[Elecraft] [OT] Fires

[w7aqk1 at gmail.com]

Amen to Walter's response.  Sure, there are plenty of examples of things not
being done quite right, but the real truth is that things are so far out of
control it's almost amazing that anything got saved in the fires!  Our
resources are being overwhelmed!!!

 

Until we get our heads screwed on right, and face up to the fact that global
warming is real, this kind of thing is going to continue.  It's already too
late to make things get much better very quickly.  The desert "burned up"
this summer from a record number of excessive heat days (over 100 F.),
California, and Oregon, and Washington burned up literally, and our southern
regions are getting slammed by historic numbers of hurricanes.  This is not
just happening by "accident".  It is self induced!  We are destroying the
planet slowly but surely.

 

If you really want to better understand what is happening, and why, I
recommend you view David Attenborough's latest documentary "A Life On Our
Planet", which is currently available on Netflix.  It's a superb explanation
of how we got where we are, why we are seeing all these fires and floods,
and what we have to do SOON!  Ignore it if you will, but that doesn't solve
a thing!  Making empty excuses doesn't help either.

 

Dave W7AQK

 

 

 

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Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2020 21:07:33 -0700

From: Walter Underwood <wunder at wunderwood.org <mailto:wunder at wunderwood.org>
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To: Elecraft Reflector <elecraft at mailman.qth.net
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Subject: Re: [Elecraft] [OT] Fires

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The Creek Fire was burning through forests that were 80-90% bark beetle kill

in mountain wilderness. It is simply not possible to ?thin? that. From 2014
to 2018,

the number of dead trees in California increased from 11 million to 147
million.

 

Anyone who thinks there is a simple solution needs to think some more.

 

If you want to help, I already know of five Scout camps with major damage,

one in our council, near Big Basin. They will all need donations to rebuild.

 

wunder

K6WRU

Walter Underwood