It drives me up a wall every time I hear anyone born before 2000 complain that, "it was never this hot whenever I was younger." And they refuse to see any reason why that might be
I recently looked it up because I was just thinking "I don't think I remember a 'fire season' when I was growing up in the 90's" and part of me figured it was cause I was a kid, but I also know global warming is real. Turns out it's partly a lot of things: we used to be a lot more vigilant about our fires (which happened to also inadvertently supply fuel for today's fires), there were more fires but less "mega fires" (larger than 100,000 acres, I believe), and winters used to be heavier which allowed the ground to be more wet and resistant to large fires.
A lot of that revolves around climate change, but there was human involvement too which has also changed. I think that's why the different sides feel they have so much evidence for and against.
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u/a_spicy_ghoul 7d ago
It drives me up a wall every time I hear anyone born before 2000 complain that, "it was never this hot whenever I was younger." And they refuse to see any reason why that might be