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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 12:08 AM Original message |
A question about the California fires: |
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Adsos Letter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 12:10 AM Response to Original message |
1. CDF has a minimum distance in which brush is to be kept |
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AZBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 12:10 AM Response to Original message |
2. The brush won't burn like they need it to unless it's very dry. |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 12:14 AM Response to Reply #2 |
5. I've seen references to overgrown brush. |
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AZBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 12:27 AM Response to Reply #5 |
12. If they are referring to it as overgrown brush, it probably should have been trimmed or |
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CaliforniaPeggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 12:11 AM Response to Original message |
3. I believe that some small-scale burning has been done... |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 12:12 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. I'm wondering if this is a money problem. |
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cboy4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 12:23 AM Response to Reply #4 |
10. It might be a budget issue, because CalFire shuts |
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walldude (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 12:29 AM Response to Reply #4 |
13. Ding Ding Ding! We have a winner... |
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begin_within (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 12:14 AM Response to Original message |
6. They do have prescribed burns at certain times of the year. They also use goats |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 12:30 AM Response to Reply #6 |
14. Unlike the Malibu homes which were built almost on top of each other. |
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begin_within (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 12:39 AM Response to Reply #14 |
15. Probably in Malibu they are still going to be packed in like sardines, |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 03:59 AM Response to Reply #15 |
21. Expensive or not, they have to cut back square footage inside. |
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whoneedstickets (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 12:16 AM Response to Original message |
7. Its all about the wind. With winds like they have, fire can jump.... |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 12:18 AM Response to Original message |
8. There are recommended brush clearance levels |
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Fresh_Start (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 12:18 AM Response to Original message |
9. so cal didn't have its normal winter rains |
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Ecumenist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 12:49 AM Response to Reply #9 |
17. That's not true in all of California. The difference between alot of northern California |
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Adsos Letter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 12:26 AM Response to Original message |
11. It's those Santa Ana winds that make this so dangerous... |
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Ecumenist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 12:44 AM Response to Original message |
16. I know that in northern California, it is VERY wet in the wet season... |
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Adsos Letter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 02:23 AM Response to Reply #16 |
18. My CDF relatives were all in the northern part of the state... |
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bridgit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 02:27 AM Response to Original message |
19. yes, but sadly, Santa Ana winds can easily skip patterns of required easements... |
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Hekate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 02:36 AM Response to Original message |
20. It's called "controlled burns" or "prescribed burns" and must only be done at certain times... |
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