notbob > wrote in
:

> On 2008-06-26, sf <> wrote:
>>
>> KTVU just announced that we have over 1000 wild fires burning in
>
> C'mon sf.... there's a 1K wildfires burning in CA every year from
> May-Nov. This is not new or news. CA has a rainy Winter and it's the
> "worst fire season ever" (WFSE) due to excessive new-growth ground
> cover (firefighting terminology) and if CA has a dry Winter, it's the
> WFSE because all the existing ground cover is "extremely dry".



Normal fuel loads for most areas is approx 5-6 tonnes per hectare.


I'm in an area that has (at last observation 2 months ago) approx 55
tph.


Shit happens.



--
Peter Lucas
Brisbane
Australia


"Thirty seven years ago, a Quarter Master, nearly knocked me over as he
thrust an L1A1 SLR into my hands and bellowed, "Keep that Rifle in Tip
Top Order so you can Kill your Countries Enemies with it before they
Kill You. These days, I do not have to visit exotic overseas countries
as my Countries Enemies are seen wallowing around our seats of
government, they guzzle and cavort at the Public trough so deeply they
make Caligula and Nero look like Church choir boys."


Mr Ron Owen, 2000, in a letter to then Premier Olsen.