Canadian co-author Michael Brauer says the findings serve as a "wake-up call" for areas that haven't typically seen repeated or prolonged exposure to wildfire smoke.
We’re not talking about normal wildfires. We’re talking about increasingly severe fires that are happening more frequently. And in particular, this fire that directly killed 82k people. And how these are going to keep happening and keep getting worse, killing more and more people.
Chiming in saying with “wildfires are good” makes you look like you are trying to deflect from that conversation. Making you look like a smarmy weasel.
We should do better globally at preventing it’s burning.
No caveats or complexity about what’s a “normal” wildfire or not. My contribution was just to point out that there are “normal” wildfires, and we shouldn’t be suppressing every possible fire under every circumstance.
You are now agreeing that there are “normal” wildfires in this comment.
And in particular, this fire that directly killed 82k people.
No, these deaths were explicitly indirect. And they weren’t a result on one particular fire, they were from all wildfires in 2023. The premature deaths represent the chronic impacts of wildfire smoke, which interacts with pre-existing risk factors and conditions, such as heart or lung disease, to potentially contribute to shortening a person’s life.
None of which relates to whether wildfires play a role in healthy forest ecosystems, which is what I was talking about.
Chiming in saying with “wildfires are good”
And I also didn’t say that. For someone accusing me of being a “weasel” you sure are making up a lot of stuff.
We’re not talking about normal wildfires. We’re talking about increasingly severe fires that are happening more frequently. And in particular, this fire that directly killed 82k people. And how these are going to keep happening and keep getting worse, killing more and more people.
Chiming in saying with “wildfires are good” makes you look like you are trying to deflect from that conversation. Making you look like a smarmy weasel.
The comment I originally responded to said:
No caveats or complexity about what’s a “normal” wildfire or not. My contribution was just to point out that there are “normal” wildfires, and we shouldn’t be suppressing every possible fire under every circumstance.
You are now agreeing that there are “normal” wildfires in this comment.
No, these deaths were explicitly indirect. And they weren’t a result on one particular fire, they were from all wildfires in 2023. The premature deaths represent the chronic impacts of wildfire smoke, which interacts with pre-existing risk factors and conditions, such as heart or lung disease, to potentially contribute to shortening a person’s life.
None of which relates to whether wildfires play a role in healthy forest ecosystems, which is what I was talking about.
And I also didn’t say that. For someone accusing me of being a “weasel” you sure are making up a lot of stuff.