Global warming may bring us more rain overall, but the current high pressure system (expected to end tonight?) has kept rain away from us for 2 months now, which wasn't helping anything.

The article doesn't mention that 700 full-time park workers were cut in Eric Adams' budget. 50 of those park workers were forestry specialists, who did things such as removing sick/dead trees, and clearing the sort of brush/debris that is easily ignitable.

We see this over and over again: whatever money you "save" by delaying or skipping maintenance, you end up having to spend when something actually breaks.

[1] https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fi.redd.it%2F3...

[2] https://www.thecity.nyc/2024/07/01/parks-budget-shrinks-eric...

[3] https://thechiefleader.com/stories/urban-forest-program-gutt...

[4] https://hellgatenyc.com/parks-budget-cuts-let-it-burn/