[concomcol] Fwd: Marshall Fire
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- Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2022 23:31:34 +0000 (UTC)
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Sent: 1/11/2022 10:38:46 AM Mountain Standard Time
Subject: Marshall Fire
In October, I gave a zoom presentation for II on wildfire. One of the points I
made was that dense communities were likely to become victims of fires if they
were not buffered by low-density housing. The reason is that, if one house
catches on fire, the radiant heat from that fire is likely to ignite its
neighbors. If houses are separated by 100 to 150 feet or more, the radiant heat
of one house during isn't going to ignite its neighbors, and it is much easier
to get such fires under control. My slide show included this aerial photo of
Santa Rosa, California. Thanks to California land-use restrictions, low-density
housing is illegal, so the wildlands are right up against high-density housing.
Many of the homes in this photo burned in recent fires. Here is a photo of a
neighborhood in Superior that I suspect was destroyed by the Marshall Fire.
Note the same development pattern. This is a result of zoning and greenbelt
policies that are forcing developers to build on small lots. This is one more
reason why growth boundaries and greenbelts are a bad idea. Randal
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