LOL. I wouldn't say a lot of "study" other than living in wildfire prone areas for the past 25+ years and hearing a few firefighter lectures, etc. There was a booklet handed out by the fire agencies along the eastern Sierra Nevada a few years ago entitled "Living with Wildfire" that explained how to landscape your yard to make it more resilient to arid climate issues like this.
I learned all I want to know about urban wild fires from working in Paradise for a year and a half after the Camp Fire. There were so many lessons learned there, and I hope some will be learned in L.A. I hope pragmatism can overcome politics, because if politics didn’t start the fire, the actions of elected officials certainly exacerbated it.
Local politicians need to focus on the real, everyday city services and emergency planning. They do not need to spend their time on great theoretical policies. They need to worry about fixing the roads, collecting trash, mitigating safety hazards including wild fires, educating children, and maintaining law and order. Basic civil society stuff. When the reservoirs are filled, the potholes filled, the underbrush cut, the schools are functioning well, and the crime rate bottoms out, maybe there is time to visit Ghana, but I don’t know how it fits into a mayor’s job description.
True. All of that recovery needs to happen as quickly as possible and prudently. In rebuilding, though, let's drop kick the shack shingles ala Oakland Hills Fire, and adopt some building principles that you probably saw in Africa. A closer example is Santa Fe and the Taos Pueblo. Very old technology that is perfect for desert living. DUH! Leave the Cape Cods and Queen Anne's in New England.
Sounds like you have put a lot of study and thought into this issue, Sue. Thank you.
LOL. I wouldn't say a lot of "study" other than living in wildfire prone areas for the past 25+ years and hearing a few firefighter lectures, etc. There was a booklet handed out by the fire agencies along the eastern Sierra Nevada a few years ago entitled "Living with Wildfire" that explained how to landscape your yard to make it more resilient to arid climate issues like this.
It makes your safer, that it for sure.
I learned all I want to know about urban wild fires from working in Paradise for a year and a half after the Camp Fire. There were so many lessons learned there, and I hope some will be learned in L.A. I hope pragmatism can overcome politics, because if politics didn’t start the fire, the actions of elected officials certainly exacerbated it.
Local politicians need to focus on the real, everyday city services and emergency planning. They do not need to spend their time on great theoretical policies. They need to worry about fixing the roads, collecting trash, mitigating safety hazards including wild fires, educating children, and maintaining law and order. Basic civil society stuff. When the reservoirs are filled, the potholes filled, the underbrush cut, the schools are functioning well, and the crime rate bottoms out, maybe there is time to visit Ghana, but I don’t know how it fits into a mayor’s job description.
True. All of that recovery needs to happen as quickly as possible and prudently. In rebuilding, though, let's drop kick the shack shingles ala Oakland Hills Fire, and adopt some building principles that you probably saw in Africa. A closer example is Santa Fe and the Taos Pueblo. Very old technology that is perfect for desert living. DUH! Leave the Cape Cods and Queen Anne's in New England.