As I read about the tremendous damage from the wildfires that ravage the stomping grounds of my youth I began to think about a few things.
STORY HERE: http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2007/10/25/news/top_stories/1_01_0110_25_07.txt
First, I noticed the paths of the fires. During the late sixties and early seventies, there were what at the time were described as the biggest wildfires in the states history. Those were in the same general areas, but remarkably not in the exact areas of the current burns. This has me thinking, albeit the fire science types will need to take a much closer look, that much of the current burn could well be related to what is called, “Downed Fuel.” That, and it also appears to be concentrated in protected areas of Manzanita growth. Well folks that stuff, as a former Red Card Firefighter I can tell you, really burns with a ferocity that is difficult to comprehend.
As much as I despise my former haunts my prayers go out to those that are being displaced, and especially for those that have “One foot in the burn.”
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