Major Wildfire causes large evacuations in SoCal.

[Corrian]

Can California catch a fire break? Jesus. It's every year now there is a major one it seems.

[Greater Mushroom Kingdom]

This sucks that this happens so often... I will pray for California.

[Gig em Aggies]

I know some joke on this thread so I'm adding fuel to the fire* pun intended

This should be California's new State Anthem

https://youtu.be/rbc_LxfhSoY

[Essu Beti]

One of my coworkers had to evacuate- her family packed so hurriedly that they forgot to pack clothes, even. This is really alarming. :<

[Mushet]

I heard about a small brush fire in the hills around the El Sereno/Lincoln Heights border a few hours ago, but yeah nothing major over here.

I remember when I lived with Griffith Park right across the LA river, we'd see fires pretty close but never got evacuated.

[Greed and Death]

Can California catch a fire break? Jesus. It's every year now there is a major one it seems.

Climate change can has made California drier and hotter. Not surprised that the state will now burn down yearly now.

Sadly it will no longer be habitable.

[The Black Forrest]

Can California catch a fire break? Jesus. It's every year now there is a major one it seems.

Climate change can has made California drier and hotter. Not surprised that the state will now burn down yearly now.

Sadly it will no longer be habitable.

You mentioned climate change. Turn in your Republican card!

[Greed and Death]

Climate change can has made California drier and hotter. Not surprised that the state will now burn down yearly now.

Sadly it will no longer be habitable.

You mentioned climate change. Turn in your Republican card!

I am not a Republican I believe Climate change is real. I just like that it is destroying primarily liberal areas.

[Sovaal]

Can California catch a fire break? Jesus. It's every year now there is a major one it seems.

Climate change can has made California drier and hotter. Not surprised that the state will now burn down yearly now.

Sadly it will no longer be habitable.

Desertification isn't going to be fun.

[Gig em Aggies]

Climate change can has made California drier and hotter. Not surprised that the state will now burn down yearly now.

Sadly it will no longer be habitable.

Desertification isn't going to be fun.

Well we have to invade the Middle East anymore for oil we just invade California

[Democracy of California]

There are 2 fires near Oceanside now

[Sovaal]

Desertification isn't going to be fun.

Well we have to invade the Middle East anymore for oil we just invade California

And Texas. 241

[Kyrusia]

I am not a Republican I believe Climate change is real. I just like that it is destroying primarily liberal areas.

California needs to be declared a permanent dead zone. Just spread the population out among the south east and Midwest. Though don't let them vote until they are acculturated after a generation or two.

Greed and Death: You have a record that is... quite lengthy, and filled with its fair share of behavior on-par with this. Considering your history? *** 7-day ban for trolling. *** Beyond that, your next offense will likely result in the loss of this nation. Review the rules during this period, and consider adjusting your behavior when you return if you wish to keep this nation.

[Saiwania]

Fire season in California is year round now. I suggest that a moat be built around the urban part of southern California. The cities might be covered in smoke but any fire won't cross an artificial body of water large enough. Instead of trying to control the forests, I say the fire departments only defend the cities.

[Reploid Productions]

Fire season in California is year round now. I suggest that a moat be built around the urban part of southern California. The cities might be covered in smoke but any fire won't cross an artificial body of water large enough. Instead of trying to control the forests, I say the fire departments only defend the cities.

Ur.... you do realize that a wind-driven fire can send embers sparking new fires over a mile from the actual fire front, thus making any such moat option absurdly impractical to implement, right?

[Constitutional Technocracy of Minecraft]

You mentioned climate change. Turn in your Republican card!

I am not a Republican I believe Climate change is real. I just like that it is destroying primarily liberal areas.

Strange that New York is in the northeastern US, and has the money for flood barriers.

[Saiwania]

I am not a Republican I believe Climate change is real. I just like that it is destroying primarily liberal areas.

One of Rupert Murdoch's vacation homes supposedly got burned down in these fires. It probably doesn't matter to him because he has so much money to keep buying more real estate with but a major liberal has said- "if anyone deserves this more- it'd be him" because Murdoch is one of the people most responsible for the US and the world being so behind on even beginning to address Climate Change.

[Essu Beti]

Fire season in California is year round now. I suggest that a moat be built around the urban part of southern California. The cities might be covered in smoke but any fire won't cross an artificial body of water large enough. Instead of trying to control the forests, I say the fire departments only defend the cities.

That would take a lot of water, for a place with precious little of it. Not to mention the disruption to the local wildlife.

I think we should be doing controlled burns, to burn off the dead and dry brush that makes these conflagrations possible. Those wouldn’t be feasible in already-inhabited areas, but it could keep an outside fire from coming in.

[Saiwania]

That would take a lot of water, for a place with precious little of it. Not to mention the disruption to the local wildlife.

I think we should be doing controlled burns, to burn off the dead and dry brush that makes these conflagrations possible. Those wouldn’t be feasible in already-inhabited areas, but it could keep an outside fire from coming in.

I figured that the plan for California has always been, to build massive desalination plants and get their water needs met via the ocean. The Pacific has a near infinite amount of water that can be used.

[Essu Beti]

I figured that the plan for California has always been, to build massive desalination plants and get their water needs met via the ocean. The Pacific has a near infinite amount of water that can be used.

I’ll believe it when I see it. Even one desalination plant can cause pretty significant disruptions to the ocean if you’re careless about it, they’re expensive to build, and even after that they just don’t provide enough water.

The largest desalination plant in the nation, the Claude "Bud" Lewis Carlsbad Desalination Plant, cost 1 billion dollars to build, has maintanence yearly costs in the millions, and only provides enough water for 7% of the region I live in.

EDIT: Also, the Pacific Ocean may have a lot of water, but we’re limited to building on the coastline. Which is valuable for plenty of other things, too, but another issue is that it limits the size of plant you can build and the amount of water you can get from that ocean.

[Ifreann]

What California needs is some sort of statewide sprinkler system. It'll help with the droughts, too. Only downside is you may need to tap a few lakes.

[Essu Beti]

You mean the lakes that were in critical condition up until very recently due to the massive droughts? Those lakes?

Again, controlled burns is the way to go.

[Ifreann]

You mean the lakes that were in critical condition up until very recently due to the massive droughts? Those lakes?

Out of state lakes, obviously.

[Essu Beti]

So instead of draining the Colorado river, we'll be draining Lake Mead directly. This really isn't a good idea.

[Ifreann]

So instead of draining the Colorado river, we'll be draining Lake Mead directly. This really isn't a good idea.

Ah sure it'll be grand.