The excellent story in the Ventura County Star doesn't come right out and say it, but essentially it's simple — homes built after modern fire codes are far less likely to burn. 'Specially on large lots: There are thousands of homes in Ventura County that, like Eichele’s, are on what fire officials call the “urban-wildlandContinue reading “Why Santa Barbara Homes Burn and Ventura County Homes Don’t”
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Fire in the Hills
Strange but true: the best coverage I’ve seen of the firest in Goleta and Big Sur has been coming not from the San Francisco Chronicle, not from the Los Angeles Times (although they got some good quotes yesterday), and certainly not from the Associated Press, which has been snore-inducing, but from a reporter from TheContinue reading “Fire in the Hills”
California: Dry and Getting Drier
Haven’t blogged about the hundreds of fires that have broken out over the last two weeks in California. The good news is that few of them have grown to be large (with the notable exception of the Basin Complex and Indians Wildland fire in the Big Sur area, which total over 100,000 acres). For more,Continue reading “California: Dry and Getting Drier”
Fire Threatens Island Tourist Town in SoCal
Yesterday a fire threatened Los Feliz, in Los Angeles, Today a fire threatens Avalon, on Catalina Island. The city is being evacuated. The fire began five miles east of the airport, which is on top of the island. This means the fire is moving quickly downhill towards the town, which is not typical fire behaviorContinue reading “Fire Threatens Island Tourist Town in SoCal”
Kit Stolz 