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RobertEarl

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23. So, you don't know anything?

Thu May 16, 2013, 02:58 PM

May 2013

And you think I'm going to read an EIS?

Sounds like the 'Hair on Fire' are the three of you: FEMA included.

I am in favor of planetary restoration. Most government agencies can hardly even spell restoration. And then yall come along and say: Hell yeah, cut it down!

But if that is all you know, then that is all you can say, right?

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FEMA Plans Clear-Cutting 85,000 Berkeley and Oakland Trees [View all] thatsrightimirish May 2013 OP

This is insane. If fire is their worry, the 2' of woodchips will be an even worse threat. SunSeeker May 2013 #1

And note tht they don't mention doing this during the early part of the summer, when fledgling truedelphi May 2013 #8

I bet Cal wishes they had done this before Zachary Running Wolf delayed the SAHPC project OmahaBlueDog May 2013 #2

WTF. I am ignorant of any details but this sounds like one of the worst ideas yet. byeya May 2013 #3

It appears from the link that this is some kind of combination of enough May 2013 #4

I hae particpated in citizen protests against some of the truedelphi May 2013 #7

They can find a tire... snooper2 May 2013 #13

Time for some 60's style sit-ins and student riots upaloopa May 2013 #5

Sounds like it's UC Berkeley's idea. bluedigger May 2013 #6

W. T. F. City Lights May 2013 #9

sad but read this warrior1 May 2013 #10

Wow! I only saw news of this, not how bad it was. But clear-cutting, woodchips and herbicide... freshwest May 2013 #16

FEMA is funding it. former9thward May 2013 #45

The Eucalyptus trees are the big problem OmahaBlueDog May 2013 #50

sounds like a corpse of engineers plan. stupid. pansypoo53219 May 2013 #11

Fire prevention huh? Two feet of wood chips. Yeah. That should do the trick. silvershadow May 2013 #12

It's called mulch NickB79 May 2013 #24

Yeah, mea culpa. I was just trying to be funny. (Kind of a habit). I should have tagged sarcasm. silvershadow May 2013 #38

I read a study that said before the redwoods were clear cut, the area was very different... rwsanders May 2013 #14

More hair on fire news without research railsback May 2013 #15

Is this a clear cut in a populated area? RobertEarl May 2013 #17

Fire hazard is serious business in this area. maxsolomon May 2013 #19

Refer to maxsolomon's post. railsback May 2013 #22

So, you don't know anything? RobertEarl May 2013 #23

Oh, so your hair is on fire. railsback May 2013 #25

No RobertEarl May 2013 #26

You need to kill the weeds first railsback May 2013 #30

"I am in favor of planetary restoration." Nuclear Unicorn May 2013 #58

Jurassic Park would be awesome. RobertEarl May 2013 #59

If you want to learn the answer to your question, then yes, you will read the EIS. maxsolomon May 2013 #31

another engineering problem i see. grahampuba May 2013 #18

I'll trust engineers, botanists and biologists railsback May 2013 #21

I remember the hills fire XemaSab May 2013 #34

Exactly railsback May 2013 #37

Ah, that I did not know Yo_Mama May 2013 #41

I watched that fire burn Mz Pip May 2013 #44

They're removing non-native, invasive eucalyptus trees NickB79 May 2013 #20

I don't know anything about this particular situation, but I do know SheilaT May 2013 #27

Anybody that objects to this might want to watch this video from October 1991 tularetom May 2013 #28

Thank you for posting that! OmahaBlueDog May 2013 #49

Go Bears!! tularetom May 2013 #52

Go Bears! OmahaBlueDog May 2013 #53

K&R DeSwiss May 2013 #29

Those black and whites are deceptive Xithras May 2013 #35

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA! tabasco May 2013 #60

those last two photos were taken by me paulkienitz Aug 2013 #61

Sorry Paul. DeSwiss Aug 2013 #62

thanx paulkienitz Aug 2013 #63

I am all for it -- Hell Hath No Fury May 2013 #32

I've started spending Friday or Saturday mornings on San Bruno Mountain- How beautiful it is there! NBachers May 2013 #51

It is a real treasure -- Hell Hath No Fury May 2013 #56

A few weeks ago we were there when it was real foggy- we saw rabbits all over NBachers May 2013 #57

This is a GOOD thing. Xithras May 2013 #33

wtf? so much for those bastions of liberal thinking and FU, FEMA, terrible idea:-( wordpix May 2013 #36

The sooner they cut these trees down the better. hunter May 2013 #39

So FEMA is becoming the disaster-creating agency? Yo_Mama May 2013 #40

As a native & still resdent of that area I say "THANK GOD, CAN YOU START TOMORROW?" mulsh May 2013 #42

We certainly have some wildly differing viewpoints in this thread. Read Carefully! truthisfreedom May 2013 #43

Message auto-removed Name removed May 2013 #46

Eucalyptus trees are essentially giant matches growing out of the ground Dreamer Tatum May 2013 #47

That was THE takeaway from the East Bay fires OmahaBlueDog May 2013 #48

mudslides, erosion, canyons welcome to idiocy. RILib May 2013 #54

Psst--I've got a carbon offset deal for ya, Berkeley.... sofa king May 2013 #55