Quote Originally Posted by FredK View Post
Looking at this now shows that neither of the fire were in timber areas. Of those that showed some trees, remember that does not make it a forest that is managed by the state or the federal agencies.

Most of this will have to be solved by either better zoning as to where people can build or better ways to build. Cali has hills and scrub brush and burns compared to the Gulf and Atlantic regions that are subject to hurricanes and storms. To be sure there are others that include floods and other natural disasters. We need to be able to say no to those that want to build in some of these areas.

New Orleans comes to mind as a good example, almost wiped out with the last hurricane and yet we still allowed them to rebuild. Bet I could name a dozen more areas including Tx that allows people in flood areas to rebuild.

It's what we do, complain until someone hears us and allows it to continue or stop it. Until then we'll waste time and money arguing about who is right.
During Harvey, a good bit of the middle and upper Texas Gulf Coast was flooded. Are you suggesting that no one be allowed to live here because of one rare freaky occurance?