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Weird Weather Watch: Southern California Fires
By now, you've probably heard that there's a really big wildfire in the San Diego area, and it's being fueled by the Santa Ana winds. It's the worst fire in four years—which is saying something in Southern California. Fire season is especially bad this year due to the erratic weather that's the hallmark of climate change: First, record rainfall produces lots of brush; then, a record drought turned it into so much kindling. Add the Santa Ana winds, and you've got a conflagration. 170,000 acres, to be exact.
Almost 300,000 people have been asked to evacuate, and about 10,000 of them spent the night in Qualcomm stadium (formerly San Diego Stadium). Seems that as climate change progresses, more and more of us are going to be camping out in behemoth football stadiums. Their corporate sponsors are probably stoked.
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Rich folk in Malibu only lost 3 homes because all the local fire resources went to them. The working class people that live in the Lake Arrowhead area lost 200 homes because we had to send our resources to Malibu to save the rich people's homes.
Working class people in lake arrowhead? Maybe compared to Malibu, but it aint the 9th ward.
Posted by: Baxter on 10/23/07 at 3:40 PM Respond
Not Lake Arrowhead proper, but the little working class hamlets around there. Look at the pictures of the homes that burned. They are small cabins.
Posted by: BigBen on 10/23/07 at 8:28 PM Respond
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Posted by: BigBen on 10/23/07 at 2:22 PM Respond