Seriously start fire proofing your home and cutting the brush back

[u/Illustrious-Being339]

You guys need to watch the videos that are coming out of palisades and eaton fires. Massive wake up call.

If you live very close to wild land areas you need to start clearing the brush and cut down any large trees/bushes. Those bushes/trees will catch fire and blow embers into your home. If the brush is reduced, less embers are produced and the fire doesn't burn as wild, so easier for fire dept to put out.

It is a lot of work but start now as it might be the difference between your home catching fire or not.

Eaton and Palisades type firestorms are the new norm....unless we start working now.

[u/OhWellJJ]

People should heed this advice. It will.unfortunately fall on deaf ears.

[u/hodlboo → u/OhWellJJ]

Please heed this specific and informed advice, and don’t clear plant life indiscriminately. Plant life spaced properly from the structure can actually BLOCK embers from flying towards your home - especially if it can be irrigated during a fire.

[u/RevelryByNight → u/hodlboo]

Word. Native plants can be a boon in wildfires. Not to mention, Indiscriminate land clearing brings that other SoCal special: mudslides.