Post Race!

[dday9]

Every year that ends in a number is a greater risk for fire in California.

[wes4dbt]

is there again this year risk of great fire in California ?

I'd say there is. We are still having yet another drought year. One of the worst on record. We're just coming into our summer months.


Edit: I'd like to add, what people aren't talking much about is the effect this drought will have on American agriculture. California is a very large state, over 163,000 sq. miles (much larger than Germany, France is 210,00) with a huge amount of agriculture. Our water reservoirs are getting lower every year and it wont be long before there just wont be enough water to support growing these crops. I'm worried that many of our ag based cities going into a death spiral.

[Shaggy Hiker]

The rule of thumb is this: If it's a wet winter, then that will cause a lot of vegetation growth in the spring, which will increase the fire danger later on in the year. If it's a dry winter, then things will dry out more, which will increase the fire danger later on in the year. If it's an average year, it will do both, which will increase the fire danger later on in the year.

The only real difference, of late, is that 'later on in the year' is now beginning in January.

[dday9]

Subsidies help keep agriculture in California when it should be moved elsewhere. Almond subsidies are the worst because the trees require so much water comparatively speaking.

But this is the post race. So free almonds for everyone! Just get your voucher validated by Steve.

[Shaggy Hiker]

Subsidies are probably not quite as big a deal as the water law in the west. It made a lot of sense, at the time, and it's still a pretty good way to approach things...but it does cause some perverse incentives.

[Shaggy Hiker]

Not a great subject for the post race, though.

[Shaggy Hiker]

Neither is this one.

[dday9]

But this one is.

[Shaggy Hiker]

That's true.

[Peter Porter]

But what if....

[dday9]

Peter Parker was your cousin?

[dday9]

[Peter Porter]

Peter Parker was your cousin?

I'm gonna put some dirt in your eye.

[Shaggy Hiker]

That's some weird stuff, spidey.

[dilettante]

We have lost most of our power dams here. They are gradually being removed or bypassed prior to removal because they altered the environment so drastically. Most of the flood-control dams have also been replaced by less destructive alternatives. There are still an awful lot of smaller dams originally built to provide irrigation reservoirs or power sawmills and gristmills for grain. A few bigger cities also "channelized" rivers to control flooding and gain central real estate and future plans aim at trying other alternatives. All very expensive, and so it rolls out slowly.


A more immediate priority here today is improving drainage systems. As rain and snowfall patterns shift, a lot of structures often run over their capacity. A big worry here is when draining excess runoff results in crossflow with "sanitary" (sewer) systems which can lead to untreated water going into bodies of water.

Of course increasing seasonal and annual precipitation volume also impacts agriculture. You have to dry fields out at least a bit before you can begin to plant each season, let alone harvest later on.


So it probably sounds pretty soggy looking in from the outside. But drought periods are still with us and higher winds and temperatures can make those more extreme when they occur as well.

[Peter Porter]

Um... For you guys who spend alot of time on VBForums for some reason, here you go!

[Shaggy Hiker]

This post should not be read.

[2kaud]

So why is your name red?

[FunkyDexter]

Sheer embarrassment.

[Peter Porter]

You guys better not watch this video.

[Shaggy Hiker]

Now my face is red.

[gaouser]

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[gaouser]

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[gaouser]

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[gaouser]

Im gonna pass 318

[gaouser]

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[gaouser]

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[dday9]

I’m the stoopidist Cajun on VBForums, so I got you beat there.

[Shaggy Hiker]

How many posts does it take the average person to notice that posts in Chit Chat and the Test Area don't count towards post count?

[Shaggy Hiker]

Probably less than nine.

[Peter Porter]

How many posts does it take the average person to notice that posts in Chit Chat and the Test Area don't count towards post count?

No one has ever thought about the count as game points. Gaouser probably got the idea from mmx88_ValidUser's website.

They have to be related!

[Delaney]

maybe someone will teach him the notion of "Game Over"...

[Niya]

Oh he got banned again?

[Niya]

I've never seen a single person get this many bans anywhere.......

[Delaney]

Ah I just discovered that in fact someone taught him the notion of "Game Over" (he is banned)

[Delaney]

I've never seen a single person get this many bans anywhere.......

I am not sure he is single in his head and it may explain the contains of some of his threads

[Niya]

Well except for Surfer4Life way back in the old Starcraft communities. One of the most entertaining online personalities I have ever seen. Dude's been banned from online spaces more than any human I have ever seen.