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Originally Posted by 2MuchMark
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We have so many wildfires for a handful of reasons....
First off all, we are in a drought. It just hasn't been raining. It's super dry here. When I first moved here in 1989, it was beautiful. Everything was green. Now.... Everything is brown. It's all nothing but kindling at this point.
Second... Once a fire starts they can't get to it. We have the Rockies here and when a fire starts there is just not enough roads to get it. This fire started at 6:30 in the morning, by 9am it was too late. I am seventy miles away... The first started at 6:30, and by 10am local fire departments met up here in Lincoln just a block from my house to up to the fire. That's how quickly they put out the word for help. Here in California we have local fire departments, and also the State department called Cal Fire. But when a big fire happens they call for support from across the state, and then from other states. This also greatly taxes our little fire department.... We have three fire stations and three teams on duty at any given time. When they send out a team to a big fire they are gone for five or six days at a time... That's like taking 20% of our staff for an entire week.