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grantcart

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10. Besides the size question is the other obvious issue

Reply to brush (Reply #7)

Sun Nov 18, 2018, 04:49 AM

Nov 2018

Fires spread by Santa Ana winds move at 20-30 MPH and burn from the top down.

Slow movingcfires burn from the bottom up

That is why all of the houses and forest areas near the homes are raked clean, but with fast moving winds the embers land on the roofs ignite and burn from the top down.

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Louise Mensch self-owns on forest floor raking [View all] Denzil_DC Nov 2018 OP

The Marshal of the Supreme Court should investigate this! manor321 Nov 2018 #1

The Sheriff of Nottingham might be more interested. n/t Denzil_DC Nov 2018 #5

Good one! MLAA Nov 2018 #11

I heard it from the President of Helsinki! kwassa Nov 2018 #6

I used to live in the forest. DURHAM D Nov 2018 #2

Our neighbours have a large and decrepit old beech tree and a 40-foot pine Denzil_DC Nov 2018 #4

She's going to report them all to HIPPA melman Nov 2018 #3

WTH? Is she now siding with trump? No one with sense would advocate raking... brush Nov 2018 #7

Yeah, for a supposed neverTrumper, it was a headscratcher for me, too. Denzil_DC Nov 2018 #8

"just lift the edge of Nevada, sweep the leaves under it, then flop it back down" brush Nov 2018 #9

Besides the size question is the other obvious issue grantcart Nov 2018 #10

The Wall, built with funds redirected from forest management, will keep that furrin wind out. Denzil_DC Nov 2018 #12

K&R Scurrilous Nov 2018 #13