Empathy

Really sad all the way around....sad for the people that live there and sad for why it is happening. Urban sprawl into the fire prone areas without taking measures to prevent the spread of fire is the reason for this. More open space between homes, fire breaks in the fuel areas, and a better plan for developments to avoid high risk spots.

Currently California is spending a boat load of money on firefighters and they just don't see that no matter how many fire fighters you have you cannot fight these types of fires. Until people and governments realize this is a man made problem and come up with better plans this trend will continue.

The reason it all happens is money...money talks and developers get lots of money to pack homes into these canyons. people love where they live without realizing they are sitting ducks for fires.

Better building codes, more open space, more fire breaks, and less dense housing........that is the key but if you do that nobody will like the way it looks.

I am currently working on some timber land building a shaded fire break. It is over 10 miles long and 1/4 mile wide. and designed to slow or stop a fire from traveling either towards homes or the timber land depending on which way the fire goes. Here is a section we are just finishing up with....I'm running our short logger today and hauling out the oak firewood, we already took out all the big trees for lumber....