Why The South Is Decades Ahead Of The West In Wildfire Prevention

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11. Lightning ignition was less significant in Southern California fires after humans arrived.

Native Americans practiced fire management resulting in a huge patchwork quilt of recently burned land that may have inhibited the sort of monster fires we see today.

And things probably got out of control in their own fire management schemes at times as well, especially in periods of drought.

The social consequences of prescribed burns going out of control weren't any different 2,000 years ago than they are today.

A home lost to fire is a home lost to fire. A life lost to fire is a life lost to fire.

Fire management in California is not comparable to fire management in the South.