I‘ve heard that the fires a much worse than they should be, because several suburbs banned preventive brush clearing and burning. I guess the reasoning for doing so was that it caused too much pollution. Is this true? Can you provide me with a link to this info?
Don't have any links right off the top of my head, but yes, it's true. All the dead wood and stuff just kind of built up over years and years, not decomposing quickly enough to disappear, and suddenly there's something that wants to use them -- the fires.
Wait a few days until all of the fires are controlled our completely out. The one sure thing which emerges from the debris of these events is the finger of blame. Friends of the Earth have already started the finger-pointing, trying to blame President Bush for wanting to clear all of that dead brush away before the fires start. A fire chief in Orange County is already blaming the state and federal governments for not providing air drops of water and fire retardant fast enough to stop the Santiago Canyon fire. I'm sure the internet will be full of charge and counter-charge within two weeks or less.
Don't have any links right off the top of my head, but yes, it's true. All the dead wood and stuff just kind of built up over years and years, not decomposing quickly enough to disappear, and suddenly there's something that wants to use them -- the fires.
Wait a few days until all of the fires are controlled our completely out. The one sure thing which emerges from the debris of these events is the finger of blame. Friends of the Earth have already started the finger-pointing, trying to blame President Bush for wanting to clear all of that dead brush away before the fires start. A fire chief in Orange County is already blaming the state and federal governments for not providing air drops of water and fire retardant fast enough to stop the Santiago Canyon fire. I'm sure the internet will be full of charge and counter-charge within two weeks or less.
