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Ucussinwithme t1_j31uzos wrote

I hope this does not lead to another horrific wild fire season.

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PyramidBusiness t1_j3486je wrote

The severity of wild fires is a product of human behavior more than the weather. Preventing the light ones is what eventually causes the severe ones.

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Ucussinwithme t1_j34xjy6 wrote

I was referring to the phenomenon of large torrential rain dirupting seed banks and causing massive blooms of dormant seed. Followed by extended draughts increasing the risk of large scale fires which is very much a clomate change related phenomenon. I am familiar with human fire over management and its results. This is a bit beyond that.

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Haterbait_band t1_j33dxx1 wrote

It will. And then there’ll be another drought. Then it’ll rain a bunch. Then another drought. Then fires, then rain again. Then another drought, followed by some fires, and then some rain. And we’ll be surprised by this. It’ll be on the news, naturally. Each year will have the worst blank of the decade. We’ll definitely click links associated with such predictable weather patterns. And we also won’t change a thing and be fine in the end. Miraculous?

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Incognit0ErgoSum t1_j33npae wrote

> Each year will have the worst blank of the decade.

That can happen when things are getting progressively worse.

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Haterbait_band t1_j341t0x wrote

So comparatively, it’ll be worse next year. So I won’t really start caring until next year. Unless the year after that is supposed to be worse. In that case I’ll check in every 5 years and try to determine if things are to a point where people actually start watering their lawn less, signifying people that there actually is a water shortage and it’s not just a typical California summer.

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Incognit0ErgoSum t1_j3463k2 wrote

People generally don't start caring about this kind of thing until it's too late.

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Haterbait_band t1_j353fyc wrote

Part of it is fear mongering. News reports on doom and gloom, exaggerating the situation, then it rains a bit and it’s fine until next year. It’s a ‘boy who cried wolf’ thing. People still water their lawns, agriculture survives, and golf courses stay green. So even though there was a shortage of water that season, it didn’t affect anyone meaningfully even though the media said it’s the worst drought in history with record breaking heat and blah blah blah. I feel like some objective honesty would go a long way to keep people mindful of things like this but new outlets need clicks so we get exaggeration and fear mongering. When the water company shuts our water off, or they start banning grass lawns, then I’ll start to worry; maybe even move somewhere else.

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