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the politicians of California reject the idea of controlled burns /info/en/?search=Controlled_burn because of local objections. I think this should be discussed. Controlled-burns or out-control-wildfires ten years later, take your pick CorvetteZ51 ( talk) 08:36, 17 December 2017 (UTC)
The info box lists over $3.139B as the cost with three incites. CalFire reports that they have spent $38M only on fire-fighting as of Dec 11. AccuWeather projects $180B but also gives a calculated cost by Fortune of $500B. (The third source has nothing to do with wildfires.)
Where is the source for $3.139B? The cost line in a wildfire infobox may represent:
Does anyone know which it's supposed to be? If the grand total (#3), we should go with the AccuWeather report. The last half-sentence in the lead ("predicted by experts to cost at least billions of dollars in insured damages alone") should be changed to reflect this. -- RoyGoldsmith ( talk) 13:07, 24 December 2017 (UTC)
This article has some good explanations of some wildfire terminology. LightandDark2000 ( talk) 08:13, 29 January 2018 (UTC)
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the politicians of California reject the idea of controlled burns /info/en/?search=Controlled_burn because of local objections. I think this should be discussed. Controlled-burns or out-control-wildfires ten years later, take your pick CorvetteZ51 ( talk) 08:36, 17 December 2017 (UTC)
The info box lists over $3.139B as the cost with three incites. CalFire reports that they have spent $38M only on fire-fighting as of Dec 11. AccuWeather projects $180B but also gives a calculated cost by Fortune of $500B. (The third source has nothing to do with wildfires.)
Where is the source for $3.139B? The cost line in a wildfire infobox may represent:
Does anyone know which it's supposed to be? If the grand total (#3), we should go with the AccuWeather report. The last half-sentence in the lead ("predicted by experts to cost at least billions of dollars in insured damages alone") should be changed to reflect this. -- RoyGoldsmith ( talk) 13:07, 24 December 2017 (UTC)
This article has some good explanations of some wildfire terminology. LightandDark2000 ( talk) 08:13, 29 January 2018 (UTC)