[Elecraft] [OT] Fires

[JP Douglas]

please stop ur political nonsense and stick to ham radio.
thanks!
Jose Douglas KB1TCD

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> On Oct 15, 2020, at 7:02 AM, <w7aqk1 at gmail.com> <w7aqk1 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 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!!!
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> Dave W7AQK
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> Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2020 21:07:33 -0700
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> From: Walter Underwood <wunder at wunderwood.org <mailto:wunder at wunderwood.org>
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> To: Elecraft Reflector <elecraft at mailman.qth.net
> <mailto: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
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> in mountain wilderness. It is simply not possible to ?thin? that. From 2014
> to 2018,
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> the number of dead trees in California increased from 11 million to 147
> million.
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> Anyone who thinks there is a simple solution needs to think some more.
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> If you want to help, I already know of five Scout camps with major damage,
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> one in our council, near Big Basin. They will all need donations to rebuild.
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> wunder
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> K6WRU
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> Walter Underwood
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