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In reply to the discussion: What Is Not Being Discussed About the LA Fires. [View all]littlemissmartypants
(26,377 posts)8. Three dimensional and printed was my first thought.
Even before I read your suggestion.
There are Indigenous communities that have already revived the once routine task of seasonal controlled burns as acts of land stewardship in some areas. They had been forbidden and had to be approved by local government before being recommenced.
Where I live, there's a nature reserve that's routinely managed through controlled burning by the forest service. They advertise the burning in advance to alert and remind residents of the routine.
It's exceptionally effective and beneficial. But I don't believe we have katabatic winds here, which are quite complicating in California.
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There may, arguably, be greater risks from mixed residential/commercial fires than from WTC buildings.
CoopersDad
Jan 12
#1
I've been looking at concrete -- it is a bit more complicated here because of earthquakes.
LauraInLA
Jan 12
#16
I've seen people with goats here -- there was a flock evacuated from the Palisades -- they tried to run!
LauraInLA
Jan 12
#18
Thank you. That's good information. Those fires in Boulder, a city I love and visited often, went down the...
NNadir
Jan 12
#10
I'm very sure that's true. There are so many of these disasters now, that we tend to forget individual cases unless...
NNadir
Jan 12
#20
This is a very interesting comparison! Thank you for the info and the idea to read more ;).
LauraInLA
Jan 12
#19
Could you share this article as a separate thread? I think it should get broad visibility.
LauraInLA
Jan 12
#36
I don't know in which part of town you're living, but in my part of Burbank we're still seeing ash. Hope today
LauraInLA
Jan 12
#21
Thank you. I think it will take a long time for us to realize just how much we have lost as a community,
LauraInLA
Jan 12
#40
definitely true... it was mentioned a lot when Canadian forests were burning and the smoke blew down here
LymphocyteLover
Jan 12
#22