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Originally Posted by The Batlord
It is fall. It is fall all around the northern hemisphere. It will not be winter until December 21.
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That would be autumn then, over here. ****ing feels like winter, and will feel more so when yer wan arrives tomorrow! Not looking forward to that!
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Originally Posted by Frownland
We had a lot of rains at the end of last year and the beginning of this year which caused an increase in vegetation. Drought conditions made that all dry out and die. Then we had the fast and dry Santa Ana winds come through and it was a recipe for disaster. I had a friend in Eureka whose wife couldn't leave the house because the winds literally knocked her down when the Santa Anas started a couple of weeks ago.
It's too early to tell if it's arson. My money is on natural causes/accidents.
Also California winters are pretty tame.
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I see. Thanks for the explanation. Wow.
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Originally Posted by OccultHawk
Global warming and encroaching human population. Pre-endless-urban-sprawl periodic lightning strikes would burn portions of the forests enriching the soil with nutrients like nitrogen. Now people try to contain wild fires while maintaining the ecosystem with controlled burns. But it's not nice to try to fool Mother Nature.
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Indeed. A lot of factors then.
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Originally Posted by Janszoon
"Rain" is not a word I associate with winter. Where I grew up, winter meant ice and snow or occasionally being so frigid that it would no longer snow.
According to the internet it's 59F (15C) in Dublin right now. That sounds prefect to me actually.
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Ah, what does the internet know? Let the internet come and try to live in Dublin, see how smart it is then! Yeah, it's actually not cold but the rain makes it seem so, and tomorrow we're all gonna be ****ed anyway.
