DWQA Questions › Tag: Santa Ana winds
Filter:AllOpenResolvedClosedUnanswered
There is growing criticism of the California politicians in the wake of the massive wildfires underway, from what are seen as poor decisions: Reducing the LA Fire Department budget by $17,000,000 and sending city firefighting equipment to Ukraine; ending forestry management practices to remove underbrush and do controlled burns to lower the proven hazard of dry spells; destruction of four dams in major rivers out of deference to fish populations which lets the water flow into the sea instead of being captured in reservoirs; failure to build new reservoirs that were budgeted for a decade ago; failure to keep existing reservoirs filled so firefighters have run out of water while current wildfires are raging uncontrolled; putting a cap on fire insurance policy costs, causing insurers to pull out leaving many homeowners with total losses; etc. Are these overly harsh criticisms, do they reflect incompetence of leadership, or is everyone being manipulated to make errors in judgment by leadership and others to ignore being vulnerable?
ClosedNicola asked 1 month ago • 
95 views0 answers0 votes
The Pacific Palisades wildfire, driven by high Santa Ana winds, caused an evacuation order for 30,000 Los Angeles area residents on Jan. 7th, 2025, the second major fire in a month. Then, the Eaton Fire, which started about 6:30 p.m. Tuesday north of Pasadena in the Altadena area, exploded in size to 16.6 square miles by late Wednesday morning, according to fire officials with an evacuation order for 50,000 residents. The Hurst Fire started about 10:30 p.m. Tuesday and prompted evacuations in Sylmar, a San Fernando Valley community in the northernmost neighborhood in Los Angeles. That fire had grown to nearly a square mile by early Wednesday. By Thursday, at least five fires were burning covering more than 45 square miles, sparked by dry conditions and powerful winds, causing unprecedented scenes in areas not known for fires, with 179,000 people forced to flee, and thousands of structures lost. Each fire has had wind gusts from 85-100 miles per hour. What is causing these fires?
ClosedNicola asked 1 month ago • 
78 views0 answers0 votes
Ask Question