How do you resolve the paradox in this question?
Started by
cco
· started 2021-05-20 18:40
· last activity 2022-09-25 20:00
· 2 replies
I am a little confused by the correct answer's mention of vegetation. Is it reasonable to infer that more rainfall causes increased vegetation and therefore, more financial damage will result from a brush fire?
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MikeM
· 2021-06-13 22:37
Hello. Yes, this was also how I understood the answer. It suggests that these large fires need a lot of vegetation for fuel. If this is true, then during a drought we could assume that this large level of vegetation is not present, just using what we know to be true about plants and water.
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Emil-Kunkin
· 2022-09-25 20:00
This is spot on! Drought means less vegetation, which means less intense fires
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