[fs2]

It's sad to see how these fires are automatically linked to climate change. Until the mid 2000's Australia burned down small patches of forests to prevent large disasters like these we have now. But that changed when burning down forests (mind you to prevent larger forest fires in the future) were deemed too bad for the environment.

So now the policies and fire prevention techniques changed (for the worse) and exactly what many firefighters predicted has happened: mass fires covering the east coast. It doesn't matter how much the climate changed when the whole part about prevention has been screwed up.

[voltagex_]

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/nov/12/is-th...

[BLKNSLVR]

Thanks for the link, someone staying with us was saying exactly what this article is debunking. I've sent it to them, but I'm expecting an 'unchanged opinion' type response.

[voltagex_]

No worries. The last thing Australia needs is bad info at the moment.

[Merrill]

>Bradstock says research “overwhelmingly” demonstrates that creating a 40- to 50-metre fuel break around a house can give it a much greater chance of surviving fires.

[jdnenej]

The policies have not changed. The fire department has said the weather has been too dry for too long and they are unable to do controlled burns like they used to.