<div dir="ltr"><div>I agree with Mike here- it's lack of prescribed burning. It's done regularly here (In the Southeast US) to manage timberland and maximize forest growth. It's done for some croplands, too.</div><div><br></div><div>It's not necessary to "rake" or remove the debris to create firebreaks and burn off the load of accumulated fuel. When the market allows it, the diseased wood can be sold for pulp rather than burn it.</div><div><br></div><div>My brother is a forester. I have seen him and two other foresters burn well over 100 acres at a time here using little more than one 4-wheeler and a couple torches. No drama whatsoever, and his company's insurance premiums are surprisingly low.</div><div><br></div><div>I won't pretend to know anything about forestry practices in New Zealand, or even what kind of forests exist there, but in the Western US our forests were managed by Native Americans for centuries with prescribed burning as they understood it at the time. There is also the addition out West now of Eucalyptus trees, which are not indigenous. They explode and burn like tinder when exposed to these fires.</div><div><br></div><div>Warren</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, Sep 13, 2020 at 5:48 PM Mike M <<a href="mailto:meulenms@gmx.com">meulenms@gmx.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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Lack of managed forestry.<br>
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<pre>The closest to me is the Dolan fire (Big Sur), intentionally set, which is over 117,000 acres with 40% containment. A week ago we had the worst air in the world. Now that honor has moved north, but this morning and every morning when I go outside that is the aroma, smoke. Cars are covered in ash. I've lived in California since 58, here in Morro Bay since 79 and this is by far the worst I've seen. Many landmarks are no more.
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And they say that we’re only half way through the season. Anybody hear about damage/losses from the California and Oregon fires?
Carl
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Looks like Louisiana stands a good chance of getting another Hurricane.
I wish every one luck. Trouble does come in threes.
Tom in Waller Tx.
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