I’m ootl. What debunks have come out?

For the kids: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rescue_of_Jessica_McClure

Everything you said, and I like Singh, but I think he’s frustrated and it’s coming out in some of his (public) behaviour. Definitely time for the NDP to be looking for their next leader.

Ah good to hear she’s on the mend. Well just to note for any future injuries, boots are way better. I used crutches for a day before adding the boot so I could go to work and stuff. They didn’t even give me the option initially and I’m not sure why. It was far more comfortable having it on and I never wanted to take it off!

Spring for the boot if it’s an option. Way better than crutches.

I’m surprised they’re not selling the business. They always seemed pretty popular.

Yeah I think the picture quality from Pixel cameras is better than the Galaxy in certain conditions, but the camera app is just way better on the Galaxy. (I’m currently using a Pixel 6 Pro and an S23 Ultra and I hate the Pixel’s camera app.)

Actually there are quite a few things I like better in the Samsung software, and I can’t think of anything I like better on the Pixel…

Thanks!

Why? Is there a difference? (I haven’t tried the new one and haven’t used Origin in years)

I think the point a lot of people are missing is that we know forest management as it was done in the past 20/30-100 years ago was a bad idea. Forest management practices have changed significantly: prescribed burns, letting fires burn naturally (when possible), and other mitigation techniques are a part of the practice on a much wider scale now.

You can scream up and down that they should have done more to clear out the dry vegetation, but it’s just not that simple. Remember, we are currently right in the middle of what is the prescribed burn season! You can’t just do prescribed burns willy nilly. You need the right conditions of wind, cool weather, etc. If you never get that weather, you can’t do them.

These aren’t your typical forests like in NoCal, Oregon, Washington and BC. The area is pretty much desert with dry grasses and low brush. AKA, tinder. Some of the practices that caused forests to be susceptible to fires aren’t even a factor here, e.g. clear cutting.

Dead vegetation needs to be removed with care and takes a lot of time. You have to be careful not to destroy the habitats of wildlife. We’re not talking about a small area here. You can’t just bulldoze all of southern California.

So, continuing to say “it’s because of bad forest management” is a bit disingenuous. If you look at this particular case, as pointed out in the posted article (and backed up by what you posted), a confluence of factors are creating the current situation: particularly high winds, particularly dry vegetation, and particularly abundant vegetation (due to particularly high amounts of rain early in 2024). All of which are happening more and more often due to the climate changing. This doesn’t give a lot of time to do wildfire mitigation, no matter how much you want to spend on it.