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  • From: "Lynda" <lurine AT softcom.net>
  • To: <homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Homestead] Southern California fires
  • Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2007 22:16:44 -0800

Also, for every sensible home owner, you have the not so sensible which causes problems for the other owners. People who don't maintain fire breaks. People who cut down natives which are fire resistant (they aren't pretty enough or aren't the "in" plant), disturb the ground, weeds and grasses grow in their place and then the oh so bright homeowner brings in all kinds of highly flammable shrubs they plant right up next to the house.

Earthquakes are relatively rare and rarely do much damage. Mudslides occur because these same fools keep cutting down the native plants that held those sloops in place for centuries.

Far too many of the fires aren't "natural" and have all too human a cause.

CalFlora and the various native plant societies have shown folks that the natives are less likely to burn. They've talked to the nurseries about encouraging folks to plant natives and to leave the natives alone that are a proper distance from their houses. Oh no, can't have that, they'd much rather push the sale of invasions that are highly flammable. Dumb and dumber!

Lynda, whose bags are always in the vehicle most likely to be used. One for each occupant and the critters!
----- Original Message ----- From: "Don Bowen KI6DIU" <don.bowen AT earthlink.net>


At 10/22/2007, you wrote:
It seems to me that Southern California always has problems...mudslides,
fires, windstorms, earthquakes, lack of local water supplies, smog, etc.
ad nauseum. People want to live there though..go figure that on

It is all in the weather.

Rains come in the winters with very little the rest of the year. Fall high
pressure zones set up the winter weather pattern but create winds that blow
from the desert thought canyons. Friction causes the winds to heat up in
what are called Santa Ana winds. Dry hot desert air blowing against summer
dry foliage creates prime conditions for fire. Before modern development
lightning caused fires so the plant community became fire adopted. Fall
fires would lay bare the ground and winter rains would cause mud
slides. Around and around it would go.

Along comes modern development with exotic eucalyptus trees that are
essentially candles, power lines that sway in the wind and spark, pinheads
who smoke and throw ashes out the window, and sub humans who like to set
fires just for the fun of it.

Lack of water supplies is caused by too many humans all wanting to live in
the weather and smog by all those humans wanting to live outside the
smog. Get rid of the people and you still have winds, fires, mudslides,
earthquakes.

The rest of the country has floods, tornados, hurricanes, blizzards. About
all you can do is be prepared. How is your go-bag?





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