Ty The Dog Guy On The Daily

In my community there’s a hillside covered in dead, brown grass. There are a few shades of green on the hill, but they’re only there because of the community’s efforts to water this dead hill. I live directly across the street, and every time our guests see the sprinklers come on in the evening, they get confused. “Why waste so much water?” they ask. “Why water a dead hill?” Well, why does the community do this? Because if they didn’t, then there would be no green on the hill whatsoever. All of the grass would be completely dead—and would immediately turn into a tinderbox. Just over that hill are thousands of homes, where tens of thousands of people live. If this hillside were to catch fire, it could potentially harm many people and destroy lots of homes. The community takes various measures to prevent this from ever happening, such as routinely cutting the grass and watering even the dead patches. That hillside, without the maintenance it receives, could quickly destroy many acres and lives. However, the co