Comments on: The West Is Ground Zero For Global Warming http://grizzleo.wordpress.com/2008/07/22/the-west-is-ground-zero-for-global-warming/ Just another Wordpress.com weblog Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:46:27 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: grizzleo http://grizzleo.wordpress.com/2008/07/22/the-west-is-ground-zero-for-global-warming/#comment-5678 grizzleo Mon, 28 Jul 2008 16:22:48 +0000 http://grizzleo.wordpress.com/?p=514#comment-5678 Hello: California, just as you predict, will have a 12 month fire season. My little sister is a teacher in California and she says nearr her fire is increasing every year, perhaps anecdotal to you but it bears out in the data for her area of California. It is just that, and that is sad. This is an area of California thaty was grand and is now burning a lot more. Matt Hello:
California, just as you predict, will have a 12 month fire season. My little sister is a teacher in California and she says nearr her fire is increasing every year, perhaps anecdotal to you but it bears out in the data for her area of California. It is just that, and that is sad. This is an area of California thaty was grand and is now burning a lot more.
Matt

]]> By: kurt kamm http://grizzleo.wordpress.com/2008/07/22/the-west-is-ground-zero-for-global-warming/#comment-5676 kurt kamm Fri, 25 Jul 2008 20:23:49 +0000 http://grizzleo.wordpress.com/?p=514#comment-5676 What's happening here? I live in Malibu and am a wildland fire expert. Each year the fires are coming earlier, getting worse, and lasting longer. Soon CA will have a full 12 month fire season. Each year we hear, "unusually dry season, low rainfall, etc." That's the norm! The fire services are doing all they can, but there is still a terrible loss of property. There are several basic issues interrelated with the problem of global warming- > Accumulated brush which hasn't burned in 20+ years > Increased development on the urban-wildland interface > Power poles over weighted with fiber-optic cable > Everyone everywhere expecting full fire protection at no cost > Lunatics who think it would be fun to set something on fire. It's a complicated equation. More money for more firefighters is a help, but it isn't the answer. I have also written a novel about wildland firefighters in California. If you are interested, please visit http://www.kurtkamm.com Kurt Kamm kurt@OneFootInTheBlack.com What’s happening here?

I live in Malibu and am a wildland fire expert. Each year the fires are coming earlier, getting worse, and lasting longer. Soon CA will have a full 12 month fire season. Each year we hear, “unusually dry season, low rainfall, etc.” That’s the norm! The fire services are doing all they can, but there is still a terrible loss of property. There are several basic issues interrelated with the problem of global warming-
> Accumulated brush which hasn’t burned in 20+ years
> Increased development on the urban-wildland interface
> Power poles over weighted with fiber-optic cable
> Everyone everywhere expecting full fire protection at no cost
> Lunatics who think it would be fun to set something on fire.

It’s a complicated equation. More money for more firefighters is a help, but it isn’t the answer.

I have also written a novel about wildland firefighters in California. If you are interested, please visit http://www.kurtkamm.com

Kurt Kamm
kurt@OneFootInTheBlack.com

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