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lapfog_1

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1. if a fire starts in an inaccessible part of the Angeles forests

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Mon Jan 20, 2025, 08:48 PM

Jan 2025

and it is too windy to fly the tanker planes...

They could have 1,000 pre-positioned fire trucks and pumpers and 20,000 fire fighters on hand... and it won't stop the next fire storm.

80 mile an hour winds scattering embers from a forest fire is really hard to stop when you can't put water on the fire, either from the ground or the air.

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With a forecast of dangerous winds, LAFD pre-deploys to avoid failings of Palisades fire [View all] Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jan 2025 OP

if a fire starts in an inaccessible part of the Angeles forests lapfog_1 Jan 2025 #1

Had another small brush fire start up in the Hollywood Hills today (The Griffith Fire). chowder66 Jan 2025 #2