Reply #20: I spent my entire life in fire habitat. [View All]

Plenty of education and experience. My home never burned and I had fire lapping at the firebreak my father had the foresight to construct each summer. My town never burned. Some outbuildings and isolated ranches burned, but once again proper construction and preventative measures eliminate mearly all fire danger. As for forests burned black... 100 years of over aggressive fire-suppression and unregulated logging are the prime reason you get scorched earth fires. Forests will grow back, in a generation or two. Firebreaks may be unsightly, but they work. Controlled burns and selected thinning do wonders... As for backcountry fires in roadless areas, let them burn. Why put folks at risk!