Many states use controlled burns to take out underbrush, including Florida which now also has a annual Fire Season thanks to Global Warming. California issues guidelines on protecting homes by removing flammables close to the home. But that doesn't always help. One reporter showed his home burning to the ground. He did everything he was supposed to do, but you just can't fight that strong dry Santa Ana wind. Instead of cutting down trees, California should encourage homes to be built of Stone and Steel in fire hazard regions. Cutting down trees is the like throwing gasoline on a fire. It would be better to plant more trees, especially in the tropics, to help take greenhouse gases out of the atmosphere. Cutting down nature's air purifiers will only speed up Global Warming, and turn the planet into a larger version of the environmental disaster on Easter Island which killed off most of it's population. bB