[Carry_Okie]

If many are not smart enough or willing to build and landscape their homes in ways that minimize their risk from wildfires, I'd say the answer to your question is No.

Excuse me, get with reality. Those are government forests; they aren't allowed to thin it to a rational stocking density. These people were burned out of their homes by their own government, although I have to say that a good many were dumb enough to go along with the program.

Congress was warned.

[farmer18th]

Actually, with respect to Lake Arrowhead, it gets worse. My brother, who lives there, couldn't cut down a tree four years ago without permission from an agency (can't remember which), but for the last year, you get fined if you don't cut down the dead trees. (Because of the density of the homes, trees can be as much as $3,000 or more to cut down a piece.)