• Sigmatics@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    High temperatures are necessary for wildfire. Wet wood doesn’t burn

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      1 year ago

      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?

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        1 year ago

        That’s a false comparison. You can’t compare an indoor environment to the outdoors. Sunshine, temperature, clouds and precipitation are highly codependent outside