tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31079809771482270.post3511979478000159259..comments2024-03-18T07:30:30.432-07:00Comments on interested party: Ponderosa pine infestation driving Southwest fire seasonlarry kurtzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06855417104900624838noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31079809771482270.post-7419053110092411902013-07-23T23:17:12.444-07:002013-07-23T23:17:12.444-07:00This is cool!This is cool!Altonhttp://bestmemoryfoammattressreviews.us/2013/07/10/about-memory-foam-mattresses/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31079809771482270.post-24031547706011329012013-06-13T17:01:45.651-07:002013-06-13T17:01:45.651-07:00The author of this forum coined the phrase weaponi...The author of this forum coined the phrase weaponized wildfire: DHS calls it pyroterrorism. Colorado has burned nearly a thousand homes in the last three years. Earthquakes are not yet preventable but wildfires there can be prevented, too.<br /><br />Thx for the comment: the links in the post support the thesis.larry kurtzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06855417104900624838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31079809771482270.post-1454463961131746192013-06-13T16:27:44.691-07:002013-06-13T16:27:44.691-07:00What is weaponized wildfire, and where do you get ...What is weaponized wildfire, and where do you get a statement like that, with no attribution, no backup?<br /><br />As for denying homeowners' insurance, don't be ridiculous. Ponderosa forests burn about once every 50-100 years. Maybe a fire is due now, but you can't deny insurance on the chance someone's home might be the one affected. People still get insurance in tornado zones (which those in Colorado Springs are not far from), where hurricanes strike, etc. Many people bought or built before these fires were so common. I lived in the foothills for 30 years and never had any issues till the last couple of years. There was an occasional fire, but no one really worried about it. I was just in Lake Tahoe and even though fire danger there was said to be high, no one had done a thing to mitigate anything. It's just not part of the culture. Trees coming out of decks, branches down everywhere, underbrush... I asked a couple of questions about mitigation and people were shocked to even think about it. So stop pointing fingers at Colorado homeowners and expecting them to change their whole lives because of fire. These fires come right into cities like Colorado Springs, so obviously, living in the mountains has nothing to do with it. Friends in downtown Boulder have been evacuated more times than I have. Glenwood Springs nearly burned because of a scrub fire some years ago. Grassfires in Texas destroyed a lot of property and livestock, and nearly took an entire town last summer in Colorado. So living NOT in a fire zone is no real protection. <br /><br />Should all of the California coast move out of the earthquake zone? Claudia Putnamhttp://www.claudiaputnam.comnoreply@blogger.com