"Jon Elson" wrote in message
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Too_Many_Tools wrote:
Quite a fire we have burning here....


This certainly seems to be an EPIC event! There have been some bad
fires in Ca before, but this one seems to be FAR, far worse than
anything I remember. Loss of life has been minimal so far, but the
number of temporarily displaced and homeless is just astounding!
And, it isn't OVER, yet! How much worse will it get?

I am very sorry for these losses, and I hope none of the people on this
group have lost their shops or other property.

Jon


I used to live down there for over thirty years so this is nothing new to
me. The same thing happens almost every year, this is the worst it's ever
been but it happens all the time. Next thing you will hear about is the
mudslides that will come when it starts raining, if it does. Once the
vegetation is stripped from the land the mudslides will be real bad this
time because so much land will not have any cover on it. Part of the problem
is that people with money want to build houses right up against nature. When
nature comes knocking at their door they are not happy to see it. There are
so many more houses than there used to be it's no surprise that a lot of
them are getting burned down when the Santa Anas and fire come. They'll just
rebuild even more homes and sooner or later the same thing will happen
again. Nobody wants to change.

Hawke