Australia has (or has had) the biggest brush fire in the world if I have my facts right.

bushfire fatalities are few and far between when gov. does their due diligence

Native Americans used to do control burns.

Aboriginies do too

To me this is the case of bad management, NIMBYs, and misguided environmental groups.

The second amendment covered canons when it was put in place. So we should be able to own canons.

@grant Sent the email

I honestly don't get the people saying things about Trump sending out racial messages. I really mean it when I say they must be racist because only they can hear the secret racist dog whistles that only racist can hear. At the very least, they racialize everything which show they have a a racist mindset

@yuma_8 how good were they about clearing brush?

that clip cuts off the earlier context

@grant totally agree. It’s so dumb. I’m so sick of hearing the race crap. I just want to live and treat everyone equally.

When I lived in CA most cities/counties were bad about enforcing brush clearances. Additionally the Santa Ana winds and brush fire season are a thing every year even if the local government are to inept to prepare every year.

@Agent Smith which clip?

the trump clip

the 20 secs or so before had important context to him calling them stupid

I watched that press thing in real time. I laughed when it got to that part. I also thought it was funny when he was explaining how helicopter are loud so they have to speak up.

I told a girl in my high school sophomore class the same thing. Lol

Because she asked a stupid question. I got in trouble too. Lol

Yeah, my father use to get mad. By not doing the prevention ahead of time it was more work for the firefighters and more danger.

@yuma_8 welcome here. 😃

@Salacious Swanky Cat Thanks! 😃

no answer about discord

yeah maybe I should have left it at that

and not included the other stuff

@yuma_8 that is correct. Some of my undergrad was in forestry. Several western climates have historically had a fire frequency of about 1 in 5-7 years. It’s been suppressed for about 100 years.

Ben didn't react the same way this time like the Michelle Fields situation

Yeah, I don't like the hypocrisy. At least matt and blonde are consistent. Either both bad, or both nothing.

I say both nothing.

Acosta should have been thrown out when the north Korea summit thing happened. HIs inserting himself in that setting was actually a national security thing.

"Bork street" lol

"Bourke" is pronounced "Berk"

Berk. Lol

yes, died in hospital

3 stabbed, 1 dead

Hey, there are trolls in the livechat again

Really? Bad ones?

she saw my comment, lol

Kinky

@yuma_8 what @Agent Smith said, one of the things AU (or at least VIC, where we both live) does well is environmental management

Live chat moves to fast, for me to even tell what the trolls are saying.

I see controlled burns regularly here and it’s just part of the scenery now