tickleandrose wrote on Jan 14
th, 2025 at 11:43am:
Within your link, it seemed all of the major fires listed are between July and December. We are in mid Jan.
But it is not unprecedented.
"Southern California is experiencing its most devastating
winter fires in more than four decades"
https://apnews.com/article/fire-devastation-climate-change-santa-ana-winds-a46e2...Then there is the changing vegetation.
"An invasive grass species has sparked the interest of researchers studying the ecology of wildfires in the western United States. Cheatgrass, a long-stemmed plant native to Europe and southwestern Asia that was introduced by settlers in the 1800s, is now common in Nevada, Utah, Colorado, California, and Oregon. By comparing satellite images of cheatgrass to fire activity in the same area, scientists have now shown that the grass is involved in a disproportionate number of fires in these regions, and those fires were among the largest. Although cheatgrass makes up only 6% of the area's vegetation, it has been involved in 39 of the 50 largest fires in the last decade, and has burned twice as much as any other plant species, the team reports this week in Global Change Biology. "
https://www.science.org/content/article/scienceshot-invasive-grass-behind-larges...It is a 2012 article. But the cheat grass is still there.
Yes, perhaps there is combination of climate, weather, vegetation - as you have suggested. But, Frank is saying the fires are because of DEI hires....