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warrant2k t1_j3wn8ei wrote

Californiain here. Expect lush greenery, then it'll dry out with no more rain, then wildfires that go unchecked.

If you have mountains there are bonus mudslides.

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razor_eddie t1_j3xge64 wrote

>then wildfires

Largest ever Californian wildfire was just over a million acres. In 2020. That year, the wildfires burned just over 4 million acres. Which was a record.

https://www.fire.ca.gov/media/4jandlhh/top20_acres.pdf

In Aus, in 2020, bushfires burned about 10 times as much acreage (46 million). A bad year, but not the worst.

In the last 20 years, the 99 million acre one in the Northern Territory.

THe 1974-5 season took out 290 million acres. (The state of California is 104 million acres in size).

Trust me, Australian bushfires make californian ones look tiny.

The bad season in 2020, the Southern Alps in New Zealand got a fair dusting of ash from the Australian bushfires. That;s like getting the ash from a California fire in Arkansas.

Australian trees (eucalypts) have evolved to survive bushfires, there are that many of them. Australia does bushfires worse than anyone else.

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sanemartigan t1_j3y3xk5 wrote

It was more about saying they're from cali.

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razor_eddie t1_j3y4pcm wrote

Like vegans or people with hobby farms?

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fleebleganger t1_j403g0y wrote

Or people with palatine. Damnit, autocorrect. Those fancy bikes that “had a scandal” when they came out because of something in the ad. Whenever someone owns one it’s not an exercise bike it’s a “peligrini”.

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Rosie2jz t1_j3zac2f wrote

Remember when we convinced California to import Eucalyptus trees and then they ran wild and took over and now Cali's bushfires are 10x worse then they ever were? California wildfires are pretty similar to ours and both our fire fighters share training, personal and equipment during bad seasons.

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razor_eddie t1_j3zfelb wrote

Yeah, they're a trap, eucalypts. Excellent firewood, mind you.

And Aus and Canada and Cali (and NZ) sharing firefighters every year is a heartwarming thing.

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Hfino t1_j3zvuny wrote

Same thing happened in Portugal. The country with the most eucalyptus per sqm in the world.

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Ethicaldreamer t1_j3ypens wrote

Are you saying we should nuke Australia since their forest fires cause so many emissions? Noted

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razor_eddie t1_j3yrxy2 wrote

You want radioactive drop bears?

Because that's how you get radioactive drop bears.

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Ethicaldreamer t1_j3yvr6d wrote

Had to search what a drop bear is. Someone needs to fix the wiki page for it to better explain that they are real, and will eat your face.

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PerriX2390 t1_j3yxfxj wrote

> Someone needs to fix the wiki page for it to better explain that they are real, and will eat your face.

Of course they're real. Thankfully just a bit of vegemite behind your ear and they'll leave you alone when bushwalking.

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-stuey- t1_j40016u wrote

Don’t tell him about the hoop snakes

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AR96-BDB t1_j40tkq1 wrote

Don't quote me, but I remember reading somewhere that so much vegetation was burnt in Australia's December 2019-january 2020 bushfire that the ash plumes cooled the planet 0.25-0.5 Celsius, owing to it blocking the sun partially.

Again, I'm not sure if it was real or just nonsense.

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razor_eddie t1_j428oco wrote

Wouldn't surprise me. If a volcanic eruption can do it (Tambora in indonesia erupted in 1815, which lead to the "year without summer" because of particulates in the atmosphere.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Year_Without_a_Summer

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Acceptable_Figure624 t1_j3wpahv wrote

You must be a hoot at parties.

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throwawayforyouzzz t1_j3wpr8z wrote

The owls will burn too, in a wildfire caused by a gender revealing party. It shall come to pass.

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TheGardenNymph t1_j3xqe2m wrote

This is part of the desert cycle in many parts of Australia, the landscape and ecosystem is used to heavy rains up north flowing down for hundreds of kilometres along existing river beds, many towns expect these yearly flood cycles that bring large scale animal migration, it's been happening for hundreds of years. Australia is not California.

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Fullonski t1_j3xy0ml wrote

Australian here, thanks for telling us how climate cycles work. We’re pretty inexperienced with the whole floods and subsequent wildfires thing here, so any advice is appreciated. 🙄

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alldressed_chip t1_j3y34xu wrote

lmao californian here, and I think original commenter is very much in “buckle up” mode rn - it’s been a little wet here recently 🤪 can’t wait to see what that means!! hottest ticket in town

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FarfarsFav t1_j3wvz25 wrote

But what’s traffic like on the 105?

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warrant2k t1_j3wz295 wrote

As expected, a parking lot.

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chipsinsideajar t1_j3x36sa wrote

The 405 too

And the 110

And the 15

And the 210

And some random backroad in Industry cause a truck fell over again

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vacuum_everyday t1_j3xayve wrote

Serious question: why do Californians add “the” in front of everything, but especially freeways?Up north we just call it I-15. As in “I-15 is jammed with hours long delays.” Other freeways are just their number.

But “THE 15” setup is a dead giveaway they’re from California.

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Blargcar t1_j3xjvbx wrote

Because Los Angeles and southern California had freeways before a lot of the country. Instead of numbers at first they had names like: The San Diego freeway, the Pasadena freeway, the long beach freeway. The San Diego freeway became the 405, Pasadena became 110 and long beach became 710, along with Ventura freeway (101).

So people were used to saying THE then the name. Then when they became numbers they were used to saying THE then the number. It makes sense when you think of it and know the history.

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handyandy727 t1_j3xbs8f wrote

My wife is from California and still can't explain that. Maybe it's because state highways are so big too? Like Highway 90 is basically an interstate in size. I dunno.

ETA: We live in KY, and we just say "65" or "71". We omit the "I-" but don't use THE unless it's a parkway or expressway.

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God_Damnit_Nappa t1_j3ysvuj wrote

If you're going somewhere you'd say something like "I'm on the freeway." I assume it's a similar reason. Like "I'm on the 405." It sounds weird to leave out "the." I don't personally buy the "well the freeways were named before they had numbers" explanation but I suppose that's a better reason that "just because."

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Lurker12386354676 t1_j3ywt7n wrote

Fuck thank god we've got the seppos to warn us about bushfires, never would have thought about it hey.

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alabamdiego t1_j3zzyhf wrote

Lmfao did you just firesplain wildfires to fucking Australia?? I think they know all about it.

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A_Brown_Crayon t1_j3wxfpc wrote

Who asked

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RollUpTheRimJob t1_j3xbbyl wrote

Major shifts in ecosystems are not uplifting

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TheGardenNymph t1_j3xqkja wrote

Actually this desert cycle has been happening for hundreds of years, it's fairly unique to Australia. I commented more information above.

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SirActionSack t1_j3yeumw wrote

Plenty of plants in Australia require or benefit from fire.

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-LVS t1_j3y7zxx wrote

Normally I’d agree, but we’re on /r/upliftingnews. I come here to be uplifted

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TheFlashFrame t1_j3z4omn wrote

As a Californian did you think it was weird to see a bunch of Aborigines throwing up Westside signs?

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