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The section says A combination of an increased amount of natural fuel and compounding atmospheric conditions ... but the phrase natural fuel is controversial, as some people say that incorrect forestry practices are responsible for an increased amount of fuel left in place by human policies, and not because of purely natural causes. -- Dthomsen8 ( talk) 01:05, 27 September 2018 (UTC)
One user has repeatedly removed those parts of the article that deal with climate change. Unfortunately, the article is now frozen in a version without these parts. Several users have worked on this part, and we should revert the article to the version that contained this text. Already in August, scientific reports have discussed that the frequency and extent of wildfires in California will increase. The current wildfires, thus, have to be seen in the light of these reports and climate change. Nothing is controversial about these reports, or just an "opinion", as the IP user argues. If we discuss this topic in a encyclopedia, then we should also include these scientific arguments in this article. 80.71.142.166 ( talk) 22:46, 11 November 2018 (UTC)
Regarding the bit where it talks about Foehn winds, shouldn't that be Santa Ana winds? -- Guy Macon ( talk) 22:14, 12 November 2018 (UTC)
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The 2018 wildfire season in California THIS VIOLATES MOS:BOLDAVOID PLEASE UNLINK
The total that makes this season's total highest includes prescribed burns (see note 2). Is that practice consistent across years? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:2C6:4300:21BA:3CB7:E359:5E24:D09F ( talk) 03:31, 13 November 2018 (UTC)
How come there are no mentions of what caused any of the fires?
Couldn't that be a column in the chart?
Just curious. 2600:8800:785:1300:C23F:D5FF:FEC4:D51D ( talk) 17:43, 13 November 2018 (UTC)
https://ksby.com/news/fire-watch/2018/11/13/sierra-fire-in-san-bernadino-county-threatens-homes Ashton McIntyre of KSBY reported on Tuesday November 13, 2018, the Sierra wildfire occurring in San Bernadino is 75% contained but is moving south along Riverside Avenue. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.248.99.93 ( talk) 19:47, 14 November 2018 (UTC)
Can we link California wildfires in the lead? Anna Frodesiak ( talk) 20:05, 14 November 2018 (UTC)
Actually, that redirects to List of California wildfires, so maybe not. You decide. Anna Frodesiak ( talk) 20:06, 14 November 2018 (UTC)
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Change the current deaths from Camp Fire from 56 to the latest number QuantumFury ( talk) 09:43, 18 November 2018 (UTC)
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the fatalities is 89 Halodiggy ( talk) 00:14, 20 November 2018 (UTC)
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"This new batch of wildfires includes the Woolsey Fire and Camp Fire, the latter of which has thus far killed 94 people and destroyed more than 10,321 structures, becoming both California's deadliest and most destructive wildfire on record."
This is not true yet. According to the Camp Fire page 77 have been killed so far.* (The building count appears to be at least 12,794, but at least that part is factually true.) The 94 figure appears to be conflating the total death count out of all fires this year.
Suggested change: "This new batch of wildfires includes the Woolsey Fire and Camp Fire, the latter of which has thus far killed 94 people and destroyed more than 10,321 structures, becoming both California's deadliest and most destructive wildfire on record." -> "This new batch of wildfires includes the Woolsey Fire and Camp Fire, the latter of which has thus far killed 79 people and destroyed more than 12,794 structures, becoming both California's deadliest and most destructive wildfire on record."
2602:306:C531:7310:D96:2A5D:2FE1:3129 ( talk) 08:41, 20 November 2018 (UTC)
Camp Fire Although it looks like the death toll has been rectified already. -- 2602:306:C531:7310:D96:2A5D:2FE1:3129 ( talk) 19:36, 20 November 2018 (UTC)
I've noticed that according to the wildfires page, the fires in Tulare County are still burning, but their containment status has been the same for almost a week. Is someone going to update this to make it more accurate?