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Leighton Smith: Climate change has nothing to do with California fires

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Leighton Smith,
Publish Date
Thu, 9 Aug 2018, 11:08am
California has a big history of big fires. Photo / AP

Leighton Smith: Climate change has nothing to do with California fires

Author
Leighton Smith,
Publish Date
Thu, 9 Aug 2018, 11:08am

Let me turn your attention to what is happening in California, where daily and nightly we are being regaled with stories and videos from the massive fires.

This is where education, universities, schools and propaganda is letting everyone down.

California has a big history of big fires. But there is still no evidence that the fires this year are bigger than the ones in the 1930's.

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Back in the 1930's, that was the period of the dustbowl in the midwest. California has since pre European times had a history of massive fires.

A commentary from a man who has been involved in the聽forestry service for a long time says he is sick to death of repeating his advice.

He said a couple of decades ago that there would be a return to the massive fires because of the shocking fire management, which is partly due to the incompetent聽governance of California, and also the Greens聽who have the attitude聽you can't have fire breaks and you can't do selected burnings because it is necessary.

So over聽a period of time, the forests of California have burnt up and become tinder dry, so when you get a period like this you find yourselves in the situation聽you see now.聽

The most surprising聽thing to me is that with the size of this fire, is the small number of houses which have been burnt.

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