Richard Stallman on Nostr: [1/3] https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jan/09/california-fire-memory ...
[1/3] https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jan/09/california-fire-memory
How building houses in areas of frequent fire within LA built up the conditions for worse fires. It could be that leaving some areas vacant would help protect the rest of the city from fire. But not necessarily. The end to fire suppression in certain areas would cause more frequent fire in those areas. Those would not directly harm anyone if the areas were uninhabited - but these fires have been spread by
How building houses in areas of frequent fire within LA built up the conditions for worse fires. It could be that leaving some areas vacant would help protect the rest of the city from fire. But not necessarily. The end to fire suppression in certain areas would cause more frequent fire in those areas. Those would not directly harm anyone if the areas were uninhabited - but these fires have been spread by