has a good meme creator that uses real life people. Looks Musk removed the safety filters.


Also, it has this to say about the wildfires. 

• Dry Conditions: The wildfires were fueled by dry conditions, which made the vegetation highly flammable. This is mentioned in multiple sources as a significant factor.

  
• Santa Ana Winds: These winds, known for their ferocity, were instrumental in spreading the fires quickly across Los Angeles County. The Santa Ana winds blow from inland towards the coast, exacerbating fire conditions.

  
• Climate Change: Climate change has been linked to increased severity and frequency of wildfires in California. It contributes by causing increased heat, extended droughts, and a drier atmosphere, which all increase the risk and extent of wildfires. This is particularly relevant given the context of a very warm summer and a lack of rain in recent months, making California more vulnerable.

  
• Human Activity: While not directly stated as the cause for these specific wildfires, it's noted that 95% of wildfires in the area are started by humans, which suggests a high likelihood of human involvement in ignition, though not confirmed for these particular fires.

  

Perplexity AI:

Perplexity AI: What could be done differently by the Californian government to prevent this?

Based on the search results, the California government could implement several strategies to better prevent wildfires in the future:

1. Expand controlled burns and fuel reduction efforts. The state could adopt more aggressive policies for controlled burns, similar to those used in Southern states, to reduce fuel buildup in forests5.

2. Enhance community wildfire prevention programs. The government could increase funding and support for the 35 priority projects identified by CAL FIRE, which include hazardous dead tree removal, vegetation clearing, and creation of fuel breaks and defensible spaces3.

3. Strengthen building codes and enforcement. California could implement stricter regulations for fire-resistant building materials, especially for roofs, siding, and decks in wildfire-prone areas5.

4. Improve climate adaptation strategies. The state could accelerate the implementation of its Climate Adaptation Strategy, focusing on nature-based climate solutions and strengthening the resilience of natural systems28.

5. Increase public education and engagement. The government could expand programs to educate residents about wildfire prevention, including proper defensible space maintenance and fire-safe landscaping techniques57.

6. Enhance utility line management. Given that utility lines are under investigation as potential causes for some fires, the state could implement more stringent regulations and inspections for power infrastructure in high-risk areas1.

7. Invest in advanced fire detection and suppression technologies. California could allocate more resources to developing and deploying cutting-edge technologies for early fire detection and rapid response6.

By implementing these measures, the California government could significantly improve its wildfire prevention efforts and reduce the risk of future catastrophic fires.

Controlled burns sound like the most actionable improvement that can be made.
If this is common practice in many places of the world, why is it not happening in California?

Climate change? Seems a bit unlikely that climate change is so severe that conditions today in the middle of winter are worse than summer before  CC. 

Winds…do we really think those winds are worse than the South Easter?

And here we have the real cause of all this stuff just as in Australia…human activity is implicated in 95% of wildfires.

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So here we have possible human activity, exacerbated  by budget cuts and inept tactics. A Dem failure,

And here we have the real cause of all this stuff just as in Australia…human activity is implicated in 95% of wildfires.

Here we again.

Proof?

Ask Grok, if you had bothered to read the article Shark provided you would have found this:

Human Activity: While not directly stated as the cause for these specific wildfires, it's noted that 95% of wildfires in the area are started by humans, which suggests a high likelihood of human involvement in ignition, though not confirmed for these particular fires

I know your are obsessed with winning a debate Hysteria , but my advice is to read the material before you do another of your hair on fire posts,

This from Chat GTP might help your education:

Yes, a regression analysis of Australian rainfall from 1900 through 2023 would likely show a slight increase in overall rainfall over time when examining the national annual totals. However, this trend masks significant regional and seasonal variations, which are critical to understanding Australia's changing rainfall patterns.

Key Insights:

1. National Annual Rainfall:

   • There has been an overall upward trend in total annual rainfall since 1900, driven primarily by increased rainfall in northern Australia, particularly in the summer months.

2. Regional Variations:

   • Northern and Central Australia: Significant increases in rainfall over the last century.
   • Southern Australia (e.g., southwest and southeast): Declines in winter and spring rainfall due to shifting weather patterns, such as the poleward movement of the westerly winds.

3. Extreme Events:

   • Increased intensity of heavy rainfall events due to warmer atmospheric temperatures, which hold more moisture.
   • Drier periods and droughts in the south have intensified, even as total rainfall trends upward.

4. Climate Drivers:

   • Variability in Australian rainfall is heavily influenced by climate systems such as the El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO), Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD), and Southern Annular Mode (SAM).

Regression Analysis Outcome:

If you were to plot a linear regression line over the total annual rainfall data from 1900 to 2023:

• The slope would likely indicate a small positive trend (increase in rainfall).
• However, statistical significance may vary, as rainfall variability is extremely high year-to-year.

Australian trend rainfall of 455mm  in 1900 has increased to  490 mm in 2023 according to Chat’s regression analysis. An increase of about 8%. So no, drier condition aren’t driving wild fires and I doubt the small temperature increase can offset greater rainfall. So we are left with the expansion of man’s footprint.

The fact is that the cause of fires are mainly due to poor Governance of the basic preventative actions to reduce fire hazards and the rest is actions of arsonists who start fires all over the world.  In Australia just enter the following  to get to basic info on arrests of people for starting fires:-

Arrests of people who started Blue Mountain fires 

It does not deal only with Australian fires and touch on SA fand USA fires s well,    About 3 years ago serious mountain fires threatened the Riversdale area mountains and the hilly strip between Riversdale and Still Bay.    Although the fires threatened the  Garcia plantation and burned in the Mountain areas immeditely adjacent to the Garcia plantation it never affected the plantation and the answer was  simple.   Proper control of shrub growth and measures to have controlled fire burns removed  threats to the plantation and nearby farms to the Langeberg mountain totally.

As to the present fires in California 90% of the issue that has been causing fires in Caifornia is totally due to poor Governance and actions of arsonists and fuck all to do with climate change.  When Governments are not applying basic legislation as to fire contol catastrophic fires took place the media claimed the fires are due to climate change and not poor Governance, - such as the case was in all California fires over the past twenty years,

Those Santa Ana winds have blown forever since the last ice age  that ended 12 000 years ago and the effects got worse over the last 30 years in that State,    As Governor Desantis  of Florida said - Newsom should spent less money on hair gells and more on poper goverance and the problem  will be reduced by 90% by proper Government controls,    But the way is to do bugger-all and then use climate change  as an excuse to cover up Government neglect..

Another thing is that growth of and spread of fires are essntial for what is called fynbos in SA.  Without fires Proteas would have been wiped out,  Cultivation of Protea seeds requires exposure to fire conditions and seeds only germinate by mountain fires - in other words it remains a natural means of surviving of plant species in mountain areas.   In the present era Protea seeds are for instance expose to high heat and smoke systems to cause germinating and that practice is used to get protea faming on suitable soil operating.

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SB

You mentioned seven factors the California State Government to use to prvent and redce fire threats - none of those have been implemented by them.   As a matter of fact the Government did eveything they do not to implement sound preventative measures mentioned,     Matter of fact they made situation worse,   When fire hydrants have no water and fires break out the battle is lost already before it started,     In California the Government is more interested in fish life in dams than they are interested in assuring that water for human use is available,

If a city management like California reduce the budget for fire-fighting and waste billions on govrnmental BS  resulting in huge  budget deficits rnnng into billions of dollars the signs are very clear - maladministration in Governance is the main cause of catastrophes like they enconter regularly in California.   In plain words maladministration is a major curse,

By the way wooden homes are not more  dangerous from a fire prevention situation than other forms of building materials used.   The California Goernment is likely to be idiotic in that regard since like in everything else that State is always in deep shit ,     

Man, this climate change is really fucking us. I remember my grandpappy telling us how a hundred years ago when he was little they couldn't start a bush fire by setting dry brush alight on a windy day. Shit will just fizzle out because the climate was so heavy, or something. Could barely have a braai back then, the climate just made it so hard to get dry wood burning. 

Nowadays the shit just burns cause the climate makes it burn gooder. What a downer.

Pakie

In the emantime the cause of the fire  has nothing to do with Climate Change - but every problem where stupidty reigs supreme is taken ver by t he excuse that teh B S  result is due to Climate C Change.     California has been encountering fires - but on a much lesser ma gnitude since the Woke C ulture took over the G overnance of that u nirtunate State and fuck up royally like is te c ase with everything bad hit that State time and time again.    Wh do you think more than 1 200 000 thousand people over the last ten years fled from that state and claimed that even Acapulco is a better to stay innnn because the Mexican Cartels are less dangerous than the california Government and gangsters are in combination.        

Yes, my message is obviously sarcasm. Fire needs two things to work: fuel and air. No shortage of fuel in Cali, and if the wind blows right and keeps pushing it towards fuel, it will be unstoppable, whether it's 2025 or 1425.

P!$$poor management...again...when will the idiots learn not to vote in these fools? ...Newsome is a face with a haircut  and  some spinning ability...at some stage the voters should realize there's nothing more...

Newsom has a wonderful ability to make people believe what  he says because he is such a  convincing liar.    However you can BS some people sometime, but in the end he will be unable to convince anyone.    He should buy gel now before he goes to jail.    .