The fires in Los Angeles County are a wake up call not only for people who live there (or used to) but also a wake up call for the whole world.
Who would have thought the winds could blow that hard in a Santa Ana wind. Who would have thought that it wouldn't rain (to any degree) for 8 months which brought humidity down as low a 3% when the fires started?
Who would think any of these things could happen?
The State pre-positioned 100s of fire engine and first responders worried that something bad would happen
But, who would have believed 12,000 to 15,000 buildings would burn down starting last Tuesday?
This isn't just a wake up call for Los Angeles County this is a Global Warming wake up call for the whole world.
Nothing is the same as it was before:
"This isn't your grandparents Los Angeles County fire season!" (which is now 12 months a year by the way).
This is sort of like the Apocalypse symbolically for everyone on earth who is wise enough to notice what happened to Los Angeles County, Lahaina and Paradise, California.
We are all in for it not just 150,000 Angelenos or more. It's a sea change for the whole world in many different ways.
IF this can happen in the 2nd largest city in America what is going to happen in poorer countries?
With all our wealth and fire engines we still couldn't do anything really technologically to stop these fires which are not out still almost one week later.
Something to think about.
Also, Fires are not the thing that might kill the most people if they happen at night. Mudslides and rock slides if they happen at night from heavy rainfall could kill many people below the burned out areas where no one lives anymore.
25 people died from mud and rock slides in Montecito California this time of year when a big rainstorm hit a bit burn area with nothing to hold back the mud and rocks and many people died and huge boulders went right through their houses. I personally saw the aftermath because we rescued some of our friends then and let them live in our house in Santa Barbara for awhile because they didn't want to die from the next rains. 101 closed below Montecito when an underpass filled about 15 to 20 feet deep with mud on its way to the ocean then.
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