I had just caught my gaffe this minute, Tanglewood, and was scrolling down to poke fun at myself. You beat me to the punch!

Now I have to go search sap, tree resin and tree oil and educate myself a bit.

I've read a (very) little about the severe and on-going drought conditions in parts of Australia, mainly with respect to the issue of water use and water resources.   It seems to me that at some point, perhaps already very near, this ecosystem that is naturally fire-prone is going to get so dry that there will be few realistic measures to take that could manage fire risk sufficiently to povide reasonable safety to a fairly large population interspersed throughout these areas.

I posed that as a statement, but it is really a question. I don't know enough to support that hypothesis.