Godbless any and all who have suffered loss of any kind due to these fires and a pox and worse to any devil who intentionally set one. Fire IS a constant worry in many parts of this nation during the dry season and especially during a drought.

I believe the Coastal Redwood has a two year period from cone formation until release of the seeds or maybe it is a two year germination period but I pretty certain that it is NOT a fire cone as the tree itself is quite fire resistant and thrives in what we call the fog-belt. The digger pines and lodgepole pine which are more common inland DO need fire to open the cones and then in two or three years a whole new forest emmerges from the ashes. Left to nature this is every thirty to fifty years that a fire of natural means comes through these bioms and the cycle repeats.