Hey Lew - we jab back and forth, but it's not good to hear of these
things.
Hope all is well in your neck of the woods. You guys gotta be
running out
of land to burn with those Santa Ana winds...
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"Leon" wrote:

Ditto the well wishes Lew. But what planning has gone wrong that
these natural disasters are becoming such a danger?
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An acknowledgement that climate change is for real, is the first step.

Single digit relative humidity, triple digit temperatures and Santa
Ana winds
in excess of 30 MPH are conditions that are expected in September, not
May which is still spring time.

Extreme drought conditions for the past 3-5 years has the state
on red flag watch which normally would happen in the summer time.
(Late July at the earliest).

Take a look around the country.

Floods along the east coast.

Snow in Colorado.

A month ago, snow in Kansas, today the land is so dry they can't plant
corn.

An extreme winter that is just ending.

All these things illustrate a change in climate is taking place and
man is the
chief architect of these changes.

Notice I said "MAN".

Resolving this problem will require a world wide effort.

China & India along with the rest of the civilized world must get
involved.

Today, California is on year around fire watch. The lack of rain has
made this necessary.

Providing landscaping that is defensible is mandatory these days;
however, when you have a 50 ft high wall of flame being driven
by 50 MPH winds, you evacuate and live to fight another time.

HTH.

Lew