Air quality in the region...not good. Air quality in the region...not good.Here is some “feel better news” :) Interesting article for wine lovers—and everyone else...Fire officials state that the open area and higher moisture of vineyards served as firebreak so firefighters could deploy elsewhere:) Photo & Video
Vineyards may have kept wine country fire from getting worse
Christian Palmaz used hoes, shovels and rakes to keep flames from his family’s 19th-century vineyard estate home on the flanks of Mt. St. George in eastern Napa County.
But he didn’t have to worry about his vines. They’re green, very much alive, and a stark contrast to more than 500 acres of oak, manzanita and grassland charred by the Atlas fire as it tore across Palmaz’s property.
Christian Palmaz used hoes, shovels and rakes to keep flames from his family’s 19th-century vineyard estate home on the flanks of Mt. St. George in eastern Napa County.
But he didn’t have to worry about his vines. They’re green, very much alive, and a stark contrast to more than 500 acres of oak, manzanita and grassland charred by the Atlas fire as it tore across Palmaz’s property.
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http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-vineyards-firebreak-20171012-story,amp.html