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Cetacea

(7,367 posts)
Sun Nov 11, 2018, 07:32 AM Nov 2018

Scientists See Climate Change in California's Wildfires (2017)

Last edited Thu Nov 15, 2018, 04:51 AM - Edit history (1)

SANTA ROSA, Calif. — As wildfires engulf nearly 170,000 acres of Northern California wine country, questions are swirling about the role of climate change in causing damage of historic proportions.

The fires, which started late Sunday night in the hills of Napa and Sonoma counties, quickly ballooned to 22 separate conflagrations in eight counties, killing at least 21 people by Tuesday evening. The Tubbs Fire, in Sonoma County, has been responsible for at least 11 deaths so far, making it the sixth-deadliest fire in state history. Nearly 300 people are still reported missing and 25,000 have been evacuated in Sonoma County alone, with more than 3,500 homes and businesses destroyed.

Strong winds were responsible for the fires' quick incursion into urban areas, but months of record-high temperatures, preceded by heavy rainfall last winter, also fueled the destructive power of the fire that burned through the region, climate experts said.

Link To Scientific American article:

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/scientists-see-climate-change-in-californias-wildfires/


Not a peep from MSM

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Scientists See Climate Change in California's Wildfires (2017) (Original Post) Cetacea Nov 2018 OP
LAST SUMMER ... sheesh put a date on something like this please ... freaked me out mr_lebowski Nov 2018 #1
Thanks. Done! eom Cetacea Nov 2018 #3
The MSM is too busy reporting on Trump's latest offense... Rhiannon12866 Nov 2018 #2
So true! Cetacea Nov 2018 #4
I can only take so much of the news, these days, I have to change the channel Rhiannon12866 Nov 2018 #5
Same! Cetacea Nov 2018 #6
 

mr_lebowski

(33,643 posts)
1. LAST SUMMER ... sheesh put a date on something like this please ... freaked me out
Sun Nov 11, 2018, 08:11 AM
Nov 2018

Thought this was happening AGAIN this year ... along with all the other fires ...

Still, yeah ... of course AGC is playing a part in these fires.

Rhiannon12866

(205,126 posts)
5. I can only take so much of the news, these days, I have to change the channel
Thu Nov 15, 2018, 05:07 AM
Nov 2018

And you're right, he started out offensive and he's only gotten progressively worse!

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