Is there any upside to any of this? I know there's a theory that forests need to burn periodically to remain healthy, but this hardly seems like a "cleansing" fire. Are these forests basically gone, with all of the catastrophic effects on watersheds, soil stability, wildlife, and human habitations that we seem to be seeing on TV? (If this sounds like an uninformed question, it is - I'm from Ohio, remember, with nothing to reference for comparison.)


Edited by Glenn Roberts (09/09/20 03:19 PM)