Subj : Re: LA Fires
To   : Dumas Walker
From : Al
Date : Mon Jan 13 2025 08:58:58

> Preparation would have very much prevented these fires from being so
> destructive, especially when you *know* you are in a long-term drought.

Prevention and preparation are always good but these fires are in built up areas, more or less in the city. I'm not sure there is much underbrush there or what activities are done to clear it or how much of a difference that would make.

This reminds me of a time in my youth when I was in the Yukon somewhere around Yellowknife. All I had to do to start a fire was gather a few handfulls of needles that were laying on the ground all about and that was enough to get the fire started. At that time of year those needles lay on the ground everywhere. Thankfully heat and drought are not issues in the Yukon.

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