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No single failure explains the devastation of the LA fires, report finds (calmatters.org)

submitted 1 day ago by technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/science@lemmy.world

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Article fails to mention the guy that they tried to scapegoat for this inevitable environmental collapse.

This report comes out just after the trial ofc...

https://edition.cnn.com/2026/06/25/us/palisades-fire-jonathan-rinderknecht

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[–] stsquad@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Did anyone think you could pin it on one person/institution/event?

All systems risk catastrophic collapse when overwhelmed and resilience comes from multiple overlapping measures to try and avoid that.

Climate change is here and will increases the chances of these wildfires burning it off control and humanity as a species is going to have to adapt.

[–] Flower@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 day ago

And resilience is usually the opposite of efficiency. It doesn't sell so well until something major happens.