"Hi - I just came across this - and we are related...my grandfather was RH Warnecke.."

"I want to be like you oo oo - beautiful"

"Most seasonal grassland species are adapted to fire as are a number of the other species in these areas. That's not to say however that we need to have frequent burns in order to satisfy the gamut of regeneration opportunities these species have in their toolbox of adaptive strategies, especially when it is so very damaging to a number of cycles at this time. Fire is a tool that should be, in my opinion, very sparingly, and I would strongly favour the use of constantly moving, mob-stocked herbivores to manage biomass excesses and restore these cycles as opposed to using fire and continue the pathway of biodiversity decline."

"Why? I can understand intensity, not necessarily frequency. The ecosystem is full of fire-adaptive species. I don't know what's introduced or what's native, but several pics show grasses that could stand freshening."

"Stones (perhaps in dust storms) and birds? Glass tubes are more breakable than flat plates. Or it might be to stop the snow load from sliding off the roof in winter hahahahahahahahah"