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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-24-07 01:05 PM Original message |
Some information about the ecology here in So Cal |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-24-07 01:10 PM Response to Original message |
1. Here's what I don't get. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-24-07 01:16 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. It has been part of Native Ameircan lore for ever |
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haele (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-24-07 01:25 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. What happened before is that you would get spot fires of low-intensity... |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-24-07 01:28 PM Response to Reply #1 |
6. ALL homes in SoCal are in the path of fires, so to speak. It's just that |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-24-07 01:34 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. So instead of building livable cities centered around plazas in |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-24-07 01:39 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. And our developers and local power structure |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-24-07 04:13 PM Response to Reply #9 |
23. Don't blame me. I live in a built-up older suburb, one block from mass transit. |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-24-07 02:18 PM Response to Reply #6 |
12. That doesn't make them immune |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-24-07 04:15 PM Response to Reply #12 |
24. Here in the SF Valley we are all aware that if a big enough earthquake |
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BrklynLib at work (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-24-07 01:11 PM Response to Original message |
2. Thanks for the insight..... |
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Elspeth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-24-07 01:21 PM Response to Original message |
4. The one thing I would add to this is the new building in the most fire prone areas |
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DesertFlower (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-24-07 01:28 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. good point. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-24-07 01:28 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. That's because our power structure |
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John Q. Citizen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-24-07 02:10 PM Response to Original message |
11. I live in Montana and we have a semi arid climate in most of the Western |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-24-07 03:08 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. I've been thinking about this and have another point to offer |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-24-07 03:12 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. The problem is that you'd be fighitng |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-24-07 03:14 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. Here is a chance for some advertisers to redeem themselves. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-24-07 03:17 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. Knowing how the local politics works |
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John Q. Citizen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-24-07 03:34 PM Response to Reply #13 |
20. The city of Missoula has been zoning to encourage in fill in the city, instead of |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-24-07 03:41 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. I suggest that we name this Bonanza syndrome. |
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John Q. Citizen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-24-07 03:59 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. But you aren't relating that to the infill zoning, right? You are speaking of the |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-24-07 04:40 PM Response to Reply #22 |
27. I'm speaking of people who are living in a typical suburban tract |
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Midlodemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-24-07 03:09 PM Response to Original message |
14. You left out the part about it being all rich people who are losing their homes. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-24-07 03:13 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. Mea culpa |
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Midlodemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-24-07 03:23 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. The people claiming that all of those affected are wealthy haven't a clue about CA real estate. |
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Didereaux (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-24-07 04:24 PM Response to Original message |
25. omigawd! Malkin was WRONG? you don't have trees? lol n/t |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-24-07 04:28 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. Not where most of these fires are running |
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