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Liesthroughisteeth t1_ixdnjxr wrote

Interior of BC Canada here. Have lived in the interior of the province since 1966, and have never seen or heard of forest fires and fire seasons like the ones seen over the past 16-17 years with the more recent being progressively worse. A couple of recent years have each seen enough forest burned to cover the state of Connecticut completely. Living with smoke through 5 months out of the year isn't good for anyone never mind the changes to the already over harvested forests and how this along with deforestation by fires will affect local climate.

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Grimlock_1 t1_ixgjoft wrote

The sad thing is, the data relation to climate change is everywhere and yet there's deniers out there.

It boggles me.

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Willy_wonks_man t1_ixgm71v wrote

You should always call them out.

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Wertyui09070 t1_ixhfr7e wrote

My real life encounters are changing from denial to financial concerns over the plan. Who's profiting? Will it work? Paper straws won't save the world, etc.

Decent concerns to have, but they could have had a seat at the table.

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Willy_wonks_man t1_ixihrtt wrote

I mean, sure. Decent concerns to have.

Ask if they have kids. Nieces, nephews, their own children, or grandchildren.

Then tell them what will happen to their kids. Tell them what will happen to them if things aren't changed.

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considerthis8 t1_ixhc2rj wrote

Have forest fired been suppressed artificially in your region? I hear in california a lot of the issue is due to people not allowing nature to take it’s course on forest fires, causing a build up of flammable material

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Liesthroughisteeth t1_ixipr9r wrote

The province is 365,000 sq. miles with most of it dense forest. There's no possibility of managing flammable material to reduce risk, and when it burns during what are turning out to be longer dryer periods, it burns completely.

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considerthis8 t1_ixiq1w6 wrote

Are natural fires put out or are they left to burn? Fires reduce the flammable material

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Liesthroughisteeth t1_ixjk4dv wrote

In two different years over the past 4 we have lost enough forest in each year to cover the entire state of Connecticut. Yes we try to put them out. Because unless we have have lots of rain they will continue to burn, as they have been doing in Washington and Oregon states as well. We have all been having record setting dry periods and if left to burn they will not stop burning. These forests are not Bambi forest with clear spaces under a beautiful canopy. When these go up they go up. If we let them go we'd start to run out of trees to cut down.

Please take your one size fits all amateur degree in Forestry from Bermuda somewhere else. There's been people here who have real degrees who have spent their lives in these forests trying to come to grips with the preservation and the prevention of the devastation we are seeing and breathing for 4-5 months out of the year.

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