My sister lives in Big Bear. IIRC she told me that some group wanted to thin out a huge portion of the forest there to cut down on the possibility of this happening. I believe she said the cost wold be substantial and they did not have the cash. Fast forward a few years and they had a huge fire that cost twice as much to contain and nearly burned down the city.

I seem to recall seeing something on TV a while back. Not sure if the experiment took place here or abroad. Seems they designed a way to create a fire break with out being to intrusive and it worked. They did several test fires and the fire never jumped. Not sure what became of that.

CA is a desert with lots of people, poor land management (like the rest of the country) and there are going to be fires. I doubt it will change soon.

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