Posted on 02/11/2009 9:01:52 PM PST by TheEaglehasLanded
Los Angeles county schools finally started removing the exotic Eucalyptus on their grounds when it became apparent that mature limbs would just drop off without the slightest provocation; children had been struck by falling branches.
well, i wasn’t blaming the victims; that’d be just plain goofy ... just trying to find out how so many people could be killed in a fire like this
I don’t know how many could be killed today, with better foreknowledge, equipment, etc. The most people killed in a wildland fire in the US was in Peshtigo, Wisconsin in 1871. It killed between 1200 and 2500 people. Nobody knows the exact number.
Re-read my post. Nobody’s blaming the victims. You described precisely the condition that makes the “stay and defend” policy such a bad one. Even the pros, with years of experience sometimes take a bad position. Civilians with only a minimum of training, no fire behavior experience, no awareness of the importance of maintaining an escape route, and the incentive of saving their home can become victims in an eye-blink.
Absolutely, but it does the job quickly, at least for a big catalpa over seven feet around. Less than a year, the first dose laid down in March.
He’s actually a VERY patient man. Were it me, I’d be paying a visit to those Dkheds, with a mind to do some physical harm. There are some people the world would be better off without, and it sounds to me as though there are some Australians who’ve identified themselves as such by their actions.
Okay, on the cancer stuff.
I thought you meant on the eggshells
Fined for illegal clearing, family now feel vindicated. Mr Sheahan is still angry about his prosecution, which cost him $100,000 in fines and legal fees. But seven years after the Sheahans bulldozed trees to make a fire break - an act that got them dragged before a magistrate and penalised - they feel vindicated. Their house is one of the few in Reedy Creek still standing.
http://www.theage.com.au/national/fined-for-illegal-clearing-family-now-feel-vindicated-20090211-84sw.html?page=-1
“Just can’t touch a tree...”
I’ll admit to unfamiliarity with AU shrub and trees, but can sympathize.
Don’t know your familiarity with US Western timber. We have pines that are called lodge pole (thin and tall) that are dying off from beetle infestation.
Consider them as tall matchsticks that environmentalists fight to prevent being harvested. They prefer them dying off and becoming a fire hazard. (reasoning being they become ‘homes’ for wildlife — which die in fires)
Swell, just F’n swell. Thanks and best wishes to all there.
Our upcoming fire season may be similar.
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