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On the recordJune 14, 2017
If I had a subscription to and received six newspapers a day, and only threw one away, how long would it take for my house to become a fire trap? Probably about as long as the forest.
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Tom McClintock
Republican · California

Editor's note · Context

McClintock used an analogy to illustrate the fire risk from unharvested timber.

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