just drive home a point I've been making all along and it further proves Hellbender is nothing more than a liberal pawning himself off as a conservative

"Fuel loads, weather conditions and landscape topography all influence fire behavior. For instance, fire usually moves
faster uphill. During the 2003 Southern California firestorm, however, fuel loads were so extreme that firefighters reported witnessing fires race downhill
as fast they moved uphill.

PAY SPECIAL ATTENTION HERE HELLBENDER IF WHAT I HAVE BEEN SAYING IS STUPID THEN EVERYONE IN THE WEST WHO ISN'T A MEMBER OF SOME WHACKO ENVIRO GROUP IS JUST AS STUPID

Unlike weather and topography, we can control fuel loads. We can reduce fuel loads and improve overall forest health.
Much like a master gardener will prune roses, fight aphids and slugs, and pull weeds, foresters can remove excess fuels
and create conditions that benefit trees and wildlife.
We are still feeling the effects of aggressive 20th century fire suppression. Deliberately set fires, or ?prescribed
burns,? can be an effective forest management
tool, but many public forests that surround communities are
too dangerous and overgrown with trees and debris to safely reintroduce fire without first harvesting some trees to
reduce fuel loads.
However, public sentiment toward forest management has swung toward preservation ? leave the forest alone, keep it exactly like it is and let nature take its course. More often than not, efforts to manage California?s forests
and reduce fuel loads are blocked by appeals and lawsuits ? despite the fact that humans have allowed unnatural
fuel loads to accumulate. The forests we would leave to nature are not natural, so the fires that burn them are not
natural either.
Such ?hands-off? attitudes, often inspired by the myth of the pristine forest, lead to inaction that fosters the
kind of catastrophic fire that can erase forests from the landscape for centuries. While court cases drag on, trees keep growing and forests get more crowded. Tinderbox conditions are spreading throughout California?s forests.
By doing nothing in our forests, we are doing something ? creating conditions that are far more conducive to unnatural, devastating crown fires than natural
low-level surface flames."

as usual, I provide evidence and you provide nothing but ignorance