Canada's Forests Will Burn and Burn

19 pointsposted 10 hours ago
by littlexsparkee

11 Comments

msftgreed

7 hours ago

Maybe we should be doing something dramatic about this global warming thing before it's too late, yeah?

HackerNewt-doms

6 hours ago

> before it's too late

Too late for what, exactly?

rishav_sharan

an hour ago

The societal collapse and deaths that are about to happen.

ChrisRR

4 hours ago

Everything that's already happened

lardosaurusrex

9 hours ago

we're aware but we're also aware that it needs to be weathered.

it's gonna suck but much like the pain of untethering ourselves from the US economy we acknowledge it's gonna be painful. a lot of lumber companies in canada rn have been going in and collecting fallen trees and dead bush all around populated areas and turning it into paper and cheap lumber but we suppressed fires for so long that it's gonna be a rough time for a while.

turns out lightning existed long before humans and nature evolved accordingly; who'd've thunk it? lmao.

burnt-resistor

7 hours ago

PSA: In long-term fire abstinent areas, old growth trees can be saved from excessive scorching in fires by preventatively clearing built-up debris (combustible fuel) under the canopy and beside the trunk. Shovel and/or rake.

yanhangyhy

9 hours ago

does massive drones help?

cwillu

9 hours ago

We're talking about a forest the size of texas.

RobotCaleb

8 hours ago

So a really large drone

cwillu

7 hours ago

Preferably the size of texas