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Webcast: Rising wildfire risks

Original post made on Dec 7, 2019

Fire agencies warn that the Santa Cruz Mountains could produce a large-scale blaze, similar to recent wildfires in the north bay, under the right conditions.

Read the full story here Web Link posted Friday, December 6, 2019, 5:00 PM

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Posted by Tim
a resident of Palo Alto Hills
on Dec 7, 2019 at 12:08 pm

A few years back I asked a Palo Alto Fire Department Captain how would the department stop a huge wildland Fire? He looked at me with a smile and stated that they would stop it when it burn to the ocean. That was it, nothing else.


Posted by Close BBQ-Land, AKA Foothills Park
a resident of Palo Alto Hills
on Dec 9, 2019 at 1:00 pm

Encouraging ANYONE to come up into the hills and start BBQing in a high risk fire area is STUPID to say the least


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