You might wish to research the conditions which lead to the apocalyptic fires in Los Angeles.
California has a history of drought/downpour years. After two atypically heavy rainy seasons, the greater Southern California area was covered with vegetation. Then this year there was no significant rain for 8 months. This created the perfect storm for the fires. (By the way, "Perfect Storm" is a great weather movie.) All the brush dried into tinder and any spark (a tossed cigarette, lighting, car accident with metal scraping against paving; even sunlight magnified by a soda bottle) could have started the fires.
Hollywood could have been destroyed. Look up "the Magic Castle" on X and Google Maps. Franklin Blvd backs up into hills covered by dense vegetation. The Magic Castle (look it up) was nearly destroyed because the fire approached within a few meters. If you look at Google Maps you'll see that Franklin is parallel to Hollywood Boulevard, aka The Hollywood Walk of Fame.
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You might wish to research the conditions which lead to the apocalyptic fires in Los Angeles.
California has a history of drought/downpour years. After two atypically heavy rainy seasons, the greater Southern California area was covered with vegetation. Then this year there was no significant rain for 8 months. This created the perfect storm for the fires. (By the way, "Perfect Storm" is a great weather movie.) All the brush dried into tinder and any spark (a tossed cigarette, lighting, car accident with metal scraping against paving; even sunlight magnified by a soda bottle) could have started the fires.
Hollywood could have been destroyed. Look up "the Magic Castle" on X and Google Maps. Franklin Blvd backs up into hills covered by dense vegetation. The Magic Castle (look it up) was nearly destroyed because the fire approached within a few meters. If you look at Google Maps you'll see that Franklin is parallel to Hollywood Boulevard, aka The Hollywood Walk of Fame.
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Great writeup and photos! Keep up the good work.