{"id":21321,"date":"2026-08-08T09:29:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-08T17:29:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coldstreams.com\/social\/?p=21321"},"modified":"2026-08-08T09:29:49","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T17:29:49","slug":"media-apparently-it-was-not-global-warming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coldstreams.com\/social\/2026\/08\/08\/media-apparently-it-was-not-global-warming\/","title":{"rendered":"Media: Apparently it was not global warming?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Sierra foothills enter late summer as some of the most fire-prone terrain in the state. Winter and spring rains encourage a heavy crop of grasses that cure to a golden brown by midsummer, leaving vast expanses of fine fuel that ignites easily and spreads fire fast. Layered over that are oak woodlands and chaparral that carry flame into the tree canopy under the right conditions, and steep canyons that channel wind and preheat vegetation ahead of an advancing fire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Add the seasonal heat and single-digit humidity common to the region in August, and the result is a landscape where a roadside spark, an equipment failure or a downed power line can grow into a major incident within hours. The Gann Fire\u2019s rapid climb toward 10,000 acres reflected those conditions rather than any single unusual factor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-us\/news\/other\/evacuations-spread-as-the-gann-fire-chews-through-10-000-acres-of-california-s-gold-country\/ar-AA29CZ8V?ocid=hpmsn&amp;cvid=6a7762227bf64fa8bf1ee96598227bd7&amp;ei=47\">Evacuations spread as the Gann Fire chews through 10,000 acres of California\u2019s Gold Country<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The fire was started by a guy cutting steel on his property, generating sparks. Interesting background: <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/08\/08\/us-news\/shocking-irony-of-firebug-who-sparked-deadly-gann-fire\/?utm_campaign=nypost&amp;utm_medium=referral\">Shocking irony of firebug who sparked deadly Gann Fire<\/a>. It&#8217;s the second time he&#8217;d started a fire: <em>&#8220;Eight years ago, Smith also ran into trouble when he allegedly started a fire on someone else\u2019s property<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Turns out the article was written by AI and AI does not do &#8220;everything is caused by climate change&#8221;, interestingly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It&#8217;s not a particularly dry year on Calaveras County. This is pretty much a normal summer in this part of the arid west.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"672\" height=\"617\" src=\"https:\/\/coldstreams.com\/social\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-424.png?wsr\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21322\" srcset=\"https:\/\/coldstreams.com\/social\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-424.png 672w, https:\/\/coldstreams.com\/social\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-424-600x551.png 600w, https:\/\/coldstreams.com\/social\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-424-294x270.png 294w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 672px) 100vw, 672px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.drought.gov\/data-maps-tools\/us-drought-monitor\">U.S. Drought Monitor (USDM) | Drought.gov<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Story about CA wildfire says its a normal, dry summer in the central Sierras (which is true) and does not mention climate change. The story was written entirely by AI.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21321","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-climate-communications","category-media"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/coldstreams.com\/social\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21321","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/coldstreams.com\/social\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/coldstreams.com\/social\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coldstreams.com\/social\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coldstreams.com\/social\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21321"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/coldstreams.com\/social\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21321\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21328,"href":"https:\/\/coldstreams.com\/social\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21321\/revisions\/21328"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/coldstreams.com\/social\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21321"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coldstreams.com\/social\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21321"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coldstreams.com\/social\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21321"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}