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45 out of control wildfires in western US

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Post by Chico Tue Jul 03, 2012 5:39 pm

Anyone, other than me, remember that suggestions for a terrorist attack on the U.S. would be burning down of all forestry, when the conditions were right. ? chico

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Post by CheenaGringo Tue Jul 03, 2012 6:05 pm

Terry - best knock off the rotgut moonshine and spend some of those bucks on the legal stuff. We are surrounded by fires and have been for quite some time - no talk of Al-Queda starting a single one of them. That is unless they have learned to control lightning and stupid people!

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Post by Parker Tue Jul 03, 2012 6:46 pm

How about the fires in Waldo Canyon, Colorado Springs, depressing.

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Post by gringomojado Tue Jul 03, 2012 8:14 pm

Just getting back from Colorado. Fires are depressing, most were started by lightning. Waldo might have been work of a firebug. Pine beetle killed a lot of trees and dead ones burn more readily. Subdivisions have been built in "wild" areas with brush and trees almost up to the structures. Colorado is in the sixth year of a drought cycle. Decades of fire control has left a buildup of fuel. All this adds up to the makings of catastrophic fires, all over the USA, especially the dry West. The natives used to move their tipis, or build new shelters after fleeing a fire, modern inhabitants can't do that.
It was depressing!

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Post by Chico Wed Jul 04, 2012 12:12 pm

Google "terrorism wildfires". Just for the heck of it. chico

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Post by espíritu del lago Wed Jul 04, 2012 12:22 pm

Another problem is they chose not to do controlled burns when they could. Environmentalist had to protect every bug,bird and beetle. When I was young every spring we would burn the brush in the county. Everything would be green and pretty. Never had out of control fires.
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Post by Chico Wed Jul 04, 2012 4:23 pm

Al Qaida Magazine encourages terrorists to set wildfires in Montana. May 4, 2012.

Wildfires in Colorado. Is this a terrorist attack?

Google "terrorism wildfires" and read for yourself. chico

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Post by gringal Wed Jul 04, 2012 4:52 pm

I think Espirito has an excellent point. Remember Smokey the Bear? Later, people began to realize that fire is a natural part of the cycle; that controlled burns would clear out the fuel and that most fires are started by lightning.

Then people began to watch too many movies about romantic forest settings and built homes far too close to potential forest fires so the firefighters had their hands overfull trying to protect structures.

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