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California Wildfires- a climate bellwether?

Jack Hays said:
Fires Of 1910
Posted on October 12, 2020 by tonyheller
This week in 1910, forest fires in the upper Midwest and Canada killed more than 1,000 people. The temperature at Forestburg, South Dakota on October 11, 1910 was 100 degrees. That year was one of only three years with temperatures over 100 degrees in the Midwest this late in the year. The other two years were 1920 and 1947.

Baudette fire of 1910 – Wikipedia

23 Oct 1910, 6 – Monterey Daily Cypress and Monterey American at Newspapers.com
A few weeks earlier was the largest forest fire in US history, along the Idaho/Montana border.

The 1910 Fires – Forest History Society
March of 1910 was the warmest on record in the US and the snow melted very early, which led to the massive fires later in the year. . . .
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But... but... but...

That doesn't fit the agenda...
 
swing_voter said:
There are trees and shrubs in California that need fire to reproduce. The fire burns away the plant's competition, while the plant's seed have evolved to survive a fire.

That tells you something about California.

Look up the knobcone pine for example. It has pine cones big enough to kill a man when they fall, the cones are covered in pitch and during a fire drop from the tree and bounce down the hills spreading fire as they go. After the cones are burned they open up a day or two later and release it's seeds.

The increase in fires comes from fuel piling up. When there's enough fuel, dead branches, etc, a fire is sure to start. The longer the span between fires, the more fuel builds up.

They should control burn it once ever other year or so.
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All that federal land...I agree.
 
Drawdown said:
They need to do more controlled burning in non fire season to create fire breaks.
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The trouble in CA and most of the rest of the West now....the fire season is 12 months long.
 
Bodecea said:
The trouble in CA and most of the rest of the West now....the fire season is 12 months long.
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Nope. Our nephew is a smoke jumper and EMT. His season has ended.
Interestingly, his team (Idaho-based) was deployed to California to help. Cal Fire could not seem to get them any food, water or transport assistance out after they jumped into their remote target area. A nearby Cal Fire team got all of that.
 
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