![image showing [OC] Despite the memes, the gender reveal party is only responsible for 0.4% of the area burned so far in California's 2020 wildfire season. More than 77% was due to unusually high numbers of dry lightning strikes. This data does not include Oregon's fires.](cff43ba3-0315-55d3-8950-28abdf6ce854.jpg)
[OC] Despite the memes, the gender reveal party is only responsible for 0.4% of the area burned so far in California's 2020 wildfire season. More than 77% was due to unusually high numbers of dry lightning strikes. This data does not include Oregon's fires.
executivesphere on September 10th, 2020 at 19:42 UTC »
Nice one. It’s pretty wild that one freak lightning storm a couple weeks ago (lightning of that sort is extremely rare in California) contributed to the worst California fire season since we started keeping track.
Had the remnants of that tropical storm not made its way up the west coast and caused the lightning siege, we’d be having a relatively normal fire season.
Edit: if you would like to learn more about this particular weather event, see here: https://weatherwest.com/archives/7459
DisconotDead on September 10th, 2020 at 20:24 UTC »
Yeah i think the point is that gender reveal parties should account for exactly 0% of the area burned.
trystanthorne on September 10th, 2020 at 21:27 UTC »
12k acres is crazy amount for something like this. This is fire season. Stop using things that could create a fire.