Study Finds Santa Ana Wind Fires Bigger/Faster
on September 30, 2015
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The OC Register printed a great article on why building at the Wildland-Urban Interface is NOT a great idea. It turns out, from this UCI published report, that Santa Ana Wind driven fires cause more damage (80% of the $3.1 billion in economic losses) and move faster (three times the speed of non-wind driven fires). It all comes back to planning. Jim Randerson says it best in the article: “We can’t keep increasing new exposure with new developments in high-risk, high-wildfire … Read More