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Dem2theMax

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5. I can respond for Southern California.

Reply to SWBTATTReg (Reply #1)

Tue Dec 31, 2024, 08:19 PM

Dec 31

Any place that doesn't have a lot of concrete is fire prone. I'm surrounded, not by concrete. And there is no such thing as a 3-month 'fire season' anymore. It's 12 months of the year where I live.

We have had about a tenth of an inch of rain in the past five or six months. It's dry as a bone. It's going to be a really bad 2025, if we don't get some serious weather soon.

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California will require insurance companies to offer coverage in wildfire zones (at a cost to consumers) [View all] usonian Dec 31 OP

Just curious, how much of Calif's geographical area is prone to fire dangers? I imagine quite a bit, being that SWBTATTReg Dec 31 #1

You bring up some good points, but I don't have answers. usonian Dec 31 #2

Thank you for the add'l information. I am thinking that since this is a long running topic of concern in Calif., SWBTATTReg Dec 31 #3

Fire season is over, late this year. usonian Dec 31 #4

I can respond for Southern California. Dem2theMax Dec 31 #5

The problem is people build in areas that have a wildfire ever 25-100 years The Mouth Jan 3 #6