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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 were established more than a century ago, and the Santa Ana winds have existed that entire time, yet this catastrophic fire didn't happen until now. So if that area is the yearly conflagration you say it is, why didn't a fire like this happen a long time ago?
Regarding the claims made against the political leaders of California. This
article debunks it for the most part. While it's true that more forest management is
needed, this particular fire was mostly spread by chaparral (good luck removing all chaparral from the entire state every year...)
One question I have... the SA winds are not dissimilar to the chinooks we get here... so why don't we get a similar fire situation here as they have there? I think the answer is that southern Alberta/Sask is cooler and more moist than southern CA. Hence the reason to slam the brakes on climate change... the hotter and drier places get, the more susceptible they become to fire catastrophes.