{"id":220,"date":"2017-10-18T23:05:16","date_gmt":"2017-10-18T23:05:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/calmatters.org\/?post_type=cal_explainers&#038;p=220"},"modified":"2020-06-23T17:42:45","modified_gmt":"2020-06-24T00:42:45","slug":"california-burning-fire-facts","status":"publish","type":"cal_explainers","link":"https:\/\/calmatters.org\/_zh\/explainers\/california-burning-fire-facts\/","title":{"rendered":"California Burning"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style>\n\n.sponsorship-block-remove-margin-start{\nmargin-block-start: 0px;\nmargin-top: 0px !important;\n}\n\n.sponsorship-block-remove-margin-end{\nmargin-block-end: 0px;\nmargin-bottom: 0px !important;\n}\n.sponsorship-block-margin-25-bottom{\nmargin-bottom: 25px !important;\n}\n\n.sponsorship-block-margin-50-bottom{\nmargin-bottom: 50px !important;\n}\n\n.sponsorship-block-margin-25-top{\nmargin-top: 25px !important;\n}\n\n.sponsorship-block-margin-50-top{\nmargin-top: 50px !important;\n}\n<\/style>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:24px\">After a particularly wet rainy season fueled growth of lush vegetation, the sweltering summer of 2017 dried those plants to a crackly, combustible crunch. Several locales had racked up record temperatures, including a historic thermometer high of 106 in San Francisco on Sept. 1. Wildfires were an inevitable consequence, but none so fierce as October&#8217;s infernos that consumed vast swaths of the state&#8217;s iconic Wine Country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Californians worry that this is their climate-change-fueled &#8220;new normal.&#8221; They&#8217;re also warned of the price they may pay for nestling their homes and communities in the state&#8217;s breathtakingly scenic\u2014but not always hospitable\u2014countryside. The closer wildfires move to urbanized areas, the greater the toll , not just in property but in life itself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A look at how the state is struggling to deal with these fires\u2014and how they will continue to exact a toll on California for months and years to come.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Photo by Kent Porter, The Press Democrat via AP.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\t\t<div class='explainer-card' id='846891a0-97ae-11e9-be5a-f9c6c2cd1540' >\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class='explainer-card-title'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href='#846891a0-97ae-11e9-be5a-f9c6c2cd1540'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tA routine fire season\u2014and the state\u2019s deadliest\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"social-share'\">\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"social-share-list\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"social-share-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\trel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"explainer-social-share email\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\thref=\"mailto:?subject=A%20routine%20fire%20season%E2%80%94and%20the%20state%E2%80%99s%20deadliest%20%7C%20California%20Burning&amp;body=Check%20out%20this%20article%20at:%20https%3A%2F%2Fcalmatters.org%2F_zh%2Fexplainers%2Fcalifornia-burning-fire-facts%2F%23846891a0-97ae-11e9-be5a-f9c6c2cd1540\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\ttarget=\"_top\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Share by Email<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg class=\"svg-icon\" width=\"36\" height=\"36\" aria-hidden=\"true\" role=\"img\" focusable=\"false\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\"><path d=\"M0 0h24v24H0z\" fill=\"none\"\/><path d=\"M20 4H4c-1.1 0-1.99.9-1.99 2L2 18c0 1.1.9 2 2 2h16c1.1 0 2-.9 2-2V6c0-1.1-.9-2-2-2zm0 14H4V8l8 5 8-5v10zm-8-7L4 6h16l-8 5z\"\/><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"social-share-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\trel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"explainer-social-share twitter\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\thref=\"https:\/\/x.com\/intent\/post?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalmatters.org%2F_zh%2Fexplainers%2Fcalifornia-burning-fire-facts%2F%23846891a0-97ae-11e9-be5a-f9c6c2cd1540&amp;text=A%20routine%20fire%20season%E2%80%94and%20the%20state%E2%80%99s%20deadliest%20%7C%20California%20Burning\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\ttarget=\"_blank\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Share on Twitter<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg class=\"svg-icon\" width=\"36\" height=\"36\" aria-hidden=\"true\" role=\"img\" focusable=\"false\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\"><path d=\"M22.23,5.924c-0.736,0.326-1.527,0.547-2.357,0.646c0.847-0.508,1.498-1.312,1.804-2.27 c-0.793,0.47-1.671,0.812-2.606,0.996C18.324,4.498,17.257,4,16.077,4c-2.266,0-4.103,1.837-4.103,4.103 c0,0.322,0.036,0.635,0.106,0.935C8.67,8.867,5.647,7.234,3.623,4.751C3.27,5.357,3.067,6.062,3.067,6.814 c0,1.424,0.724,2.679,1.825,3.415c-0.673-0.021-1.305-0.206-1.859-0.513c0,0.017,0,0.034,0,0.052c0,1.988,1.414,3.647,3.292,4.023 c-0.344,0.094-0.707,0.144-1.081,0.144c-0.264,0-0.521-0.026-0.772-0.074c0.522,1.63,2.038,2.816,3.833,2.85 c-1.404,1.1-3.174,1.756-5.096,1.756c-0.331,0-0.658-0.019-0.979-0.057c1.816,1.164,3.973,1.843,6.29,1.843 c7.547,0,11.675-6.252,11.675-11.675c0-0.178-0.004-0.355-0.012-0.531C20.985,7.47,21.68,6.747,22.23,5.924z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"social-share-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\trel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"explainer-social-share facebook\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\thref=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fcalmatters.org%2F_zh%2Fexplainers%2Fcalifornia-burning-fire-facts%2F%23846891a0-97ae-11e9-be5a-f9c6c2cd1540\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\ttarget=\"_blank\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Share on Facebook<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg class=\"svg-icon\" width=\"36\" height=\"36\" aria-hidden=\"true\" role=\"img\" focusable=\"false\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\"><path d=\"M12 2C6.5 2 2 6.5 2 12c0 5 3.7 9.1 8.4 9.9v-7H7.9V12h2.5V9.8c0-2.5 1.5-3.9 3.8-3.9 1.1 0 2.2.2 2.2.2v2.5h-1.3c-1.2 0-1.6.8-1.6 1.6V12h2.8l-.4 2.9h-2.3v7C18.3 21.1 22 17 22 12c0-5.5-4.5-10-10-10z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<li id=\"get-link-846891a0-97ae-11e9-be5a-f9c6c2cd1540\" class=\"social-share-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='explainer-embed-code-container copy-link'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 640 512\"><!--! 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With so many flames in the headlines and so much smoke in the air, you could be forgiven for thinking that this year\u2019s fire season has devoured a record amount of land.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But it hasn\u2019t. Not yet anyway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-infogram\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"infogram-embed\" data-id=\"d1fc97d8-a0ae-44b2-b377-6c0a871ce21f\" data-type=\"interactive\" data-title=\"Acres Burned\"><\/div><script>!function(e,n,i,s){var d=\"InfogramEmbeds\";var o=e.getElementsByTagName(n)[0];if(window[d]&&window[d].initialized)window[d].process&&window[d].process();else if(!e.getElementById(i)){var r=e.createElement(n);r.async=1,r.id=i,r.src=s,o.parentNode.insertBefore(r,o)}}(document,\"script\",\"infogram-async\",\"https:\/\/e.infogram.com\/js\/dist\/embed-loader-min.js\");<\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Take a look at how much of the state has burned in 2017 so far. These 1.2 million-plus acres make for a big fire season to be sure, but not an unprecedented one. The size and severity of recent fires may be on an upward trend\u2014the product of drought, overly exuberant fire&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/vcresearch.berkeley.edu\/news\/wildfire-management-vs-fire-suppression-benefits-forest-and-watershed\">suppression<\/a>, and a changing&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/science.sciencemag.org\/content\/313\/5789\/940\">climate<\/a>\u2014but by and large, twas ever thus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What makes this year unusual\u2014and unusually tragic\u2014is that this season\u2019s largest fires didn\u2019t burn in remote corners of California, far from population centers and garnering little state-wide attention. This year, unluckily, they started where so many of us live.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The result is the most destructive and deadly wildfire season in recent memory. 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State Attorney General Becerra has&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/oag.ca.gov\/news\/press-releases\/amid-historic-northern-california-wildfires-attorney-general-becerra-issues\">warned<\/a>&nbsp;landlords and hotel owners against profiteering off those who are most desperate, noting that it\u2019s illegal to charge a price for an item that exceeds, by more than 10 percent, the price of that item before the declaration of a state or local emergency. This law applies to hotel accommodations and rental housing, but does nothing to replace the lost units. Until those are built, it is almost certain that many will not be able to compete for the available housing and will be forced to relocate out of the region or out of the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sacbee.com\/news\/politics-government\/capitol-alert\/article179156991.html\">state<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now community leaders and state lawmakers will have to decide what the lesson there is to take from this tragedy. State law already&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/calfire.ca.gov\/communications\/communications_firesafety_100feet\">requires<\/a>&nbsp;homeowners who live in high fire risk areas to clear their property of flammable matter and&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fire.ca.gov\/fire_prevention\/fire_prevention_wildland_codes\">build<\/a>&nbsp;their houses with fire resistant materials. But these regulations are not always rigorously enforced, the building code requirements only apply to new structures, and many of the houses incinerated in this round of fires were&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/frap.fire.ca.gov\/webdata\/maps\/sonoma\/fhszl_map.49.jpg\">not<\/a>&nbsp;covered anyway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Should these rules be expanded and strengthened? Should there be a reassessment of which communities should be considered \u201chigh fire hazard\u201d zones? That\u2019s a relative term in California. 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Although Sonoma, Napa and Solano counties bore the initial&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.pressdemocrat.com\/news\/7515607-181\/fire-danger-rises-with-forecast?artslide=0\">brunt<\/a>, the plume also drifted as far as the South Bay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/calmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/gif\/aqi.gif\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>So how much pollution was there?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The air quality was so unhealthy that over several days, air pollution in the North Bay reached levels equivalent to the kind of levels you see on bad days in Beijing, China, said Lisa Fasano, a spokeswoman for the Bay Area Air Quality Management District.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>CNN reported that the wildfires produced the same amount of air pollution as vehicles did in California in one year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The air district issued multi-day health advisories and Spare The Air alerts in October, advising people to stay indoors in buildings with filtered air or to wear&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.baaqmd.gov\/~\/media\/files\/communications-and-outreach\/publications\/news-releases\/2017\/2017_093_staalert_healthadvisory_101117-pdf.pdf?la=en\">N95 masks<\/a>&nbsp;to help minimize breathing fine particles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s unprecedented in recent memory that we\u2019ve reached this level for this period of days,\u201d said Ralph Borrmann, a spokesman for the district. 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