Posted on 01/18/2025 11:43:10 AM PST by DallasBiff
Why was the LA basin reprieved from the recent fires?
The Watts fires in 65 were deliberatly set.
Mods pull if inappropriate.
Cuzzitz flat
Does the proposed high speed rail go thru the basin?
Is there a plan for 15-minute city in the basin?
If not, then no need for “fire”.
The wild fires were over near the coast, or a little east and a little south of the moutains. The areas are not in the immediate vicinity of the L.A. Basin propper, so why should it have been involved? Your question implies there should have been some connection. So why don’t you just state what you think that connection is?
look at a satellite image
All I was basically saying was the flat LA basin was not affected by the fires.
No. What you actually did was ask a question: “Why was the L.A. Basin spared from the recent fires.” That’s a question, not a statement.
The wildfires feed on the explosive chapparal that covers the hillsides and ravines, and the Santa Ana winds blow the fires onto the homes which fools build adjacent to those areas. The rest of the Basin doesn’t possess vast expanses of combustible chapparal.
Ok I asked a question, why was the LA basin spared from the recent fires.
The other poster was correct, tho. You're implying there some definite or interesting reason(s) why the basin did not burn.
Probably has to do with wind direction & speed and the availibility of fast-burning underbrush.
You tell us, why?
high winds are generated and concentrated in mountainous areas, wind coming through canyons.
The basin is flat , the farther you get away from the mouth of canyons and dry wildland, the lesser the fire risk.
Land associated with wildfires is often referred to as wildland, wildland-urban interface (WUI), or fire-prone areas. These regions typically include forests, grasslands, shrublands, and areas where human development meets these natural landscapes. Wildfires are more likely to occur in these areas due to the presence of dry vegetation and other fuel sources
Don't know, but DEI was a major factor, IMO.
Because the winds were not blowing that way....
Newscum wants the high dollar property for his high dollar friends.
“Don’t know, but DEI was a major factor, IMO.”
So, “DEI” spared the L.A. Basin??
I am sure DEI had a lot to do with the mishandled response to the fires. but seriously doutful it played a role in which areas had a fire and which areas did not. The fires started where they started, not “because” of DEI.
Until 20 years ago LA county was governed and administered by decent, rational local and state officials. There was effective land management (which included removing combustible material from the scrub forests) and irrigation projects. Over the last 20 years the wacky envioros have had power. They abhor rational land management, irrigation projects and most human activity. Elections matter, policies have consequences and people suffer.
The fires were not DEI, the response was.
“The fires were not DEI, the response was.”
You’re just restating what I said. Nothing more.
And you still have not answered your own question, or even speculated an answer.
Less dead wood and grassy fuel than in the hills and mountains surrounding LA and a lot more cement
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