A wildfire is sweeping through Yosemite National Park, with more than 500 firefighters losing ground against the flames. The “Washburn Fire” is torching forestland and is threatening the park’s 600 iconic sequoias. Wildfires, fueled by extreme drought due to climate change, are becoming the new normal.
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Worked on these fires over 100k acres in 2003/4 on Burned Area Emergency Rehabilitation [BAER pronounced bear teams] upon containment, as a computer tech specialist. These fires create their own weather, and gobble up everything in their path. Sending well wishes and hopes for much success in abating this enormous loss.
I'm going to go out on the ""NOT POPULAR"" limb and cast all my support for the FIRE!!!
"Climate change" couldn't wait to Crack that one.
Let’s all be clear about why CALIFORNIA had water and moisture problems….because years again the lake where drained for crops and now this is what happens
So stand in the middle of flames to get that shot.. brilliant
They keep trying to tie California fires to climate change. I'm really sick of this misleading narrative. There is way more to the immediate cause of California's explosive fires than people are aware of. Things like mismanaged forest lands and stupid political policies in California have been incredibly destructive to the quality of life here and the health of our forests. Until news media starts reporting the real story I'm afraid that nothing will change. You'll all be waiting who knows how long for the climate to reverse course and fix everything.
Let it burn and save the money for fighting crime
4 days in a row with the same story and not a mention of how the fire started , somone needs to go to journalism school
Odd…there Yosemite…Paradise fire .odd too
╯﹏╰ Absolutely heartbreaking 💔
It's not climate change they blame everything on climate change.
"From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand." Matthew 4:17..
Tried hotshot training, it's absolutely insane physical labour, and the amount of area you need to clear out sometimes is just ridiculous. Big kudos to these firefighters.
Trudeau should offer some support to our 🇺🇸 brothers & sisters USA offered tons of help for us 🇨🇦 to fight the fire during Fort McMurray fire but Trudeau refused & hired fire fighters from Africa without proper training who went on strike before even starting.
HOW WOULD DRY ICE WORK LAID IN A LINE. CO2?
Send the planes Gavin, send the birds over, drench it f**k it.
Wasn't it a week ago it flooded and now this. Yeow. Glad I'm not a tree these days and only have to deal with COVID thing and a few others.
🙏🙏🙏
For what's going on go to youtube " the lookout "
Globalist MF’ers are burning America.
Another enviromentalist story let the floor burn
Lies, lies, lies these white ppl are burning an chopping down the trees. Rebuilding new lands like they said history repeats it's self. We can't let that happen
Selective logging and maintenance????
I guess Not 😕….
Guys… you should listen to the biologist. He'll tell you that these trees need fire to reproduce amd are built to survive them too. So all these conservationists sre doing is basically castrating the endangered seqojas
God can be a cruel SOB.
The poor baby birds and animals.
Please u.s. 🇺🇸 can u plan fire seasons with prepared air support. It's not like all 100% airplanes are used all at once. So y not have 25% ready for fires at all times?
But…Ted Cruz said…..
"Every tree counts." Counts towards what? For what? It's mother nature. Let it take it's course. Stupid humans.
ALUMINUM BARIUM AND STRONTIUM CAUSE THE TREES TO BURN HOTTER FROM THE CHEM TRAILS – TELL THE TRUTH
⏳⏳⏳ISAIAH CHAPTER 24⏳⏳⏳⏳⏳⏳⏳⏳⏳⏳⏳⏳⏳⏳⏳⏳⏳⏳⏳⏳⏳⏳⏳⏳⏳⏳⏳⏳
who writes your script for you – its not climate change you nit wit
no trees allowed in 5G – they get in the way – busy burning down the trees – mad men
The US Government- literally has technology to light anything on fire-
Also the US Government- "See!??? cLiMaTe ChAnGe!
They need to seriously close it down and watch the park very closely to avoid dangerous stuff like this
Democrats started this and are also cheering this fire on.
No logging, no control burns , no forest management ,and a woke government , you get what you get.
Say it ain’t so. This has got to be a combination of Trump, Putin, the unvaccinated, straight white males, parents that speak up at school board meetings, cops, the military, and global warming combined aaaahhhhh.
Climate change has nothing to do with it!
Get a brain!