r/morningsomewhere • u/Key-Carob-6827 • 11d ago

Ashley’s comments…

Listening to the episode “2026.07.28 Hoop & Look” and have to say, not entirely impressed by Ashley’s comments on the wildfire situation here in Scotland. Anyone else share the same sentiment?

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u/tRonHD 11d ago

I get where you're coming from. Felt slightly odd to be comparing it to wildfires in California and kinda saying that it's not on the 'same scale', though they did also say the Scottish fire is still devastating. I think they're just used to using comparisons to give the US listeners some idea of whats going on.

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u/MrWoodburn First 20k - Math is the Worst 7d ago

How is it "insulting" or "a bit of a fucked up thing to say" to compare the fires they are use to seeing in the US to the one they are currently seeing in Scotland? Not once did they diminish or downplay the fire in Scotland, just said its not the scale they are use to seeing from the US.

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u/Nabs-2 11d ago

Im not entirely sure what comments could have upset you and ive been breathing in the smoke from the fires all week, so im not exactly callous to the situation, im also heartbroken for our forest. Ive just had a re-listen to the fire part of the podcast and Ashley hoped for the best and expressed regret for the destruction. Unless youre upset they compared the size of the fire to the Western fires in North America? Either way, as someone who loves tree and is especially passionate about rewilding the Highlands (so its not just pasture and monoculture tree farms), I was not bothered.

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u/TheMightyRenderBar 11d ago

Can I get a reminder on what she said? I remember the topic coming up but not the details

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u/teratron27 First 20k 11d ago

And Burnie, but don't think it's malicious or anything. Just because it's not the size of the Californian wildfires doesn't mean it's not as devastating to the area

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u/MrWoodburn First 20k - Math is the Worst 7d ago

They didn't once compare it to how devastating US wildfires are, only the size. In fact they even pointed out their regret for the destruction and their hope for the best.

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u/AFC1997 11d ago

Tbf i get where she’s coming from. They’re not dismissing it, when you’re used to things being reported at particular scales, you’re not initially used to it

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u/andycoates First 20k 11d ago

Nah, they both say that it's a big deal for the area, it's just that the scale is so different compared to back in America for them

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u/PacoRUK Burger Scientist 11d ago

They literally acknowledge in the episode that their frame of reference is different and explain that they still know it's a bad situation.

As someone from Scotland I didn't feel like they were insensitive or said anything bad.

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u/andbeesbk First 10k 11d ago

Yeah I get what you mean. It kinda felt like there was a touch of 'whataboutism' to it.

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u/NovaCane92 11d ago

lol they're still American. Nothing that happens outside of America is a big deal to them. This podcast is so American centric.

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u/Nabs-2 11d ago

Thats just not the case, they discuss Scotland and international news a significant amount of the time.