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    I’m in the shutoff zone. Which btw, wtf? People...

    I’m in the shutoff zone. Which btw, wtf? People are burning piles here everyday. Green grass is coming up. The soil is still moist. How are they shutting off the power?


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    I actually don’t think it would, because people...

    I actually don’t think it would, because people would see insurers actually willing to write their properties. Currently, it is very hard or next to impossible to get any private insurer in fire...
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    People would see the impact on insurance. I’m...

    People would see the impact on insurance. I’m shopping for new houses in the foothills and therefore shopping for insurance. Almost everything is fair plan only and the agents are preparing for a...
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    Humidity has dropped from 93% to 15% with winds...

    Humidity has dropped from 93% to 15% with winds gusting to 30+ in the CA foothills. Hoping for no new outbreaks.


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    Full time employees, fight fires during fire...

    Full time employees, fight fires during fire season and do inspections and prevention in the non-fire season. This shouldn’t be that hard right?


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    Whoa, so landowners are responsible for...

    Whoa, so landowners are responsible for maintaining the easements on their property for appropriate use of said easement? So now if you have a road easement on your property it’s your job to...
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    Looks like CA may get some rain next weekend! ...

    Looks like CA may get some rain next weekend!


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    Poor? No, I don’t think poor people drive any...

    Poor? No, I don’t think poor people drive any development (unfortunately). But if you go to the foothills and mountains of CA, OR and WA much of it is middle class. Sure there are wealthy spots...
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    Glass fire looking really bad. Lots of homes and...

    Glass fire looking really bad. Lots of homes and structures impacted or threatened. Fire went from 20 to 2500 acres today.


    Joe Vazquez (@joenewsman) Tweeted:
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    Same people bitch about the rates for insurance...

    Same people bitch about the rates for insurance and that carriers are pulling out of California because they don’t want to write risks here. The same people think they support a free market too.
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    If we had better defensible space around the...

    If we had better defensible space around the Urban / Wildland Interface, wouldn’t that make planned burns easier? Seems like we need to change a bunch of things, the government’s reluctance to...
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    What would 2 -3 million acres annually of...

    What would 2 -3 million acres annually of controlled burn look like in CA? Can these areas be burned in a controlled fashion if we light the fires in late spring?

    Even if we went to the most...
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    Green here too for a while. Back to yellow but...

    Green here too for a while. Back to yellow but I’ll take it.

    Changed the furnace filters after 4 weeks of almost constant fan running and they were brown. Should probably have been changed at...
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    Is that blurred? Can’t imagine fighting that...

    Is that blurred?

    Can’t imagine fighting that fire with that hose.
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    2020 Wildfire Season

    Regarding indoor air quality, one of the best things you can do is to run the fan on your hvac system with the house closed up. If it’s really bad seal fan entrances, etc. change the filters every...
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    Fuck. That’s about my worst nightmare, as...

    Fuck. That’s about my worst nightmare, as someone with a 1 year old who lives in fire country. Our property is pretty well cleared but the private road we live on is a death trap. 1/2a mile of...
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    Air is awful in CA. Huge swaths with AQI of...

    Air is awful in CA. Huge swaths with AQI of >400. No massive fires reported I’ve seen but the Cal map of “Fire Detections” is scary as shit. Apparently there are hundreds of fires detected by...
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    108 today, 104 tomorrow with 30-50 mph winds... ...

    108 today, 104 tomorrow with 30-50 mph winds...


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    Insurance costs are definitely going up. Many...

    Insurance costs are definitely going up. Many insurers are just pulling out of the state and CA fair plan is becoming the only insurer that will write many areas. It’s a combination of fire risk,...
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    Hopefully not, but it’s not like we have much...

    Hopefully not, but it’s not like we have much political will to do anything that results in an immediate negative but avoids a catastrophic event. At some point soon though things may get bad enough...
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    Smoke has finally cleared out a bit in the Sierra...

    Smoke has finally cleared out a bit in the Sierra foothills.


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    Looks like a few lightning strikes in the Sierras...

    Looks like a few lightning strikes in the Sierras from my view. Hopefully not 10k like last storm. Air is super dry so no chance of rain coming down except for the high peaks (maybe).

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