Your thesis is way off, and people didn’t understand climate back when these areas were settled. And really, we still don’t know how to or can’t politically manage wildfires well.
Part of climate change is that this man-induced change is making previously hospitable areas much less so.
> people didn’t understand climate back when these areas were settled
Agree on Palisades. My original thesis is about new construction in Florida and Houston and in e.g. the middle of the California woods. That is settlement done when we did know the risks.
Part of climate change is that this man-induced change is making previously hospitable areas much less so.