Anything could have started those fires. A truck pulling off a road, etc. The problem was that the wind was blowing about 60-80 mph. You can't stop a fire when the embers are blowing a mile ahead of the actual fire and constantly setting new fires. People who complain about those fires know nothing about California fire weather and are d…
Anything could have started those fires. A truck pulling off a road, etc. The problem was that the wind was blowing about 60-80 mph. You can't stop a fire when the embers are blowing a mile ahead of the actual fire and constantly setting new fires. People who complain about those fires know nothing about California fire weather and are displaying their ignorance to every Californian who has lived through one. The one we had in Oakland in 1991 blew north into Berkeley, then the wind shifted south and jumped eight lanes of freeway. That was at noon. At about seven pm the wind died down, the firefighters came in, and the fire was out by 10pm. 2700 houses burned.
Anything could have started those fires. A truck pulling off a road, etc. The problem was that the wind was blowing about 60-80 mph. You can't stop a fire when the embers are blowing a mile ahead of the actual fire and constantly setting new fires. People who complain about those fires know nothing about California fire weather and are displaying their ignorance to every Californian who has lived through one. The one we had in Oakland in 1991 blew north into Berkeley, then the wind shifted south and jumped eight lanes of freeway. That was at noon. At about seven pm the wind died down, the firefighters came in, and the fire was out by 10pm. 2700 houses burned.