http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071101/ap_on_re_us/california_wildfires;_ylt=AlQVIC12I4.gX6109j6jksKs0NUE
2007-10-31 19:46:17 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Environment ➔ Global Warming
No. They are used to it from successive failures of predicting the worst hurricane season since Katrina.
2007-11-01 02:35:02 · answer #1 · answered by Dr Jello 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I have no particular opinion on any particular wildfire-they're all STARTED by some event like a careless human or a lightning strike. My understanding is the rationale connecting wildfires and global warming is in terms of severity and control. Drought/drier conditions thought to be due to global warming result in more extensive fire damage; other factors are usually noted in complete news reports-uncleared underbrush, intrusion of residential tracts in forested areas, which increases the chance of human error and places more easily burned material in the area...I personally think that pointing out that some doofus kid started a fire as evidence that global warming has nothing to do with the severity of wildfires could be considered a Pyrrhic victory at best.
2007-11-01 00:45:17 · answer #2 · answered by JC 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Not at all. There is a connection.
Even if global warming is not to be blamed for any specific fire, increased drought caused by global warming is making the fire situation worse in general.
Experienced fire fighters in the US West and scientists agree about that.
Warming and Earlier Spring Increase Western U.S. Forest Wildfire Activity, A. L. Westerling,H. G. Hidalgo,D. R. Cayan, T. W. Swetnam, Science 18 August 2006:
Vol. 313. no. 5789, pp. 940 - 943
This article has a thoughtful view:
http://climateprogress.org/2007/10/24/global-warming-and-the-california-wildfires/
2007-11-01 04:40:48 · answer #3 · answered by Bob 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Personally, I think the inability of some people to use spell check is due to Global Warming.
2007-10-31 22:39:36 · answer #4 · answered by SJ 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Yea People
2007-11-01 00:09:44 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
This question is strangely quiet, especially when I have heard some morons think they are related.
2007-10-31 23:43:09 · answer #6 · answered by enicolls25 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No. Humans were once again responsible
2007-10-31 21:07:31 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, what kind of tool would have thought that?
2007-10-31 19:51:10 · answer #8 · answered by eric54_20 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋