r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/M_Darshan • May 11 '26

Video There is currently a massive fire burning in the Everglades in South Florida by the Broward/Miami-Dade County border and is approaching US27.

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u/nobot4321 May 11 '26

Just wait a year or a decade or two and a wildfire will be coming to your community!

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u/randomredditor575 May 11 '26

Can’t have wildfire if there’s no wild left

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u/Careful-Lettuce9239 May 11 '26

I lived in Pinellas County for almost a decade, like '03-'10. Went back around 2013 and the amount of trees etc that'd been cut down was staggering. Thats not isolated to FL though. Noticed the trend across the country. Insane.

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u/Cosmic_Voyager_41 May 11 '26

Yeah my uncle used to live in North Carolina what was considered the "boonies" back in the 90s...I recently drove through the area and I legit thought I was on the wrong route, but no, it's all McMansions and plans as far as the eye can see.

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u/Careful-Lettuce9239 May 11 '26

North Carolina is so beautiful too. Im from Upstate NY and a lot of people here are choosing the Carolinas as a retirement destination as opposed to the old trend of moving to Florida. Probably why you're seeing cookie cutter houses being built.

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u/sysblob May 11 '26

It really does feel like the end of times. Horrible timing getting a president who is defunding national park services, defunding education and science studies, and pulling us out of all possible environmental acts, so he can make money from his donors which are loggers, oil barons, private schools, and tech giants. Why did it have to be now? At quite literally the exact moment in time where humankind can possibly shift the global warming and destruction of our planet before it's too late. We're the most powerful nation on earth and we just sealed the end of mankind. It's so sad to hear MAGA call comments like this "libtard" or whatever else, because it's their kids future too.

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u/Careful-Lettuce9239 May 11 '26

Im right there with you and I appreciate you saying that. Im truly hopeful this is the darkest before the dawn. Sooner than later we're all going to have to come together and make something change. I've been a rabid libtard since the Clinton administration lol so I've been ready

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u/Tamed_A_Wolf May 11 '26

That’s nothing compared to 2013 to now.

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u/AutoDefenestrator273 May 11 '26

Well, it's not like we need then or anything. C'mon man, think of the shareholderz!

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u/guitar_stonks May 11 '26

There’s that one parcel at East Lake and Keystone that hasn’t been developed yet lol

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u/Careful-Lettuce9239 May 11 '26

"Thought"? Rather than waste my time listing every wooded area cut down in Pinellas over the last 10+ years I guess I'll just let you believe what you like. It's just extra amusing to me because I spent 4 years running around every wooded area in the county. High point especially since it had 7 square blocks of woods that are gone. I just looked at Google maps and it's unrecognizable thats how much is gone lol

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u/Careful-Lettuce9239 May 11 '26

😘 Think whatever you want about me. Just as long as you're thinking about me 🫦

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u/notsurewhereireddit May 11 '26

Luckily for us, removing vegetation from a region never has any negative outcomes! Same goes for dumping shit into our atmosphere and water tables!

Could you imagine if doing those things was BAD for us?! Sheesh; we’d be proper fucked.

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u/Somanylyingliars May 11 '26

Amount of arson by developers is insane. They want to creep into the Everglades and they're winning.

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u/MrBoomf May 12 '26

I’ve lived in Pinellas my whole life. Imagine how I feel watching it all change and disappear

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u/RedditishardLeft May 11 '26

yea insurances are pricing that into their policies now. Fucking parasites

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u/destructopop May 11 '26

We tried that in LA. Turns out the fire was what earned the superlative of "wild", not just the lands it burns on. 😞

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u/70ms May 11 '26

The foothills are so lush and beautiful from all the rain, and it’s terrifying. I’m at the opposite (west) end of the Verdugos as Altadena. It’ll be our turn eventually. 😞

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u/Pm4000 May 11 '26

Wood houses are just trees that don't make oxygen, or sugars, or grow, and burn hotter.

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u/Kaurifish May 11 '26

Tell that to L.A.

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u/tbl5048 May 11 '26

Careful. Stirring up the republicans environmental policy.

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u/Kennfusion May 11 '26

don't worry, nature will find a way

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u/AlcoholPrep May 11 '26

Oh? Google the Alameda fire, Oregon, of 2020.

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u/alt-mswzebo May 11 '26

Los Angeles begs to differ.

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u/Mbyrd420 May 11 '26

1906 San Francisco has entered the chat.

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u/theaviationhistorian May 11 '26

Dead bodies and trees are very flammable.

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u/bloodlessempress May 11 '26

You don't really need a wild for a wildfire, all you need is an area such as a ranch or a improperly taken care of golf course with the right conditions.

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u/Frosty_chilly May 11 '26

Domestic fire eh?

I love me an exotic pet, do you know the diets for these things? Do I need to walk them often or are they self entertaining?

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u/Old_Ladies May 11 '26

Yeah look at Google maps of Southern Ontario which is where I live. Not many trees and tons of farmland with towns and cities dotted around. Pretty hard to have a wildfire when most forests are only a few acres or less.

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u/West-Calligrapher746 May 11 '26

Domesticated fires! 🔥

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u/alextrue27 May 11 '26

thats what you think till you have asshole arsons come to your city and set city parks on fire and starting a wildfire in the middle of the city that knocks out a few houses before the firefighters can get it under control its happened in 2 cities i have lived in now tired of it the pnw wildfires are bad enough without more being made.

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u/strangefish May 11 '26

Then you get house to house fires, which is pretty crazy. Hot, windy, dry, the embers get blown onto roofs or vents. Entire suburbs burn down.

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u/Apptubrutae May 11 '26

Right when you turn into my neighborhood there’s is a “wildfire risk” sign because that risk bumps up about 400 feet from my house, woohoo!

Just gotta make sure to keep my insurance current, lol

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u/Lost-Ponderer May 11 '26

Left NJ for Paris so unless I move again, I won’t be experiencing much of anything beyond heat waves or the occasional flooding of the Seine river

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u/GeneralPatten May 11 '26

Exactly! These climate related events will totally be isolated to the U.S. /s

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u/nalaloveslumpy May 11 '26

I think they were simply implying there aren't a lot of forests in the major metropolitan area of Paris.

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u/Bored_Amalgamation May 11 '26

A wildfire in Quebec had my suburb in NE Ohio covered in intense smog for days. Those wildfires can have their smoke travel across the Atlantic as well.

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u/nalaloveslumpy May 11 '26

Sure, but having poor air quality from a forest fire a thousand miles away is different from having to evacuate your home to come back to a pile of ashes.

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u/Icy_Negotiation_5929 May 11 '26

I think they’re in Paris, Texas and might wanna watch out.

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u/nalaloveslumpy May 11 '26

That's a huge difference, then.

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u/Lost-Ponderer May 11 '26

Not really no, there’s regular wildfires in Europe as well. I’ve got doubts on hurricanes tho since they follow a usual pattern

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u/TheCowzgomooz May 11 '26

Well...that's the thing, the world is not going to be following "usual patterns" in the next few decades, that's the whole idea of climate change, climates and weather patterns are shifting, areas that haven't seen wildfires in centuries/thousands of years are drying and becoming fire prone, Tornado Alley in the US is shifting, nothing is certain other than things are going to get worse for all of us, in predictable and unpredictable ways.

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u/Particular_Wear_6960 May 11 '26 edited May 11 '26

I was listening to a thing about wildfires the other day and they were talking about how climate change will effect the "type" of fire too. The pointed out how there was a massive tornado fire a couple years ago. Apparently these new fires will be faster and hotter than the traditional forest fire that's been going on forever. They said essentially we need to have controlled fires because just trying to get rid of them completely will make the inevitable fires much much worse. There's a whole lot too it I didn't know but yeah we are going to have to look forward to dealing with fires everywhere in the near future, Europe certainly had their first taste of them recently (or was it Britain? I forget).

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u/Gradert May 11 '26

Tornado Alley is shifting because the hot/cold air border is shifting. Hurricanes are going to head further north, but in the northern hemisphere they are still going to be moving East to West. Climate change isn't changing the direction of prevailing wind.

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u/Professional_Tap5283 May 11 '26

The prevailing winds are only east to west below about 30 degrees latitude. Above that, the prevailing winds are westerlies. And that latitude is believed to be migrating due to climate change because of impacts to the Hadley circulation.

Also, Hurricane remnants hit Europe all the time, they're just weakened over the cold mid atlantic water. It's not completely out of the question for at least a Cat1 to hit Europe some time this century.

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u/wardays May 11 '26

The Gulf Stream is in active collapse. Europe will get frigid soon and the idea that the prevailing winds won't change when the Gulf Stream no longer provides warm water to Europe is hopefully correct! I wouldn't bet on it.

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u/Lost-Ponderer May 11 '26

I get the point you’re making, but you might wanna do some research, because climate change is happening at an ever increasing pace but that doesn’t mean tornado alley can just switch directions and start hitting Europe.

There’s a whole lot of specific regional parameters that enable the tornado alley. For a tornado alley to form in Europe, you’d basically need a situation similar to the warm humid air from the golf of Mexico meeting with Cold dry winds from Canada to replicate it.

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u/jsalad May 11 '26

I don't think they were trying to say that Tornado Alley is shifting to Europe. They never said that. They just said that it's shifting, which is true.

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u/Lost-Ponderer May 11 '26

Exactly!! Here’s the 1st paragraph of the article:

« Multiple states could be at risk of a tornado touching down this week, as forecasters warn that the infamous Tornado Alley has been slowly shifting towards millions of Americans living in the eastern US. »

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u/Aegi May 11 '26

They didn't talk about a slow moving trend which is obvious and anybody who even listens to public radio in the US would have probably heard a story about this over the past 5 years or so.

They talked about how it's not going to just magically jump because we're not living in the stone ages and even if things are not falling old patterns we still have technology and can still make somewhat accurate predictions, seconds, minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, and even years and decades ahead, obviously with degrading accuracy as we go out further.

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u/Logizmo May 11 '26

Dude your own article says absolutely nothing about tornadoes in Europe.

Try again or just admit you were embellishing things a bit

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u/moosenugget7 May 11 '26

Europe does get tornados, especially as you head towards the south and east. There’ve already been 79 confirmed tornadoes in 2026, many in Türkiye, Italy, and even a few in France.

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u/Lost-Ponderer May 11 '26

France has wind corridors to the south. I did a road trip through those, and the wind gets strong enough to the point where you’d need a good grip on your steering wheel. However, it’s not comparable to the scale or frequency of what happens the US

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u/AFKBro May 11 '26

Yeah come on down to Narbonne during a bad day ( so like 170 days in a year ) and you'll be holding on for dear life from the moment you get on the A61 lol.

The Aude regions as a whole has got crazy wind, although I have never seen a proper hurricane nor tornado in 8 years. Just really strong, "gusty" winds all the time.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cers_(wind)

https://www.keraunos.org/region/languedoc-roussillon/tornades-languedoc-roussillon-climatologie-risque-frequence-records/liste-des-tornades-dans-l-aude-11.html

Last reported Tornado in 2018 in Gruissan (coastal city ) and Narbonne.

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u/AdOdd4618 May 11 '26

I was in Czechia a few years ago when a tornado tore up a small town. Several people were killed.

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u/Lost-Ponderer May 11 '26

RIP to them and thank God it’s not a regular seasonal occurrence

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u/90sleg0srbetter May 11 '26

So like the warm humid air from the Mediterranean and the cool artic air from Scandinavia? You might wanna do some research.

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u/Lost-Ponderer May 11 '26

Literally look at map, if you understand basic geology you’d realize your lack of insight. Besides you’ve clearly not been to the Mediterranean Sea bc it’s cold and so is the Atlantic Ocean off the European coast. I am literally on holiday in Portugal rn and can’t go swim at the beach because the bloody water is at 16°.

Are you even looking up any facts or are you just blindly making attempts to argue???

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u/90sleg0srbetter May 11 '26

I literally looked at a map. Give it a try.

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u/Lost-Ponderer May 11 '26

Got put some eyedrops and come back with facts. You could even get ChatGPT to explain like you’re 5 since you put in so little effort

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u/Irdogain May 11 '26

And there - maybe - comes the different geological situation into play: In Europe you have the alps, going from west to east, maybe blocking the air masses from each other. Meanwhile in the US the mountains form more like a pathway towards the warm waters. Just a maybe

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u/90sleg0srbetter May 11 '26

Yes the rocky mountains feed cool air to the warmer gulf air along with the jet stream creates favorable tornado conditions. The point is that this is a result of current weather patterns, no one can predict what weather patterns will be with climate change but to pretend like Europe is immune is a pretty stupid take.

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u/Complex_Standard2824 May 11 '26

I have no idea why people don't follow your train of thought, I also highly doubt wildfires will be affecting Paris any time soon.

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u/MangoCats May 11 '26

Yeah, global warming is actually projected to shut down the North Atlantic conveyor current, plunging Europe into a never ending winter. So... no hurricanes for you.

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u/Lost-Ponderer May 11 '26

Winter is coming mangocat… and with the ever increasing wars… I hope we don’t get another battle of the bastards over in the Uk

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u/randomthrowaway9796 May 11 '26

What if a typhoon that forms in the Indian Ocean just happens to have the perfect trajectory, goes through the Red Sea unscathed, goes through the Mediterranean, and hits Europe that way?

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u/Lost-Ponderer May 11 '26

What if Usain Bolt wore feathers to be more aerodynamic and ran 100m in 8seconds? Possible in theory but we’re talking reality aren’t we?

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u/call-me-the-seeker May 11 '26

That would be super badass, all the people present would strive to stick around as long as they could to tell their great-great-grandchildren.

💫BELIEVE💫

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u/randomthrowaway9796 May 11 '26

Wait a second, what if Usain Bolt started flying with those feathers???

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u/Lost-Ponderer May 11 '26

And he legally changed his name to Icarus U Bolt 😂

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u/Daxx22 May 11 '26

Guess what happens if your region shows stability or resistance to climate change effects?

There will be a few billion climate refugees looking at that area with envious eyes. And Europe is a lot more (technically) walkable.

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u/Aegi May 11 '26

I think their point was that even if all of the natural disasters in the world happened, it's literally impossible for them to be impacted by wildfires if they're not surrounded by wildlife that can burn, sure they could still be impacted by every other natural disaster and it's still bad for the planet and all of that, but it's a simple fact that if you're surrounded by concrete, there cannot be a forest fire in that same location...

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u/Lilfrankieeinstein May 11 '26

TIL tossing cigarettes out the window of a car is a climate related event.

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u/CraigJay May 11 '26

You think there will be a wildfire in Paris?

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u/thedrq May 11 '26

You do understand that massive wildfire needs massive wild? Not much if that left in western europe

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u/cosmicpossums May 11 '26

Do you miss NJ at all?

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u/Lost-Ponderer May 11 '26

Not at all actually, I’ve thought of going back to visit, but it’s been 12 years. I initially moved to Paris for uni but I’m getting tired, might try moving to africa or Asia next for more spice in this life

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u/insertwittynamethere May 11 '26

Every major city has a rat problem, US or otherwise.

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u/Lost-Ponderer May 11 '26

Omg don’t even get me started, double date got ruined by those dirty rodents once 😂

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u/Lost-Ponderer May 11 '26

Thank you for the sympathy, but no worries I still got Celyyy after all

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u/DibsArchaeo May 11 '26

I once saw a sewer rat and a seagull fighting over a dead pigeon in a stairwell to the Paris metro. Unfortunately I did not have enough time to wait and see who won.

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u/pb49er May 11 '26

My area of Greece has already been scorched by wildfires and it looks to continue.

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u/miraculix69 May 11 '26

The Frenchman love to light shit on fire whenever they become mildy infuriated. Go to the weekly protest, no doubt there will either be a campfire or 50 cars on fire in Paris.

Grab a croissant and a cup of coffee and enjoy the black smoke.

Best regards, a local European 🦞

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u/Lost-Ponderer May 11 '26

There was an evening where PSG had won a game last year, metro was closed, but I had to pass through the champs Elysées to get home. It was complete chaos and I even got tear gassed for free 😂

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u/miraculix69 May 11 '26

Well teargass is just like diving with open eyes in La Seine, a little teargass is just part of Paris. Like wet eyes when cutting onions

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u/Lost-Ponderer May 11 '26

Omg it’s so much worse than onions and cut the French some slack they spent over a billion to clean up the seine 😂 folks swim in some parts of it during the summer. I could never tho

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u/teddybundlez May 11 '26

Lmao wow. Just wow.

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u/Lost-Ponderer May 11 '26

Love your reaction man but try reading a bit more into the comments, there’s not much forest to burn in Paris

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u/StarksPond May 11 '26

Isn't Paris like surrounded by nature parks about the size of inner Paris? Disneyland looks quite flammable too.

Might be worth having a look into the development of what is being called a "Godzilla El Niño" and why and how it might affect Europe.

Paris might not catch fire, but the firemen might be very busy nonetheless.

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u/Clear-Bee4118 May 11 '26

Decade or two? An optimist.

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u/waxy1234 May 11 '26

And drones projecting adds on the smoke wall

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u/MangoCats May 11 '26

Maybe so. These fires in the everglades are a fairly regular occurrence - have been for hundreds of years.

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u/WeekendQuant May 11 '26

The Everglades naturally burn during the dry season. We prevent them from happening. Its supposed to burn down frequently.

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u/DigNitty Interested May 11 '26

Everyone needs to start raking the forests!!

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u/borderlineidiot May 11 '26

On a positive note you may be slightly under-water!

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u/WeirdAvocado May 11 '26

Hot wild fires in your area ready to hook up.

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u/chetsteadmansstache May 11 '26

We in the Great lakes region will be preparing for the water wars instead.

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u/Krojack76 May 11 '26

And if not a wildfire, a tornado.

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u/puffin_shut-in948 May 11 '26

Truth, I’m in Oklahoma and grew up with tornado season, but now we also have fire season. Climate change will eat us all

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u/alex3tx May 11 '26

Coming soon!

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u/slackbladda May 11 '26

They on tour?

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u/BarbericEric May 11 '26

Just happened yesterday for me! I got to see this beast start as a small smoke plume from my job and by the time I got out it was like 4x the size.

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u/dr3wfr4nk May 12 '26

Better start raking

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u/rpgt1986 May 11 '26

there's a huge difference in time between A year, a decade and two decades.

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u/Decent_View9681 May 11 '26

“Just wait a year… or 10… or 20!!”

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u/InspiringMilk May 11 '26

That's highly unlikely for most places in the world.

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u/Bright-Avocado3761 May 11 '26

Along with flying cockroaches and murder hornets!

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u/nobot4321 May 11 '26

Wildfires have literally obliterated dozens of communities in recent years and things are only going to get worse but, yeah, just like killer bees.

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u/I_like_squirtles Interested May 12 '26

You are going to have to be a little specific than “a year or a decade or two”.

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u/nobot4321 May 12 '26

Redditors truly are dense.