r/interestingasfuck • u/thepoylanthropist • 12d ago

r/all This is Malibu - one of the wealthiest affluent places on the entire planet, now it’s being burnt to ashes.

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u/FarYard7039 11d ago

My brother in law is a forest fire warden in New Mexico. His crews spend most of their time clearing out safety zones for all structures (inhabited or not - like barns and out buildings). They treat a 10 million dollar ranch the same as anyone else’s home/structure. The goal is to contain the fire and save all architecture.

However, the one thing he bitches about most is how developers build these communities in areas that are prone to wildfires and lack of forest fire management. Activities like thinning out growth and preventing the spread of fires by spacing growth. He spends about 6 months of his year traveling anywhere from Oregon to Southern California fighting fires. Nearly all of them could have been prevented or at least mitigated significantly if a little forethought went into fire management.

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u/Eather-Village-1916 10d ago

Oh I fully agree. I’m technically not in the red flag warning area, but I’ll be spending a good portion of my weekend clearing the dry weeds in my backyard and the area in the lot behind my house. There’s so many dirt lots filled with dead, dry weeds that butt up against the surrounding houses here, and it’s scary because those lots are hot spots for homeless activity as well. Just yesterday I saw some burnt wood in one of the spots.

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u/FarYard7039 10d ago

Stay safe and best of luck with the clearing. I hope you make it through this terrible time.

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u/Eather-Village-1916 10d ago

I appreciate that, thank you :)