When will Southern California learn? Almost every year around this time there are headline stories regarding fires in southern California. Fireballs and fire storms have been burning down entire neighborhoods in southern California for years, and the homes are re-built in the same place every time.
The problem is the natural geography of that part of the state creates a perfect situation for fire. During that certain part of the year, when the Santa Anna Winds blow, everything is perfect for a fire storm. The mountain range creates perfect valleys to funnel the hot winds directly over all the highly resonated chaparral plant life. It’s a fire trifecta.
Chaparral plant communities store resins as they age and the longer they grow without a fire the larger the fire will be when they do ignite. These types of plants grow heavily in the valleys of the southern California Mountains. The hot winds are a catalyst to spontaneous combustion of these native plants, and boom, the neighborhood is up in flames.
I just want to know if the people that are buying these homes, or even worse, if the people that are re-building their homes in these areas have ever been told about these inevitable fire lands. They are living in areas that will eventually catch on fire. I don’t understand!
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