So crystal clear to anyone who has worked much in clearcuts, -they're all massive incinerators in waiting. The residual post-logging slash fuel loading is enormous. Logging slash takes decades to rot to the point where it lies flat on the ground, prior to which it's like a fluffy, aerated layer spread over the ground, at times as much as 6 ft deep, especilly on the coast, where the slash layer can be monumental. Everything in the clearcut dries out rapidly towards summer and the wind flows and the sun beats down. The "edge forest" surrounding the clearcut also dessicates from wind and sun egre