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Posted by Bill S on November 7, 2007 at 6:25:57 pm EST
In reply to Cali wildfires posted by MTB416 on October 27, 2007 at 11:40:17 am EDT

Ok, include "lessen the intensity" As I posted, clearing the underbrush did not lessen the intensity in the areas where this had been done, such as in the vicinity of golf courses. Remember that the fires spread as crown fires and through airborne cinders carried by the Santa Ana winds, not your "dead and fallen debris". The intensity was driven mostly by the winds and the vegetation that was right up next to the houses.

And no, I did not take you out of context. I took your "dead and fallen debris" removal to be to the extent that would be necessary to have any significant effect. Most of the fire damage was done by what is referred to as "crown fires", which are spread through the upper parts of the growth, with the ground materials burning later in the cycle. Most of the houses involved were lit by cinders falling onto the shake roofs or from neighboring houses that were lit from their shake roofs, not by ground debris burning up to the houses.

By the way, I did ask you (MTB) to explain what exactly you meant by your comment on

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properly clean out the forests of fallen and dead debris

What is your standard of "properly clean"?

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