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Bitch, Crying, and Tumblr: Em
@EmilyDaheim
Since l started my new job (abt a month
ago) noticed one of my co-workers
gets treated like an outcast so l made a
point to befriend him. Today he came
into my office, handed me a giftcard,
and awkwardly goes "thank you for
treating me like a person."
Bitch. I might be crying.
awesomacious:
man fuck that workplace except her
awesomacious: man fuck that workplace except her
Sorry, The Office, and The Worst: Andy, you have a very important call.
lm sorry, l'm with a very important client.
It'll have to wait.
Are you sure?
It's really,really important.
There is nothing more important
to me right now than this meeting.
Really?
Because your mother is dead.
hands down, the worst scene on the office
nsfw
hands down, the worst scene on the office
Being Alone, Beautiful, and Love: I may be alone in this but I LOVE the post office on
East 4th Street because when I have to pick up
missed packages (I HAVE No DOORMAN) I'm forced to
standl for a while. Sometimes I get to witness
beautiful thing s. FOR EXAMPLE:
"A small old man s collecting a parcel and is worried
that it will not fit in his cart. He tells the woman behin d
the counter that he brought strina with
him so he can just teton top of the
cart if it doesnt fit. She shrugs and
disapeears. Moments later she returns
with a big box.
SUSPENSE.
Will it f汁in the man's cartor not?
Amazing, it could not fit more pecfectly
Just look at that!! -HE SaYS
BEAMING WITH Joy AND PROUDLY
SHOWING EVERYONE, NEVER HAS
ANYTHING FIT So WELL!
It is truly a BEAUTIFUL thing,
a thing that makes everyone smile,
includina the seen-it-all-before woman
behind the counter.I walk home with
my small package tucked under my arm."
Illustration: Peter Arkle
“Sometimes I get to witness beautiful things”
“Sometimes I get to witness beautiful things”
Donald Trump, Memes, and News: AP Photo/Evan Vucci
FOX
NEWS
chan ne l
"lf we don't have border
security, we'll shut down
the government."
President Donald Trump
President Trump clashed Tuesday with Democratic leaders Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi with the cameras rolling in the Oval Office, as the president insisted he's willing to let the government shut down if Congress doesn't approve funding for his U.S.-Mexico border wall.
President Trump clashed Tuesday with Democratic leaders Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi with the cameras rolling in the Oval Office, as the p...
Bitch, Crying, and Thank You: Em
DEmilyDaheim
Since I started my new job (abt a
month ago) I noticed one of my co-
workers gets treated like an outcast so
I made a point to befriend him. Today
he came into my office, handed me a
giftcard, and awkwardly goes "thank
you for treating me like a person."
Bitch. I might be crying
Kindness is not dead
Kindness is not dead
Bitch, Crying, and Thank You: Em
DEmilyDaheim
Since I started my new job (abt a
month ago) I noticed one of my co-
workers gets treated like an outcast so
I made a point to befriend him. Today
he came into my office, handed me a
giftcard, and awkwardly goes "thank
you for treating me like a person."
Bitch. I might be crying
Kindness is not dead via /r/wholesomememes https://ift.tt/2zOZ1vc
Kindness is not dead via /r/wholesomememes https://ift.tt/2zOZ1vc
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That time of the year
America, Life, and Memes: "When President
George H.W. Bush
left office, he left
America and the
world more
peaceful,
prosperous, and
secure."
Vice President
FOX
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Mike Pence
cha n neI
Jonathan Ernst/Pool via AP
Vice President @mike.pence delivered remarks as former President George H.W. Bush lies in state in the U.S. Captiol Rotunda. Vice President added, “President Bush was a great leader who made a great difference in the life of this nation, but he was also just a good man.”
Vice President @mike.pence delivered remarks as former President George H.W. Bush lies in state in the U.S. Captiol Rotunda. Vice President ...
Ass, God, and Horses: SR EXCLUSIVES MOVIE NEWS TV NEWS REVIEWS INTERVIEWS LSTS MORE
The Avatar Sequels Will Blow Marvel out
of The Water
BY STEPHEN M. COLBERT ON NOV 04, 2018 IN SR ORIGINALS
Doubt
forgotten-sea-god:
ceruleanfuckup:
hervacationh0me:
Only way this shit gonna top marvel is if I get my own 8 foot tall genetically engineered avatar with some timbs and a long ass usb weave I can connect to trees and horses too the fuck
Avatar holds 2nd for the most money *ever* in the box office, when adjusted for inflation. Avengers is 13th. Avatar is the all-time worldwide highest grossing movie of all time too. Like Marvel is good at making movies but probably not gonna do better than Avatar
Name the main characters in Avatar. I’ll wait.
Fuck name any character from Avatar. That movie did well because of its ooh ahh special effects in the height of the “FUCK YOU WE’RE 3D!” era of cinematography and the fact that pretentious people like to be all up James Cameron’s ass. Storywise is was a nothing burger, and I doubt they’re gonna catch lightning in a bottle more than once.
forgotten-sea-god: ceruleanfuckup: hervacationh0me: Only way this shit gonna top marvel is if I get my own 8 foot tall genetically engine...
Bill Clinton, Memes, and White House: THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
an 20, 1993
ofice jtmow
At tu sami sense
tiu lonelimes s
time sntecae even more oliknubr
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tow w:// be onぐ B.end or
waw you- read two nor T wish
well
a canty
Gooch Lusch
George Bush Presidential Library and Museum
Here's a copy of the letter that George H.W. Bush left for Bill Clinton in January 1993. It was part of a tradition passed from president to president to leave a letter for the next occupier of the Oval Office on the desk the morning of the inauguration.
Here's a copy of the letter that George H.W. Bush left for Bill Clinton in January 1993. It was part of a tradition passed from president to...
![Ass, Fucking, and Google: unpicasso
probably my favorite thing abt being a millennial is that i can lie on my resume
abt shit like being proficient in excel bc i have the common sense to just google
anything i dont know how to do which gives me a giant fucking edge over gen x
in the job market bc somehow that strategy never occurs to employers and my
underqualified ass looks like steve jobs every time i use a youtube tutorial to
make a spreadsheet
jadelyn
Everyone in my office sings my praises for what I can do with excel for this
exact reason, even though I joke with them that "I have no idea how to do that
but give me half an hour and an internet connection and I'lI figure something
out for you." I even once specifically said in response to my grandboss
commenting on my excel skills, "You do realize that I just like.. .google stuff
when you ask me to do something with excel that I don't know how to do,
right?"
But his praise didn't change at all. There was no "Wait, that's all it is?
Instead, he said "Yes, but the fact that you think to do that and that you know
exactly how to phrase your searches and how to sift through the results to get
the right answer, and you then integrate what you've learned and use it going
forward is still so much more than any of the rest of us [the other 5 ppl on my
team are all mid-40s and up] can do. To you, it's "just googling stuff, but it's
still a unique and valuable skill you bring, so don't shrug off the compliments so
cavalierly, okay?
And this was coming from an executive with an MBA. Don't undervalue your
googling skills, kids. It's not lying if you know you can figure it out
a millennial’s advantage](https://pics.esmemes.com/unpicasso-probably-my-favorite-thing-abt-being-a-millennial-is-38190524.png)
Friday, Memes, and The Office: Sen. Murkowski's Office
A photo provided by the office of Sen. Lisa Murkowski shows a cracked Minnesota Drive in Anchorage, Alaska after a 7.0 magnitude earthquake rocked the state on Friday.
A photo provided by the office of Sen. Lisa Murkowski shows a cracked Minnesota Drive in Anchorage, Alaska after a 7.0 magnitude earthquake ...
Dad, Heaven, and Ensure: (a
Bathgate
el 01506658651
/2018
Dear Jase
While we've been delivering your post we became aware of some concerns
this opportunity to contact you about how we succeeded in the delivery of your letter, to your dad in
heaven. This was a difficult challenge avoiding stars and other galactic objects on route to heaven
So I just wanted to take
However please be assured that this particular important iten of mail has been delivered. Royal Maits
priority is to get our customers mail delivered safely I know how important your mail is to you. I will
continue to do all I can to ensure delivery to heaven safely
Yours s
Sean Milligan
Assistant Delivery Office Manager
titch It
Not all heroes wear capes via /r/wholesomememes https://ift.tt/2Q0RIej
Not all heroes wear capes via /r/wholesomememes https://ift.tt/2Q0RIej
Advice, Microsoft, and Help: #1 Rachel e
@rachel
ladies, if he
never texts you back
always interjects with unsolicited
advice
reads your personal documents
constantly tries to help you format
paragraphs
is a sentient paper clip
he's not your man. he's clippy the
microsoft word office assistant
where's clippy when you need him via: @rachelzarrelllllll
where's clippy when you need him via: @rachelzarrelllllll
Anaconda, Apparently, and Fire: JANUARY NOVEMBER
TheAew JJork Eimes
TheAewJjorkTimes
FACT CHECK
CALIFORNIA TODAY
California Today: 100 Million Dead
Trees Prompt Fears of Giant Wildfires
Trump's Misleading Claims About
California's Fire Mismanagement'
Patches of dead and dying trees near Cressman, Calif
By Thomas Fuller
lan. 19, 2018
By Kendra Pierre-Louis
This week a group of scientists warned in the journal BioScience President Trump took to Twitter over the weekend, blaming the
that the dead trees could produce wildfires on a scale and of an
infernos on forest management...
intensity that California has never seen
Stephens, a professor of fire science at Berkeley and the lead
coming into home areas, starting more fires."..
Restrictions on logging have allowed forests to accumulate an
His statements, which drew outrage from local leaders and
It's something that is going to be much more severe," said Scott firefighters, oversimplified the causes of California's wildfires...
author of the study. "You could have higher amounts of embers The administration and Republicans in Congress have supported
calls by the timber industry to clear out potential fuel by letting
the land be logged...
overload of vegetation.
Unbiased Amer
BACK IN JANUARY, THE NEW YORK TIMES AGREED WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP THAT CALIFORNIA NEEDED TO IMPROVE ITS FORESTRY MANAGEMENT
Editorial by Kevin Ryan
The deadliest and most destructive fire in California's history was finally brought under control by firefighters yesterday, more than two weeks after it erupted. So far 87 people are confirmed to have been killed in the blaze, and many are still missing.
But the media firestorm continues over President Trump’s assertion that poor forest management contributed to the disaster. After Trump tweeted that better forest management could have prevented, or at least mitigated, the damage caused by the devastating wildfires, the media and California politicians said his assertion was false.
A spokesman for California Governor Jerry Brown said that the president's assertion was “inane” and “uninformed.” The New York Times wrote a piece entitled “Trump’s Misleading Claims About California’s Fire ‘Mismanagement’”
Yet just a few months back, both Governor Brown and The New York Times said basically the same thing as Trump.
In a January article, the Times wrote that “A group of scientists warned in the journal BioScience that [100 million] dead trees could produce wildfires on a scale and of an intensity that California has never seen,” and that “scientists say they cannot even calculate the damage the dead-tree fires might cause; it exceeds what their current fire behavior modeling can simulate.”
“‘It’s something that is going to be much more severe,’ said Scott Stephens, a professor of fire science at Berkeley and the lead author of the study. ‘You could have higher amounts of embers coming into home areas, starting more fires.’”
The Times article even pointed the finger at California’s forestry regulations, saying “California forests are much more vulnerable now because, paradoxically, they have been better protected. In their natural state, forests were regularly thinned by fire but the billions of dollars that the state spends aggressively fighting wildfires and restrictions on logging have allowed forests to accumulate an overload of vegetation… That’s a scenario that could nudge the state into rethinking its forest management.“
And yet, fast forward to today, and The New York Times is suddenly interviewing “experts” to contradict its previous assertions now that President Trump has also questioned California’s forest management.
“President Trump’s statements, which drew outrage from local leaders and firefighters, oversimplified the cause of California’s wildfires.” The Times says that the logging advocated by Trump, Republicans, and, apparently, The New York Times last January, would not have helped because “logging gets rid of trees, but it does not get rid of the kindling — brush, bushes and twigs. Logging does, however, enable the spread of cheatgrass, a highly combustible weed, which makes a forest more likely to burn.”
That’s basically the opposite of what the Times’ said earlier this year.
And it’s not just the media reversing itself to discredit Trump. Governor Brown’s office was calling for the same changes to logging regulations just a few months ago. In order to mitigate the fire danger from dead trees, Brown proposed that landowners be permitted to cut trees up to 36 inches in diameter, a jump from the current 26 inches, on properties that are 300 acres or less without getting a timber harvest permit and would also be able to build roads up to 600 feet long.
Of course the environmental lobby opposed it. And now huge swaths of land that environmentalists were “protecting” are now embers.
But Brown, and the media, would rather reverse their recent calls for safer forestry management than to agree with the president.
SOURCES: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/19/us/california-today-100-million-dead-trees-prompt-fears-of-giant-wildfires.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/12/us/politics/fact-check-trump-california-fire-tweet.html
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-hammered-for-california-wildfire-claims-but-gov-brown-has-also-backed-new-forest-management-measures
![Anaconda, Apparently, and Fire: JANUARY NOVEMBER
TheAew JJork Eimes
TheAewJjorkTimes
FACT CHECK
CALIFORNIA TODAY
California Today: 100 Million Dead
Trees Prompt Fears of Giant Wildfires
Trump's Misleading Claims About
California's Fire Mismanagement'
Patches of dead and dying trees near Cressman, Calif
By Thomas Fuller
lan. 19, 2018
By Kendra Pierre-Louis
This week a group of scientists warned in the journal BioScience President Trump took to Twitter over the weekend, blaming the
that the dead trees could produce wildfires on a scale and of an
infernos on forest management...
intensity that California has never seen
Stephens, a professor of fire science at Berkeley and the lead
coming into home areas, starting more fires."..
Restrictions on logging have allowed forests to accumulate an
His statements, which drew outrage from local leaders and
It's something that is going to be much more severe," said Scott firefighters, oversimplified the causes of California's wildfires...
author of the study. "You could have higher amounts of embers The administration and Republicans in Congress have supported
calls by the timber industry to clear out potential fuel by letting
the land be logged...
overload of vegetation.
Unbiased Amer
BACK IN JANUARY, THE NEW YORK TIMES AGREED WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP THAT CALIFORNIA NEEDED TO IMPROVE ITS FORESTRY MANAGEMENT
Editorial by Kevin Ryan
The deadliest and most destructive fire in California's history was finally brought under control by firefighters yesterday, more than two weeks after it erupted. So far 87 people are confirmed to have been killed in the blaze, and many are still missing.
But the media firestorm continues over President Trump’s assertion that poor forest management contributed to the disaster. After Trump tweeted that better forest management could have prevented, or at least mitigated, the damage caused by the devastating wildfires, the media and California politicians said his assertion was false.
A spokesman for California Governor Jerry Brown said that the president's assertion was “inane” and “uninformed.” The New York Times wrote a piece entitled “Trump’s Misleading Claims About California’s Fire ‘Mismanagement’”
Yet just a few months back, both Governor Brown and The New York Times said basically the same thing as Trump.
In a January article, the Times wrote that “A group of scientists warned in the journal BioScience that [100 million] dead trees could produce wildfires on a scale and of an intensity that California has never seen,” and that “scientists say they cannot even calculate the damage the dead-tree fires might cause; it exceeds what their current fire behavior modeling can simulate.”
“‘It’s something that is going to be much more severe,’ said Scott Stephens, a professor of fire science at Berkeley and the lead author of the study. ‘You could have higher amounts of embers coming into home areas, starting more fires.’”
The Times article even pointed the finger at California’s forestry regulations, saying “California forests are much more vulnerable now because, paradoxically, they have been better protected. In their natural state, forests were regularly thinned by fire but the billions of dollars that the state spends aggressively fighting wildfires and restrictions on logging have allowed forests to accumulate an overload of vegetation… That’s a scenario that could nudge the state into rethinking its forest management.“
And yet, fast forward to today, and The New York Times is suddenly interviewing “experts” to contradict its previous assertions now that President Trump has also questioned California’s forest management.
“President Trump’s statements, which drew outrage from local leaders and firefighters, oversimplified the cause of California’s wildfires.” The Times says that the logging advocated by Trump, Republicans, and, apparently, The New York Times last January, would not have helped because “logging gets rid of trees, but it does not get rid of the kindling — brush, bushes and twigs. Logging does, however, enable the spread of cheatgrass, a highly combustible weed, which makes a forest more likely to burn.”
That’s basically the opposite of what the Times’ said earlier this year.
And it’s not just the media reversing itself to discredit Trump. Governor Brown’s office was calling for the same changes to logging regulations just a few months ago. In order to mitigate the fire danger from dead trees, Brown proposed that landowners be permitted to cut trees up to 36 inches in diameter, a jump from the current 26 inches, on properties that are 300 acres or less without getting a timber harvest permit and would also be able to build roads up to 600 feet long.
Of course the environmental lobby opposed it. And now huge swaths of land that environmentalists were “protecting” are now embers.
But Brown, and the media, would rather reverse their recent calls for safer forestry management than to agree with the president.
SOURCES: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/19/us/california-today-100-million-dead-trees-prompt-fears-of-giant-wildfires.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/12/us/politics/fact-check-trump-california-fire-tweet.html
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-hammered-for-california-wildfire-claims-but-gov-brown-has-also-backed-new-forest-management-measures](https://pics.esmemes.com/january-november-theaew-jjork-eimes-theaewjjorktimes-fact-check-california-today-38002597.png)
BACK IN JANUARY, THE NEW YORK TIMES AGREED WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP THAT CALIFORNIA NEEDED TO IMPROVE ITS FORESTRY MANAGEMENT Editorial by Kevi...
Anaconda, Apparently, and Fire: JANUARY NOVEMBER
TheAew JJork Eimes
TheAewJjorkTimes
FACT CHECK
CALIFORNIA TODAY
California Today: 100 Million Dead
Trees Prompt Fears of Giant Wildfires
Trump's Misleading Claims About
California's Fire Mismanagement'
Patches of dead and dying trees near Cressman, Calif
By Thomas Fuller
lan. 19, 2018
By Kendra Pierre-Louis
This week a group of scientists warned in the journal BioScience President Trump took to Twitter over the weekend, blaming the
that the dead trees could produce wildfires on a scale and of an
infernos on forest management...
intensity that California has never seen
Stephens, a professor of fire science at Berkeley and the lead
coming into home areas, starting more fires."..
Restrictions on logging have allowed forests to accumulate an
His statements, which drew outrage from local leaders and
It's something that is going to be much more severe," said Scott firefighters, oversimplified the causes of California's wildfires...
author of the study. "You could have higher amounts of embers The administration and Republicans in Congress have supported
calls by the timber industry to clear out potential fuel by letting
the land be logged...
overload of vegetation.
Unbiased Amer
BACK IN JANUARY, THE NEW YORK TIMES AGREED WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP THAT CALIFORNIA NEEDED TO IMPROVE ITS FORESTRY MANAGEMENT
Editorial by Kevin Ryan
The deadliest and most destructive fire in California's history was finally brought under control by firefighters yesterday, more than two weeks after it erupted. So far 87 people are confirmed to have been killed in the blaze, and many are still missing.
But the media firestorm continues over President Trump’s assertion that poor forest management contributed to the disaster. After Trump tweeted that better forest management could have prevented, or at least mitigated, the damage caused by the devastating wildfires, the media and California politicians said his assertion was false.
A spokesman for California Governor Jerry Brown said that the president's assertion was “inane” and “uninformed.” The New York Times wrote a piece entitled “Trump’s Misleading Claims About California’s Fire ‘Mismanagement’”
Yet just a few months back, both Governor Brown and The New York Times said basically the same thing as Trump.
In a January article, the Times wrote that “A group of scientists warned in the journal BioScience that [100 million] dead trees could produce wildfires on a scale and of an intensity that California has never seen,” and that “scientists say they cannot even calculate the damage the dead-tree fires might cause; it exceeds what their current fire behavior modeling can simulate.”
“‘It’s something that is going to be much more severe,’ said Scott Stephens, a professor of fire science at Berkeley and the lead author of the study. ‘You could have higher amounts of embers coming into home areas, starting more fires.’”
The Times article even pointed the finger at California’s forestry regulations, saying “California forests are much more vulnerable now because, paradoxically, they have been better protected. In their natural state, forests were regularly thinned by fire but the billions of dollars that the state spends aggressively fighting wildfires and restrictions on logging have allowed forests to accumulate an overload of vegetation… That’s a scenario that could nudge the state into rethinking its forest management.“
And yet, fast forward to today, and The New York Times is suddenly interviewing “experts” to contradict its previous assertions now that President Trump has also questioned California’s forest management.
“President Trump’s statements, which drew outrage from local leaders and firefighters, oversimplified the cause of California’s wildfires.” The Times says that the logging advocated by Trump, Republicans, and, apparently, The New York Times last January, would not have helped because “logging gets rid of trees, but it does not get rid of the kindling — brush, bushes and twigs. Logging does, however, enable the spread of cheatgrass, a highly combustible weed, which makes a forest more likely to burn.”
That’s basically the opposite of what the Times’ said earlier this year.
And it’s not just the media reversing itself to discredit Trump. Governor Brown’s office was calling for the same changes to logging regulations just a few months ago. In order to mitigate the fire danger from dead trees, Brown proposed that landowners be permitted to cut trees up to 36 inches in diameter, a jump from the current 26 inches, on properties that are 300 acres or less without getting a timber harvest permit and would also be able to build roads up to 600 feet long.
Of course the environmental lobby opposed it. And now huge swaths of land that environmentalists were “protecting” are now embers.
But Brown, and the media, would rather reverse their recent calls for safer forestry management than to agree with the president.
SOURCES: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/19/us/california-today-100-million-dead-trees-prompt-fears-of-giant-wildfires.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/12/us/politics/fact-check-trump-california-fire-tweet.html
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-hammered-for-california-wildfire-claims-but-gov-brown-has-also-backed-new-forest-management-measures
![Anaconda, Apparently, and Fire: JANUARY NOVEMBER
TheAew JJork Eimes
TheAewJjorkTimes
FACT CHECK
CALIFORNIA TODAY
California Today: 100 Million Dead
Trees Prompt Fears of Giant Wildfires
Trump's Misleading Claims About
California's Fire Mismanagement'
Patches of dead and dying trees near Cressman, Calif
By Thomas Fuller
lan. 19, 2018
By Kendra Pierre-Louis
This week a group of scientists warned in the journal BioScience President Trump took to Twitter over the weekend, blaming the
that the dead trees could produce wildfires on a scale and of an
infernos on forest management...
intensity that California has never seen
Stephens, a professor of fire science at Berkeley and the lead
coming into home areas, starting more fires."..
Restrictions on logging have allowed forests to accumulate an
His statements, which drew outrage from local leaders and
It's something that is going to be much more severe," said Scott firefighters, oversimplified the causes of California's wildfires...
author of the study. "You could have higher amounts of embers The administration and Republicans in Congress have supported
calls by the timber industry to clear out potential fuel by letting
the land be logged...
overload of vegetation.
Unbiased Amer
BACK IN JANUARY, THE NEW YORK TIMES AGREED WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP THAT CALIFORNIA NEEDED TO IMPROVE ITS FORESTRY MANAGEMENT
Editorial by Kevin Ryan
The deadliest and most destructive fire in California's history was finally brought under control by firefighters yesterday, more than two weeks after it erupted. So far 87 people are confirmed to have been killed in the blaze, and many are still missing.
But the media firestorm continues over President Trump’s assertion that poor forest management contributed to the disaster. After Trump tweeted that better forest management could have prevented, or at least mitigated, the damage caused by the devastating wildfires, the media and California politicians said his assertion was false.
A spokesman for California Governor Jerry Brown said that the president's assertion was “inane” and “uninformed.” The New York Times wrote a piece entitled “Trump’s Misleading Claims About California’s Fire ‘Mismanagement’”
Yet just a few months back, both Governor Brown and The New York Times said basically the same thing as Trump.
In a January article, the Times wrote that “A group of scientists warned in the journal BioScience that [100 million] dead trees could produce wildfires on a scale and of an intensity that California has never seen,” and that “scientists say they cannot even calculate the damage the dead-tree fires might cause; it exceeds what their current fire behavior modeling can simulate.”
“‘It’s something that is going to be much more severe,’ said Scott Stephens, a professor of fire science at Berkeley and the lead author of the study. ‘You could have higher amounts of embers coming into home areas, starting more fires.’”
The Times article even pointed the finger at California’s forestry regulations, saying “California forests are much more vulnerable now because, paradoxically, they have been better protected. In their natural state, forests were regularly thinned by fire but the billions of dollars that the state spends aggressively fighting wildfires and restrictions on logging have allowed forests to accumulate an overload of vegetation… That’s a scenario that could nudge the state into rethinking its forest management.“
And yet, fast forward to today, and The New York Times is suddenly interviewing “experts” to contradict its previous assertions now that President Trump has also questioned California’s forest management.
“President Trump’s statements, which drew outrage from local leaders and firefighters, oversimplified the cause of California’s wildfires.” The Times says that the logging advocated by Trump, Republicans, and, apparently, The New York Times last January, would not have helped because “logging gets rid of trees, but it does not get rid of the kindling — brush, bushes and twigs. Logging does, however, enable the spread of cheatgrass, a highly combustible weed, which makes a forest more likely to burn.”
That’s basically the opposite of what the Times’ said earlier this year.
And it’s not just the media reversing itself to discredit Trump. Governor Brown’s office was calling for the same changes to logging regulations just a few months ago. In order to mitigate the fire danger from dead trees, Brown proposed that landowners be permitted to cut trees up to 36 inches in diameter, a jump from the current 26 inches, on properties that are 300 acres or less without getting a timber harvest permit and would also be able to build roads up to 600 feet long.
Of course the environmental lobby opposed it. And now huge swaths of land that environmentalists were “protecting” are now embers.
But Brown, and the media, would rather reverse their recent calls for safer forestry management than to agree with the president.
SOURCES: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/19/us/california-today-100-million-dead-trees-prompt-fears-of-giant-wildfires.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/12/us/politics/fact-check-trump-california-fire-tweet.html
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-hammered-for-california-wildfire-claims-but-gov-brown-has-also-backed-new-forest-management-measures](https://pics.esmemes.com/january-november-theaew-jjork-eimes-theaewjjorktimes-fact-check-california-today-37997924.png)
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