[Just another Joe]

There is nothing new under the sun.

These maladies have been with the world for centuries, if not eons.

I imagine cavemen had much the same things happening, if on a smaller scale.

(Hey! Ugh's tribe has a lot more women, mastodon ribs, and firewood than we do. Let's go take some.)

[mad_as_he$$]

California used to burn at a rate four or five times the current rate before 1800. Very large parts of the Central Valley used to burn yearly.

https://www.hcn.org/issues/251/13986