Re: Fire Discussion recap
Posted: Sat Oct 09, 2021 8:08 am
For all that, they did a remarkable job compared to the fires in 2014 and 2015. The emphasis on structure protection pretty much worked, with only a handful of structures lost.
Given the extremely dry, hot, and often windy conditions it was prudent to not directly engage either fire and instead try to protect structures in the path of the fires as well as is reasonably possible.
If I were to criticize their operations, I'd still say that public communications was less than impressive (though improved), early warning systems did not warn and weren't early, and elected officials mainly just got in the way and displaced hot air at public meetings.
Given the extremely dry, hot, and often windy conditions it was prudent to not directly engage either fire and instead try to protect structures in the path of the fires as well as is reasonably possible.
If I were to criticize their operations, I'd still say that public communications was less than impressive (though improved), early warning systems did not warn and weren't early, and elected officials mainly just got in the way and displaced hot air at public meetings.