Hi Anne, I am not sending this to the full list because I do not have time to confirm it (and once again this was done without input from moi) but I believe...
Viviane Marquez-Waller
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Sep 1, 2008 7:34 pm
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All - Hot off the presses: Cox and SDG&E failure to maintain transmission lines found to be cause of Guajito, Witch, and Rice fires. PDF document from CPUC has...
Kay
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Sep 3, 2008 4:46 am
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Fellow SDFRN members, The article below illustrates the price we have paid for over-simplifying the fire safety message. With the constant drumbeat to "clear...
What is not understood is that the fire clearing is not supposed to be to the dirt. The fire departments and the fire safety private consultants are waging a...
From the letters section in today's UT: An insightful understanding of a root cause of home losses in Santa Ana firestorm conditions. While no secret to this...
George Courser
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Sep 8, 2008 6:06 pm
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Do you act as a expert witness when people don't want to scrape everything? Will the county take what you say if they are trying to scrape someone's place in...
Do you act as a expert witness when people don't want to scrape everything? Will the county take what you say if they are trying to scrape someone's place in...
Do you act as a expert witness when people don't want to scrape everything? Will the county take what you say if they are trying to scrape someone's place in...
Do you act as a expert witness when people don't want to scrape everything? Will the county take what you say if they are trying to scrape someone's place in...
Cindy, The real issue is who is doing the vegetation management. Most fire agencies do a good job trying to help people understand that it doesn't mean bare ...
This recent case study of Rancho Santa Fe may be of value in understanding clearance issues. Jon ...
Jon E Keeley
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Sep 10, 2008 9:08 pm
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Sorry about the blurb, I thought I was responding directly to you, should have known but I guess I was going too fast. I'll try to pass it on. Was trying to...
Thanks, will pass it on. I have a question , I noticed from your site you wrote on seed ecology. When we have a burn like we did here that is on the edge of...
This is a very useful study. I¹ll distribute to the Planning Commission. Thanks, michael ... Re: [SDFRN-Forum] Eliminate "clearance." Replace with the full...
michael beck
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Sep 11, 2008 3:34 pm
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Cindy I will reply to the whole group since others may be interested in these questions as well. Many conifer forests in the west, including those in San Diego...
Jon E Keeley
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Sep 11, 2008 3:55 pm
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Cindy, you raise some very important fundamental issues that I think everyone on this list needs to consider. The observation you made deals with one of the...
"...and echoed in the Sounds of Silence..." No, you're not crazy, You know beauty when you see it. Basic beauty Identification doesn't take an advanced degree....
That was awesome! Thanks sooo much, I've been wondering and wondering about that one. I might have even won a burrito bet for that. Further thoughts: maybe...
Cindy, One minor clarification. It is strychnine that the USFS applies to kill gophers. Cyanide use to be used (at least I have seen documents from the Angeles...
Jon E Keeley
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Sep 12, 2008 5:30 am
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Cindy Per your additional questions. I don't know that we have definitive scientific studies on these points but I believe the following inferences, based on...
Jon E Keeley
jon_keeley@...
Sep 12, 2008 5:31 am
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Our View: Politicians blow smoke when talking wildfires OUR VIEW: WILDFIRES Idaho Statesman 9/10/08 Here's a non-news flash: The science of wildfire is more...
This recently released report my be of interest also, the role of fuel treatments has been assessed at ...
Jon E Keeley
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Sep 13, 2008 8:41 am
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To highlight one of the paragraphs's in this editorial: "In fact, when it comes to the hypothesis that livestock grazing can reduce the risk of rangeland fire,...
From the just released USFS report, Fire Severity in Fuel Treatments during the American River Complex fire, Tahoe National Forest, California (6/21-8/1/08): ...
Rick, Without seeing the report, but having observed the wildland interface for years since 1963, I would comment this way. With the ubiquitous presence of non...
... areas I think this is a really big part of the problem. Humans have been building fires for hundreds of thousands of years. For most of that time, almost...
... time, ... heated ... Brian you analysis is "spot on". It is the humans who are adding up the three parts of ALL fire. Tinder, Kindling and Fuel. And most...
Brian, The seven rules regarding typos: 1. Most people don't notice. 2. If they do notice, they'll forget shortly afterwards. 3. .that is unless they already...
J From: SDFRN@yahoogroups.com [mailto:SDFRN@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Richard Halsey Sent: Sunday, September 14, 2008 3:40 PM To: SDFRN@yahoogroups.com ...