Florida's swampy Everglades go up in flames! ???

[jeff of pa]

Grass fires have begun ravaging Florida, a state not typically known for fires. We cover these unseasonal fires breaking out all over Florida, especially the fire between Miami and Key Largo, which has cut off both roads leading to and from the Florida Keys. Not only are fires out of season for Florida, but officials somehow predicted the fires ahead of time, issuing Red Flag warnings the week before. What's even more unusual is that just the day before, humidity levels were very high and Miami had received rain, which should've alleviated the fire risk.

 

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[Blak bart]

I hate to burst the doom and gloom bubble, but these brush fires are a normal occurrence every year here in the upper keys. It is part of the normal cycle of the everglades. These fires are being monitored, and are not actively fought unless threatening homes or infrastructure directly. They are allowed to run there coarse and burn at there own rate. Once it approaches the roads, then the decision is made to close the roads due to lack of visibility from smoke. Unfortunately this happens from time to time, and we residents must deal with it. Although it's a huge inconvenience, we have to deal with brush fires every year at this time. Some years are worse than others, and this year it took 3 days for the fires to move past the roadways. Soon the monsoon season will come, and daily rains will end the fire season like they always do. This is very normal for the keys this time of year. Nothing strange, or controversial about it.....it's the dry season, and brush fires are normal at this time of the year. So the roads were closed for 3 days, and now it's all back to normal. We all got a long weekend off due to brush fires !!

 

[newnan man]

Exactly Bart, also this IS the fire season in Florida right now. Little rain, windy, all contributes to fires. I've had to detour around fires many times over the years.

 

[jeff of pa]

I'm Surpried on the Everglades Bit . didn't think fires there was possible thanks

 

[newnan man]

I'm Surpried on the Everglades Bit . didn't think fires there was possible thanks

The Indians & early settlers regularly burned sections of the glades. It is not harmful & beneficial to many species. The birds fly somewhere else, the critters go into burrows and gator wallows. The flames pass by quickly since most fuel is dried out brush. The western Glades don't burn much since it's mostly mangroves in water.

 

[Gare]

Great posts Black Bart and Newman man Thank you for your input

 

[Chilli]

What an interesting thread. Just shows how the narrative is being controlled by media and those behind them beating up things which have been going on since people have been there into something alarming and needing investigation. Gotta keep those climate change drums beating! I mean global warming, hang on weren't we supposed to be in an iceage by now!🤔

 

[newnan man]

Actually the entire state of Florida is set up naturally for fires. Lightning strikes being the #1 cause. There are several animals/birds that live and reproduce on burned out land. The gopher tortoise digs burrows that animals go into during fires and survive. The slash pine only releases its seeds when fire causes the pine cone to shoot it out. Palmetto's will burn to a nub and immediately after a fire there are green shoots growing up through the ash. The list goes on & on.

 

[Sandog]

Just this week Florida Wildlife Commission did a prescribed burn of 28,000 acres in the Glades west of lake Okeechobee. This article gives good insight into the details of why, when, and the benefits. We got some of the smoke and all the way over here in St Lucie county.

FWC to conduct prescribed burn on Lake Okeechobee

The burn area will be up to 28,000 acres and includes 700 acres of cattail that was managed with herbicide in October 2024..

myfwc.com