Wildfires in Oregon block out the Sun

halfafish said

Maybe this will sink into the thick skulls that run the west coast that if you don't log or thin the forests, or remove dead/dying/fallen trees, or otherwise manage the flammable material in the forests what could be a controllable fire becomes an out-of-control inferno.

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You have actually been in a forest ? Right ?? Exactly how are you going to clear 12,000,000 acres of forest from fallen or dead material ? Old growth stands of Ponderosa have very little shrubbery or kindling under them . It was the practice of clearcutting that left nothing but small brush as far as the eye can see . No shade... dries out very quickly. And you can take a propane torch to the thick bark of a mature Ponderosa with little effect .

Luckily here in Idaho they started using selective logging practices back in the 60s . Even so our fires can be intense due to beetle kill pine and long periods without rain . This year we have been really lucky to not have a Megafire ! We had a very wet spring which grew tons of fuel (brush and grass) followed by 2 months of dry sunny conditions.