LA Fires: Jan 2025

[jamesdeluxe]

This is now the rainiest SoCal November since 1965.

Does that mean the upcoming fire season will be significantly less dangerous or do things dry out regardless? I'm reminded from my brother's regular updates in Denver that it doesn't matter how much rain comes during late spring (leading him to always say "it looks like Ireland here!"). By mid-summer, there'll be dustbowl conditions where the only green you see is due to irrigation/watering.

 

[snowtrekker]

Does that mean the upcoming fire season will be significantly less dangerous or do things dry out regardless? I'm reminded from my brother's regular updates in Denver that it doesn't matter how much rain comes during late spring (leading him to always say "it looks like Ireland here!"). By mid-summer, there'll be dustbowl conditions where the only green you see is due to irrigation/watering.

It means that "fire season" is essentially over for 2025. For next fire season, though, one wet month - or even a very wet season - doesn't really make a difference in the lower elevations for the same reason as in Denver. By late spring or summer, everything will be dry again. The main seasonal differences are in the timing.

 

[Tony Crocker]

By mid-summer, there'll be dustbowl conditions where the only green you see is due to irrigation/watering.

That is correct. And if the prior winter was rainy there will be extra fuel.

Nonetheless it's very helpful if there is rain in October/November. Highest probability of Santa Ana winds is December/January, so much value if the vegetation isn't still dry then.

 

[socal]

This documentary is pretty great at explaining it all. Worth a watch. Basically more fires lead to less destructive fires. Need large fuel breaks to protect property but letting land stay unburned for decades just makes things worse.

Seems the governor is finally acknowledging this, or at least saying so, but regardless we can’t damage “protected plants” in state parks. It’s because the environmentalists don’t let us, the reason the Palisades fire happened to begin with , they never let them do proper mop up to protect these plants, which all burned anyway.

Watch the movie, it’s entertaining and educational

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