A Prayer For Southern California

innerSpaceman · 10-24-2007, 01:13 PM

Sometimes I gloat inside about other regions with their tornados and hurricanes and floods and icestorms, thinking I'll take our occassional earthquake against that any day.

But I forget about the FIRESTORMS, one of the most horrific natural (and in many cases un) disasters known on this planet, to which we in Southern California are frequently susceptible.

Um, global warming is only going to make fire conditions more prevalent.

This is all very sad and tragic.

Alex · 10-24-2007, 03:03 PM

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Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

Um, global warming is only going to make fire conditions more prevalent.

Maybe, but not necessarily. The Santa Ana winds that make the firestorms are primarily caused by relatively cold air at high pressure over Nevada and Utah. So it is possible that overall warming would further dry southern California but reduce the winds that make firefighting impossible.

10-24-2007, 01:13 PM	#1
innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	Sometimes I gloat inside about other regions with their tornados and hurricanes and floods and icestorms, thinking I'll take our occassional earthquake against that any day. But I forget about the FIRESTORMS, one of the most horrific natural (and in many cases un) disasters known on this planet, to which we in Southern California are frequently susceptible. Um, global warming is only going to make fire conditions more prevalent. This is all very sad and tragic.
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