You’ve got buildings on fire that have been standing for half a century. The high winds and brush fires aren’t a result of the building codes. They’re the result of perennial drought and the accumulation of flammable materials in the dust-bowls surrounding LA County.
These articles are where I am basing my opinion from. Note that in the 2nd one, the fires originated in and are either in or on the border of state-designated high risk fire zones.
the fires originated in and are either in or on the border of state-designated high risk fire zones
The Palisades fires alone stretched over 20,000 acres. They weren’t confined to a subset of high risk zones. The argument put forward in the article
“If some entity would have stopped development out in Palisades Highlands, this fire would never have spread to Palisades Village,” Eidt said.
Is specious at best. 100 mph winds, miles of parched territory, and multiple simultaneous blazes meant these fires were coming even in the relatively safe areas. In the same way that Hurricane Harvey flooded vulnerable and insulated neighborhoods alike, these fires are a bigger problem than the edge cases you’re making them out to be.
You’ve got buildings on fire that have been standing for half a century. The high winds and brush fires aren’t a result of the building codes. They’re the result of perennial drought and the accumulation of flammable materials in the dust-bowls surrounding LA County.
These articles are where I am basing my opinion from. Note that in the 2nd one, the fires originated in and are either in or on the border of state-designated high risk fire zones.
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-01-11/fire-experts-asses-los-angeles-blazes-amid-changing-times
https://truthout.org/articles/how-big-developers-crushed-regulation-that-could-have-mitigated-la-fires/
The Palisades fires alone stretched over 20,000 acres. They weren’t confined to a subset of high risk zones. The argument put forward in the article
Is specious at best. 100 mph winds, miles of parched territory, and multiple simultaneous blazes meant these fires were coming even in the relatively safe areas. In the same way that Hurricane Harvey flooded vulnerable and insulated neighborhoods alike, these fires are a bigger problem than the edge cases you’re making them out to be.