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2020-09-13 Science & Technology
They Know How to Prevent Megafires. Why Won't Anybody Listen?
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Posted by g(r)omgoru 2020-09-13 05:34|| || Front Page|| [11130 views ]  Top

#1 Why:

Are cars still easy to steal?

Identity theft is easy?

Credit card theft is easy?

And on and on.

Why?

Because there's money in it for the banks, car manufacturers, insurance companies and so on. If it cost them money, it would dry up in a second. Because they have all shifted the cost to you and me, it will never go away...
Posted by M. Murcek 2020-09-13 08:06||   2020-09-13 08:06|| Front Page Top

#2 /\ much like the "war on drugs". Remember the slap on the wrist Wachovia (Wells Fargo) got for laundering money for drug lords about ten years ago.
Posted by Clem 2020-09-13 08:49||   2020-09-13 08:49|| Front Page Top

#3 A comment really isn't necessary.
Posted by Besoeker 2020-09-13 08:56||   2020-09-13 08:56|| Front Page Top

#4 #3 great post says it all. I would suspect these areas are managed by Democrats and of course poorly done.
Posted by Dale 2020-09-13 09:29||   2020-09-13 09:29|| Front Page Top

#5 Because liberals have opinions but no clue?

Because they want to save money so they can use it on illegals?
Posted by gorb 2020-09-13 11:09||   2020-09-13 11:09|| Front Page Top

#6 Maybe someone should tell them they are killing spotted owls and smelt by the millions?
Posted by gorb 2020-09-13 13:25||   2020-09-13 13:25|| Front Page Top

#7 In this new age, we need to turn an old saw on its head and say:

"Never attribute to incompetence that which can be explained by malice."

If they know how to prevent megafires, but fail to do so, it's because they don't want to.

Posted by charger 2020-09-13 14:25||   2020-09-13 14:25|| Front Page Top

#8 "good fire" is actually what firefighters who in fire prevention mode call "controlled burn".

The one thing missing is the old and now abandoned concept of forest towers:



Manned by people who report the slightest smoke seen in the region and that is immediately extinguished by the fire department in the area. These are manned during dry periods and were very, very effective.
Posted by Ebbomoger Speaking for Boskone4589 2020-09-13 16:44||   2020-09-13 16:44|| Front Page Top

#9 My grandfather manned the tower in Lawrenceville, GA For the GA forestry service
Posted by Beavis 2020-09-13 17:04||   2020-09-13 17:04|| Front Page Top

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