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When I was growing up in California, I would occasionally hear about a wildfire. Sometimes you would see reminisces of the fire in the air blowing by.
A thread
A thread
The thing is, there were no iPhones then.
No Twitter.
No Facebook.
That was only 15 or 20 years ago when I was a wee little lad.
No Twitter.
No Facebook.
That was only 15 or 20 years ago when I was a wee little lad.
The fires are really bad now, and worse than ever. Especially compared to when I was a kid.
It’s not good.
There has to be a better way, perhaps around predictive modeling to find potential fire zones before they happen.
It’s not good.
There has to be a better way, perhaps around predictive modeling to find potential fire zones before they happen.
The point of my thread, though, is that I am trying to say don’t confuse your access to information for the apocalypse.
This has been happening in California for 100+ years.
There are actually a lot of things happening that are similar to this.
This has been happening in California for 100+ years.
There are actually a lot of things happening that are similar to this.
This phenomenon needs a name
Confusing your access to information to things that have always been happening that you simply would not have known about before without that level of information.
This is only going to get crazier.
Confusing your access to information to things that have always been happening that you simply would not have known about before without that level of information.
This is only going to get crazier.
I’ll end with a stat:
From 1500 to 1800, an average of 145 million acres burned every year nationwide.
145 million acres burned.
No one was around to contain them and they happened all the time.
So actually we should be commending ourselves for fighting them the way we do.
From 1500 to 1800, an average of 145 million acres burned every year nationwide.
145 million acres burned.
No one was around to contain them and they happened all the time.
So actually we should be commending ourselves for fighting them the way we do.
By the way I felt the need to tweet this thread because people who know I am from Cali are reaching out like I somehow spawned from a red and barren wasteland, forged in wildfires and burning ash.
I appreciate it, but this is just how it goes. Mother Nature does as she will.
I appreciate it, but this is just how it goes. Mother Nature does as she will.
If you really want to nerd out about wildfire history in California, read this
https://www.sierraforestlegacy.org/Resources/Conservation/FireForestEcology/FireScienceResearch/FireHistory/FireHistory-Stephens07.pdf
https://www.sierraforestlegacy.org/Resources/Conservation/FireForestEcology/FireScienceResearch/FireHistory/FireHistory-Stephens07.pdf
A quote from a Californian in 1898:
“Of the hundreds of persons who visit the Pacific slope in California every summer to see the mountains, few see more than the immediate foreground and a haze of smoke which even the strongest glass is unable to penetrate.”
“Of the hundreds of persons who visit the Pacific slope in California every summer to see the mountains, few see more than the immediate foreground and a haze of smoke which even the strongest glass is unable to penetrate.”
