tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5748604.post9181477167480215691..comments2024-03-28T01:16:26.822-06:00Comments on THE WESTERNER: Homes near wilderness in Idaho, West complicate firefighting effortsFrank DuBoishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04078935296275462544noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5748604.post-33987448449491438952016-08-02T02:52:40.084-06:002016-08-02T02:52:40.084-06:00To Cliff Nichols and Anonymous, thank you for the ...To Cliff Nichols and Anonymous, thank you for the information provided.<br /><br />Dave Pickel, I agree with you on the insurance, and it is already happening. See, for instance, http://www.theunion.com/news/15934224-113/wildfire-risks-continue-to-affect-home-insurance#<br /><br />The rest of your comments are a quandary. You say "Your comments I still don’t understand after reading them several times" and that I am the one "who seems to have things ass-backwards." If you didn't understand my comments, how did you determine they were ass-backards? Frank DuBoishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04078935296275462544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5748604.post-18726706958258163232016-08-01T22:35:40.326-06:002016-08-01T22:35:40.326-06:00Dave. You're as oblivious as the few that spew...Dave. You're as oblivious as the few that spew your view. I wish more people know and understand what anonymous knows is truth!Gary Thurmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15040760803573268678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5748604.post-75694696232374462512016-08-01T22:32:48.607-06:002016-08-01T22:32:48.607-06:00This comment has been removed by the author.Gary Thurmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15040760803573268678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5748604.post-76957769299500874602016-08-01T21:33:07.966-06:002016-08-01T21:33:07.966-06:00This comment has been removed by the author.Gary Thurmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15040760803573268678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5748604.post-9424597915825539862016-08-01T18:31:22.461-06:002016-08-01T18:31:22.461-06:00No offense but 'Anonymous' doesn't cut...No offense but 'Anonymous' doesn't cut it. You know everyone else's name but we don't know yours. In any case, it's climate change in action. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01415437864312143094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5748604.post-21532939352493038882016-08-01T18:24:56.837-06:002016-08-01T18:24:56.837-06:00New Mexico's Catastrophic Wildfire Petition to...New Mexico's Catastrophic Wildfire Petition to U;S; Secretary of Agriculture<br /><br />http://www.cnicholslaw.com/new-mexico-wildfire-prevention-petition-to-the-secretary-of-the-us-department-of-agricultureCliff Nicholshttp://www.cnicholslaw.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5748604.post-5392160189977419022016-08-01T18:21:29.886-06:002016-08-01T18:21:29.886-06:00Fourteen years ago, Cliff Nichols drafted and deli...Fourteen years ago, Cliff Nichols drafted and delivered a Petition to the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Ann Veneman on the behalf of over 100 New Mexico legislators and other dignitaries. <br /><br />It's purpose was to present their plea to remove overgrowth conditions in federal forests to protect the lives and property of its citizens from catastrophic wildfires.<br /><br />For Petition, SEE: http://www.cnicholslaw.com/new-mexico-wildfire-prevention-p…<br /><br />On January 6, 2003 the Petition was printed in its entirety on a full-page in The Washington Times, together with the names of all those New Mexico officials and dignitaries who endorsed it.<br /><br />On that same day, one of those dignitaries was in Washington, D.C. for meetings with, among others, the Chief of the US. Forest Service. Afterwards, he wrote Mr. Nichols to say:<br /><br />"What a remarkable coincidence that [the Petition} came out the day we arrived in D.C. I can guarantee the entire hill was a-buzz over it. ... You could almost hear the whispers of conversations as we moved through rooms being tracked by eyes, "They are from New Mexico and signers of the Petition." It allowed us to explain our problems and point out the benefits of what was done. Not one person went away with a negative attitude. Thanks for a very memorable trip to D.C."<br /><br />Several months later President Bush signed into law the Forest Restoration Act of 2003.<br /><br />Coincidence? Perhaps ... but then again ... perhaps not. What is undeniable, however, is that the stated purpose of President Bush's Act's almost exactly mirrors that of New Mexico's Petition:<br /><br />"To improve the capacity of the Secretary of Agriculture [Ann Veneman] ... to conduct hazardous fuels reduction projects on National Forest System lands ... aimed at protecting communities, watersheds, and certain other at-risk lands from catastrophic wildfire, [and] to enhance efforts to protect watersheds ..."<br /><br />Soon after enactment of the President's Forest Restoration Act, THE SIERRA CLUB, inter alia, successfully brought suit in the 9th Circuit and stopped its full implementation.<br /><br />Catastrophic wildfires in the West continue to this day.<br /><br />THANK YOU, SIERRA CLUB.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5748604.post-89775688543159048762016-08-01T17:13:42.941-06:002016-08-01T17:13:42.941-06:00Build your house in a floodplain and sooner or lat...Build your house in a floodplain and sooner or later it’s going to flood. Build your house in a tinderbox and sooner or later it’s going to burn. At some point, much like flood insurance, insurance will be sky high discouraging development in hazardous areas. The free market in action Frank! <br /><br />In the meantime, I’ve lost too many friends fighting wildland fire and in no case was it worth it. Your comments I still don’t understand after reading them several times. In any case, you are the one who seems to have things ass-backwards. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01415437864312143094noreply@blogger.com