Not enough samples to call something like that an outlier. It's just the reality that the statical patterns of eruption sizes and patterns of volcanoes are messier than most people realize.
I agree, it does depend on scale, both size and time. Here is a single example from the Mt St Helens Wikipedia page. Two explosive eruptions within 2 years...
"Roughly 700 years of dormancy were broken in about 1480, when large amounts of pale gray dacite pumice and ash started to erupt, beginning the Kalama period. The 1480 eruption was several times larger than that of May 18, 1980.[32] In 1482, another large eruption rivaling the 1980 eruption in volume is known to have occurred. Ash and pumice piled 6 miles (9.7 km) northeast of the volcano to a thickness of 3 feet (0.9 m); 50 miles (80 km) away, the ash was 2 inches (5 cm) deep. Large pyroclastic flows and mudflows subsequently rushed down St. Helens' west flanks and into the Kalama River drainage system."
This is true, but the frequency is not predictable and the period after a major event also leads to elevated risks of future events and there is no guarantee that subsequent events are smaller. If an area is really well studied and it's a large magnitude event then geologists may be able to predict the the risk has dropped.
One of the most culturally interesting eruptions I've read about is Mount Tarawera and the Pink and White terraces.
I studied geology for about 12 years... Natural hazards related to volcanoes, earthquakes, and even glaciers never become less fascinating.
Not even good statistics to back this statement up
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A side effect of monitoring local fires here in L.A. is seeing on the Watch Duty map many prescribed fires around the West.
Studies confirm that this strategy helps. The Forest Service has made changes around Rx fires, new approaches launched in 2022, should be helpful over time.
Hopefully the incoming incompetents won't roll back these changes, but who knows with the orange clown closet.
https://www.fs.usda.gov/managing-land/wildfire-crisis
I don't even like Trump but he was talking about forest management practices to reduce fire risk back before COVID and most people on the left just made fun of him for suggesting that the forests be "raked".
Unlikely these changes will get rolled back
Did you see this or was that just incredible timing?!?! This is amazing. I needed it a day earlier lol 😂
I consider myself as a progressive, but in my experience that conversation isn't even happening in the places where it needs to be happening. It is instead being politicized and mainstream outlets typically point to climate change as the only driver and not the mismanagement, which perpetuates the problem.
This is common knowledge among anyone who has studied forestry, the history of fire suppression, and the dynamics of wildfires. It's not controversial and it's not political. California's management practices have not followed the science.
When natural fires are not allowed to burn for decades, yes.
Near community infrastructure to reduce fuel load, yes.
Poor Forest Management is a larger driver than most people on the left are willing to admit - yes the weather extremes have gotten worse as well, but it's disingenuous to place most of the blame on the whether when the forest management practices are a self-inflicted wound.
Early on there were also some "fake" zaps of people zapping themselves. Not sure if any exceeded the biggest "real" zap
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Does AI have to continue to be fucked a while before we unfuck it?
Cool, well if you ever want a second set of eyes on whatever the biggest bottleneck of that process is, I get a kick out of trying to make both Python and SQL queries more efficient