Good to hear that he's okay, but I hope his house will be okay. These wildfires are horrible.
(though we could talk about increasing frequency and/or intensity).
I saw someone observe that in LA, fire risk is gentrified, since the swanky areas of the city are the ones near wooded areas and the more affordable areas are also more urbanized and, thus, not full of dry wood and poorly-maintained power lines.The issue isn't so much how often the forest burns, fires are a natural part of the life cycle (though we could talk about increasing frequency and/or intensity). The real issue is that people are living in areas prone to burning.
I saw someone observe that in LA, fire risk is gentrified, since the swanky areas of the city are the ones near wooded areas and the more affordable areas are also more urbanized and, thus, not full of dry wood and poorly-maintained power lines.
Well, L.A. is L.A. The situation in northern California is essentially opposite, the people closer to fire-risks there are more likely to have been pushed out of the San Francisco Bay Area (which, knock wood, seems to be more insulated from forest-fire risks) into recently-rural areas by the exorbitant rents and property values. Though the fires (and preemptive blackouts) can affect a wider area up here, too.Ah, of course -- so it's a huge, heavily reported crisis because it affects rich people. If it were the poor people's homes burning down, the media would pay less attention.
Photo's new, though.That is actually the same sneak preview they released before.
Yeah, I found the clip on Youtube, posted 4 months ago, and I realized I'd already seen it.That is actually the same sneak preview they released before.
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