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Rick
05-08-2009, 05:37 PM
30,000 Californians have been forced to evacuate because of the wild fires. 75 homes have been destroyed. I hope all you folks in the shaky state are okay. We'll have to change the name to the charred state if this keeps up.

http://uk.reuters.com/article/marketsNewsUS/idUKN0840914020090508
crashdive123
05-08-2009, 06:18 PM
Been following that in the news. Hope all stay safe.
Badawg
05-08-2009, 08:41 PM
I have friends at UCSB and They told me they could see the flames from their offices...
oly
05-08-2009, 08:51 PM
Fire, floods, earthquakes, weather, hazardous chemical spills, etc.
mountain mama
05-08-2009, 08:57 PM
the title of this topic should have been "one more reason not to live in cali"
crashdive123
05-08-2009, 09:07 PM
Actually, and Remy you may be able to answer this, but I have read that many of the wildfires in CA could be prevented if a more sensible approach to fire danger mitigation would be allowed (clearing underbrush, controlled burns, etc.). Any truth to that?
tonester
05-09-2009, 02:59 AM
30,000 Californians have been forced to evacuate because of the wild fires. 75 homes have been destroyed. I hope all you folks in the shaky state are okay. We'll have to change the name to the charred state if this keeps up.

http://uk.reuters.com/article/marketsNewsUS/idUKN0840914020090508

that is one of the main reason i have made a bug out bag. my family was evacuated two years ago because of the fires and i had to scramble to try and get everything together...not this time:cool2:
oly
05-09-2009, 09:59 AM
After the fires burns out theres still a danger of mud slides during a rain storm.
endurance
05-11-2009, 10:47 PM
I've worked on wildland fires between 1988-2002 and when it comes to California, the biggest problem is simply too many homes where they shouldn't be. Most places everywhere else you could do a lot more to mitigate the big fires, but the places they build homes there is just asking for disaster with the type of brush, topography, and weather patterns they get.

The best thing an individual home owner can do is give the firefighters a chance but creating plenty of defensible space (and ideally, having a pool, we love backyard pools!).