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[gregndodgers]

People seem to forget or are not aware that such large fires are not unprecedented in California. Just a few years ago (2018) the Camp fire destroyed 153,336 acres, caused 85 fatalities, displaced more than 50,000 people, and destroyed more than 18,000 structures, causing an estimated $16.5 billion in damage. At the same time that the Camp fire was killing thousands, the Woolsey fire mowed down over 100,000 acres and destroyed over 1,500 homes.

So very large, simultaneous brush fires are not unprecedented in California.

If some do not want to hold leadership accountable and then accept that these large fires will destroy everything in its path and burn uncontrolled, that’s part of the problem.

I’ve been evacuated twice now (Woolsey in 2018 and now Eaton) and in both cases, the fire got to within a half mile of my two homes. I think when you are so close to the problem, the urgency for answers is much greater. Also, I am dangerously close to losing my homeowners insurance. Insurance companies are simply saying no; they won’t insure certain homes.