Yes, so how do we, as a society, change a culture of people who would rather express their freedom to do as they please wherever they want on labor day weekend than prevent fires from happening? (Yes I know that some of our big fires were started by lightning--but not all) How do we protect people from themselves?BurnsideBob wrote: ↑September 17th, 2020, 7:45 am
Which leaves restriction of human activity as our only effective strategy during extreme wind events.
Do communities built in the forest need to be able to survive without power for a few days so that power companies can cut power in advance of projected high fire danger times? Do we need better management of humans who are starting campfires/using chainsaws/etc in the forest when it's not safe to do so? Shut down recreational access altogether? And if a fire does get started (regardless of the cause), how does forest management need to respond?
Based on what I've been reading in this thread, there's no one easy answer and every fire is in a unique situation. For those of you who have actually worked in fire management, what do you see as the path forward?