I’ve read where folks have put sprinklers running on their roofs and have saved their homes in some fires. I’m guessing a lot of it has to be done long ago - having a defensible perimeter, keeping trees/bushes trimmed down, etc. I’m guessing in the typical neighborhood one doesn’t worry about that stuff so much as someone out in the country might.
I’ve been tracking tanker drops on https://www.flightradar24.com/38.46,-122.72/11
Wildfires are usually out in the hills and only consume isolated structures and communities, but this one has ravaged one major town so far and is threatening others. I have at least three friends there, they’re all OK so far.
Fires started almost simultaneously along a huge corridor and at least some of it is being investigated as arson. There was one fire that was started by downed power lines in high winds, but that doesn’t explain fires from Willits down to Santa Rosa and then east to Napa all starting at once.
I’m hearing 3500 structures gone so far, 25 dead and 250 missing. This is bad.
I was born in Marin (just to the south) and went to Santa Rosa many, many times and I liked the place. Praying for the best.