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Calif. fires

151949 — Wed, 13 Dec 2017 19:34:53 GMT

So happy to see on the news that they are getting them under control.

I will say I would much prefer to go through a hurricane here in Fl. than a wildfire in Calif. Not that I would choose to be in any natural disaster. I have been in Fl. during hurricanes when I was a kid and I've lived through tornados and blizzards up north.

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suzyQ3 — Wed, 13 Dec 2017 19:37:49 GMT

I'm glad that we're seeing the light at the end of the tunnel.

As for comparing disasters, you really can't. They each have their particular areas that are more prone -- for example, there would never be such a fire in my area of California -- and they are all life-threatening and life-changing to those affected.

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151949 — Wed, 13 Dec 2017 19:41:49 GMT

@suzyQ3 wrote:
I'm glad that we're seeing the light at the end of the tunnel.

As for comparing disasters, you really can't. They each have their particular areas that are more prone -- for example, there would never be such a fire in my area of California -- and they are all life-threatening and life-changing to those affected.

Don't ever be so sure. My cousin lived on a houseboat in Calif. When a fire came near to them they moved the boat out into the water a ways to protect it. While they weren't there the wind blew live sparks onto the boat and it was totally destroyed.Their 2 goldens escaped by jumping into the water and swimming to a nearby island.

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suzyQ3 — Wed, 13 Dec 2017 23:51:09 GMT

@151949 wrote:
@suzyQ3 wrote:
I'm glad that we're seeing the light at the end of the tunnel.

As for comparing disasters, you really can't. They each have their particular areas that are more prone -- for example, there would never be such a fire in my area of California -- and they are all life-threatening and life-changing to those affected.

Don't ever be so sure. My cousin lived on a houseboat in Calif. When a fire came near to them they moved the boat out into the water a ways to protect it. While they weren't there the wind blew live sparks onto the boat and it was totally destroyed.Their 2 goldens escaped by jumping into the water and swimming to a nearby island.

@151949, wildfires rarely ever make it to the beach. Wildfires are the the type of fire we worry about in California. They feed on brush and trees, usually in and near canyons.

The chance of a wildfire in my city of Hermosa beach is infinitesimal.

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Moonchilde — Wed, 13 Dec 2017 20:24:52 GMT

@suzyQ3 wrote:
@151949 wrote:
@suzyQ3 wrote:
I'm glad that we're seeing the light at the end of the tunnel.

As for comparing disasters, you really can't. They each have their particular areas that are more prone -- for example, there would never be such a fire in my area of California -- and they are all life-threatening and life-changing to those affected.

Don't ever be so sure. My cousin lived on a houseboat in Calif. When a fire came near to them they moved the boat out into the water a ways to protect it. While they weren't there the wind blew live sparks onto the boat and it was totally destroyed.Their 2 goldens escaped by jumping into the water and swimming to a nearby island.
@151949, wildfires rarely ever make it to the beach. Wildfires are the the type of fire we worry about in California. They feed on brush and trees, usually in and near canyons.

The chance of a wildfire in my city of Hermosa beach is infinitetesimal.

While it’s certainly true that Hermosa isn’t going to have wildfires, homes have burned on the beach, on the sand, during past Malibu fires - crossed PCH and burned homes, more than once. It can happen anywhere that fire burns down to the coast and is wind-driven across the coast hwy. It’s fluke-y and rare, but it has happened.

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suzyQ3 — Wed, 13 Dec 2017 23:51:59 GMT

I do believe that large Malibu fires are wildfires that begin in Malibu Canyon. We don't have a canyon. My house could burn down, but it wouldn't be the result of a wildfire.

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Pink is happy — Mon, 11 Mar 2019 16:55:43 GMT

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suzyQ3 — Thu, 14 Dec 2017 23:05:30 GMT

@Pink is happy wrote:
Tell that to Malibu, which burned down, ( a few years ago) including Suzanne Somers beach house.

@Pink is happy, see my Post #11. The Malibu fires were canyon fires that jumped over PCH.

Wildfires originate in areas of brush and canyon, not in the middle of a residental area.

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Ms tyrion2 — Thu, 14 Dec 2017 23:34:36 GMT

@suzyQ3 wrote:
@Pink is happy wrote:
Tell that to Malibu, which burned down, ( a few years ago) including Suzanne Somers beach house.
@Pink is happy, see my Post #11. The Malibu fires were canyon fires that jumped over PCH.

Wildfires originate in areas of brush and canyon, not in the middle of a residental area.

I get it and understood you the first time around, but I don't think others do.

Put another way, wildfires don't start on beaches. They may start in a canyon or on a hillside and jump a road to engulf a house ON a beach, but they don't originate on the beach.

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Pink is happy — Mon, 11 Mar 2019 16:57:22 GMT

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Ms tyrion2 — Thu, 14 Dec 2017 23:40:58 GMT

@Pink is happy wrote:
151949 is correct.

Sparks from wildfires, can be blown for miles.
Anywhere can catch fire, in 70mph winds.
No one can say "not here"
It might not be common, or recent, but it is always possible.
I have personal experience, so I will leave it at that.

Also, other sources of fire, lawn equipment, downed power lines, arson, car accidents,
regular home fires, etc. can be a source of flames, that DO start in residential areas,
and are blown in Santa Ana winds, causing fires all the way down to the coast.

Red Flag warnings, are to inform citizens, that there are conditions that lead to fires.
Ignoring it, does not make it untrue.

But, ok....(if it makes you feel better)
There will never be a fire burn, into Hermosa Beach.

Laguna Beach 1993, another example.

Please take careful note of the word ORIGINATE.

If you ignore that word (you have), you miss suzy's point.

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suzyQ3 — Thu, 14 Dec 2017 23:42:00 GMT

Okay. This is not really worth my arguing about or mentioning that Laguna Beach is connected to Laguna Canyon or that the definition of a wildfire is as follows:

wild·fire

ˈwīldˌfī(ə)r/

noun

noun: wildfire; plural noun: wildfires

1.
a large, destructive fire that spreads quickly over woodland or brush.

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Pink is happy — Mon, 11 Mar 2019 16:56:30 GMT