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You are right about the regulations and I am not familiar with the details. But, generally the changes in roofs are phased in. IOW, I lived in Houston when they banished wood shingled roofs after a bad apartment fire that destroyed several blocks of homes. But, we were NOT required to change our roofs unless more than one quarter of the roof needed replacing. Many people just repaired their roofs, a little at a time, keeping under the 1/4 replacement point each time. That’s been over 30 years, and many of those wooden roofs are still there.

My suggestion that people be moved out (after being paid for their property) was just a discussion point. I’m just sick of hearing about fire sweeping through these communities every year. I’m telling you that this did NOT happen when I was growing up there because nobody LIVED there. There might have been a few vacation cabins sprinkled about. But we did NOT have devastating fires all the time like they do now.

REASON?

Fewer people to start fires.

Comprehensive education, starting with little kids — Smokey the Bear campaign.

Fewer people living in the vulnerable areas. Buildings mostly were not year around residences.

Forest fire lookouts. Those cabins in the sky have all been closed, I understand. That used to be a plumb summer job to be a forest fire “sitter” watching for wisps of smoke and reporting it.

We didn’t have so many illegals running all over the place.

We had a more law abiding populace. Not so careless.

We didn’t have people operating pot farms in the middle of our forests, as was recently discovered in Sequoia.

None of that prevents fires started by lightning, however — always a danger.

I’m just sick of hearing about fire sweeping through these communities every year.

Amazing what you are willing to do to others to save yourself from feeling an emotion. Wouldn't it be easier just to feel it, and let it go ?

I grew up there also, and it's never easy to watch such destruction. However I think people there are smart and are dealing with the risk in ways appropriate to their unique circumstances.

They don't need more regulation, more restrictions, and more government control. If anything, they need less. I am willing to accept the fact that fires happen there periodically, things get destroyed, it's awlful to watch destruction, and nothing else governmental needs to be done. That's liberty, in my book.