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Politifact has erased America’s fire history saying the historical data is unreliable and many fires in the past were man-made. PolitiFact | No, wildfires weren’t bigger in the 1920s and ‘30s than today The historical data shows more than fifty … Continue reading →

12 Sep 1939, Page 20 – The Sheboygan Press at Newspapers.com The US Forest Service collected fire data from at least 1916 to 2008, which showed that burn acreage is down 80% since the 1930s. 2010-sustainability-report.pdf This 1938 New York … Continue reading →

“Climate change” is responsible for wildfires that “move with more speed…and last well beyond traditional months of the fire season.” http://realclimatescience.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/5Oe4YTZ.mp4 According to Vice-President Biden, we are having a record fire season. Burn acreage to date is 1,472,510 acres. Ninety … Continue reading →

During early May, 1890 there were fires “everywhere” in Wisconsin and Minnesota. 08 May 1890, 6 – Minneapolis Messenger at Newspapers.com This week in 1890, there were large fires on both sides of the Rio Grande in Colorado and New … Continue reading →

March of 1910 was the warmest and driest on record in the US. This led to the largest and some of the deadliest fires in US history. On October 7 a forest fire raged out of control across Lake of … Continue reading →

Five years ago, the New York Times said 10.1 million acres burned in the US during 2015, and it was the most on record. Wildfires, Once Confined to a Season, Burn Earlier and Longer – The New York Times If … Continue reading →

Climate change: UK forests ‘could do more harm than good’ – BBC News

h/t Craig Kelly MP

19 Feb 1937, 11 – The Evening Sun at Newspapers.com October 9, 1938 – NYTimes January 1937 was the coldest on record west of the Mississippi River, and one of the warmest on record east of the Mississippi. docs.lib.noaa.gov/rescue/mwr/065/mwr-065-01-c1.pdf