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Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch
LA is a bit different, it involves a failure of political leadership and preparation. They were warned to clean the dead wood and underbrush years ago they didn't do it. They failed to secure a water supply for fire fighting. Everyone knows that that area of California is a conflagration waiting to happen every year.
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The Palisades area was cleaned 2 or 3 years ago, last winter saw unprecedented rain and the vegetation grew like it was sprinkled with viagra, this year saw little to no rain from the pacific as it all went north and the dry winds dried that vegetation to kindling.
Perfect storm that I doubt any political leadership could have stopped