[pct-l] Wildfires

[CMountainDave at aol.com (CMountainDave@xxxxxxx)]

Wild fires used to burn tens of millions acres yearly in the West before its 
settlement. Now, one million is considered a big deal. Anyone want to bet that 
each and every wildfire will now be touted as a great reason to "thin" out 
all them forests that are supposed to burn at regular intervals, but "can't" now 
because of all the houses in the way? Another great plan: thinning creates 
lots of jobs and allows development (more jobs and more local tax dollars) in 
forest lands to continue unabated, and comes with a net income for the Federal 
Government. Just change the local zoning laws to require fire buffer zones and 
voila! Even more jobs and more impact fees. Wonder if anyone out there is pro 
fire? Was last year
  Maybe they should start putting giant bolts on the San Andreas Fault while 
they are into stopping natural "disasters." Could save a lot of real estate, 
and employ LOTS of engineers. Pay for it with a local levy