http://bostonherald.com/news/regional/view.bg?articleid=1383759&srvc=news&position=2> - Senator Scott Brown continues assaults on utilities following slow responses to power outages
( I think the underlying theme here is - dont do anything before a disaster, but be sure to piss and moan endlessly after the disaster ) ============================= (This post was in the comments following the article) Good points. You wrote: "It is a tree problem and the problem is all over the eastern US." And if it's not weather that creates issues, it'll be fire. The forests are waaay full of fuel for a fire, and this has been an issue for a few decades, it just has not happened. We don't think LA's styled wildfires could happen here. It's just odds. They DO happen, and just like tornadoes, even if it's a 100 year condition, it will happen. Look at the forests. 100 year-old trees, but mostly just here and there. Many 50's, and a lot of smaller 10's and 20's. Fuel... The reason there aren't many more older trees is because nature "cleared" them many decades ago, whether hurricanes or fires, and many natural deaths creating...more fuel. We can be smart and anticipate, or just wait. And why is Scott the only Senator checking in on this? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "massfire" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/massfire?hl=en.
