monster and there is no easy or quick way out of this mess.

Regarding Katy Perry’s tweet, it is not “heartless” for Trump to make these comments. What is “heartless” is doing nothing at all to change bad management policies, ensuring that we will have bad wildfires for many decades to come as long as idiots keep interfering with what needs to happen. I’d bet $100 that Katy Perry and DiCaprio would both oppose an increase in logging, even though that’s exactly what future generations desperately need if they want to reduce the risk of losing their homes in huge wildfires.

I speak as one who has been in the Forest Service for 10+ years and seen more wildfires up close than most Americans would ever dream of.

"Are you loosed from a wife? Do not seek a wife." --Apostle Paul

[Sky-OParticipant 18936]

Alyssa Milano blocked me on Twitter yesterday after she posted a ‘big thank you’ to all of the firefighters, their dedication and sacrifice.

I was blocked after I commented

‘If you want to thank them, maybe you should suck 20 of the firefighter’s c~~~s. Line up, blowbang style’

[Faust For ScienceParticipant 22521]

I am shocked that much of Malibu being burned to the ground is being downplayed by the media. This has both tragedy and celebrities, yet the media is focusing on the forest fire as a whole in hopes of blaming President Trump in someway.

This is a ratings gold mine and the media is throwing the opportunity away due to their tunnel vision on hating President Trump.

Now, for myself, I feel sorry for those whom lost their lives. But, this whole tragedy should be laid at the feet of the environmentalists. As President Trump pointed out, no matter how much tax money is thrown at this mess, that money will not matter if people are not allow to clear the dead wood from these fire prone areas.

[Sky-OParticipant 18936]

Malibu homes burn in fire.

Annually, worldwide over 3.8 million children die from starvation. And millions more due to lack of basic medical care.

[Branched offParticipant 10929]

Good point silver fox, an integrated strategy of clear fell rotation might be a good solution, leaving a few islands of untouched forest for science. One could presumably set a very long rotation for compartments and make them long rather than square so that one was effectively cutting firebreaks each year. After a few years of this there would be quite significant firebreaks established. It doesn’t have to be a short rotation that would create forest that was very poor in habitat, in fact a greater range of habitats would be created.

A woman is like fire -fun to play with, can warm you through and cook your food, needs constant feeding, can burn you and consume all you own

[Secret Agent MGTOWParticipant 22515]

Sky-O wrote:

Malibu homes burn in fire.
Annually, worldwide over 3.8 million children die from starvation. And millions more due to lack of basic medical care.

People also voluntarily choose to live in malibu, at least that’s the news I hear.

Women want everything, but want responsibility and accountability for nothing.

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