More than 1,000 firefighters are battling a series of wildfires in Portugal as it and neighboring Spain experience several days of extreme summer heat, with temperatures in many areas rising above 40…
Temperatures are forecast to fall nationwide from Tuesday, though they will mostly remain above 30 C (86 F).
Lower temperatures alone will fix the fires I’m sure. Or why this completely random weather forecast?
Spain is faring better with its wildfires this week despite the high temperatures of the country’s third heat wave this summer.
They say „despite“ as if heat could just create some random fire. Maybe one could come to the conclusion that temperatures are irrelevant for wildfires after all.
But the evaporation!? Right, the third heat wave when it hasn’t rained in two, three months must be to blame.
At some point this will just lead to legitimating climate change deniers further, and I think we would benefit from avoiding that.
Imagine you have a house plant. You don’t water it for 3 months and then light it with fire, does your room temperature need to be at 40°C for it to start burning?
That’s a false comparison. You can’t compare an indoor environment to the outdoors. Sunshine, temperature, clouds and precipitation are highly codependent outside
Imagine you have a garden/piece of nature. It doesn’t rain and you don’t water it for 3 months and then light it with fire, does your garden air temperature need to be at 40°C for it to start burning?
Are we talking past each other?
So knowing that, how is heat necessary (as you wrote) for wildfires again?
Surely you’re not suggesting fires can start by themselves (the famous „natural cause“ myth)
Imagine you hang your clothes out to dry. It is 15 °C outside, but doesn’t rain. After half a day you want to put it back in your drawer but it’s still wet.
Now imagine it is 40°C outside. Surprise, your clothes are completely dry after only half a day. Same goes for plants. My succulents can go three months in the winter without watering and still survive but when it is hot they will be completely dry after a few weeks.
Lower temperatures alone will fix the fires I’m sure. Or why this completely random weather forecast?
They say „despite“ as if heat could just create some random fire. Maybe one could come to the conclusion that temperatures are irrelevant for wildfires after all.
But the evaporation!? Right, the third heat wave when it hasn’t rained in two, three months must be to blame.
At some point this will just lead to legitimating climate change deniers further, and I think we would benefit from avoiding that.
High temperatures are necessary for wildfire. Wet wood doesn’t burn
Imagine you have a house plant. You don’t water it for 3 months and then light it with fire, does your room temperature need to be at 40°C for it to start burning?
That’s a false comparison. You can’t compare an indoor environment to the outdoors. Sunshine, temperature, clouds and precipitation are highly codependent outside
Imagine you have a garden/piece of nature. It doesn’t rain and you don’t water it for 3 months and then light it with fire, does your garden air temperature need to be at 40°C for it to start burning?
Are we talking past each other?
So knowing that, how is heat necessary (as you wrote) for wildfires again? Surely you’re not suggesting fires can start by themselves (the famous „natural cause“ myth)
Imagine you hang your clothes out to dry. It is 15 °C outside, but doesn’t rain. After half a day you want to put it back in your drawer but it’s still wet. Now imagine it is 40°C outside. Surprise, your clothes are completely dry after only half a day. Same goes for plants. My succulents can go three months in the winter without watering and still survive but when it is hot they will be completely dry after a few weeks.