California wildfires

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Hmmm... I watched it live. All water ran out North of Woodbury in Altadena.

Both fires drained the systems in their area. They were beyond fighting ability for anyone.

And just stop with the brush clearing thing Trump blathered about. I showed you what the burn area looks like. Trees only exist if they are planted. Weeds grow and die annually. It's the cycle of our climate. Rain for 4 months. Dry out for 8 months.

It could be basic tenets, but clearing what burns entails clearing everything wild growing. Everything. Everything dies by September unless it's watered. Like all the green trees in that picture.

Yes, I should, as a Coastal California resident, demand we spend ridiculous money and resources clearing the brush off every hillside, in case one of them catches fire?

Brush clearing is one hell of a project. And while it's a basic tenet of forest management, until you see a California hillside in Novermber, you cant realize the ridiculous nature of that statement. Like clearing Kentucky of all the bluegrass....if it didn't rain for 8 months and died.

"One big reason I’ve always chosen to live in Pasadena is because we have our own water basin, separate health ordinances and electrical grids. 

We have water in our fire hydrants thanks to the Raymond Basin."

https://twitter.com/crypto_mami_/status/...4225g&s=19

I have lived in California for over 50 years, and  regularly clear brush around my house, including on the county road right of way. The harder it is to clear, probably means that it is even more important to do. Some counties use inmates to do this work.