Comments by "Winston Smith" (@kryts27) on "The Economic Toll of The Los Angeles Wildfires" video.

  1. Wildfires or bushfires (Australian idiom) are a consistent spring to autumn problem in South-Eastern Australia, which includes 8 large cities, and especially hundreds of townships, thousands of farms and dozens of large environmentally significant national parks. Some of the most damaging and expensive disasters has been caused by bushfires in this region of Australia. Bushfire prevention is better than bushfire management, which starts at home, i.e, clearing flammable material from around your home, having sufficient water reserves (e,g, a large swimming pool and independently powered pumps) to fight fires at home, and a bushfire evacuation plan to save yourself, family menbers and pets. Many people die fleeing too late in their cars where buildings can offer better protection from radiant heat. You ought to get a property insurance reduction if you can prove you have carried out these fire provention measures on your property. Finally, civic authorities need to do a better job in bushfire prevention. In safe weather condition, cool burns in forest reserves (other than the immediate smoke nuisance), remove undergrowth and dry flammable woody material which can otherwise add to the fuel load of a fire, which causes more heat, destruction and out-of-control bushfires.
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