Wildfires ranked by destroyed Acerage

[justoffal]

So far the Cali fires aren't even close. Maybe because of habitation? They might be worse?

 

[toobfreak]

So far the Cali fires aren't even close. Maybe because of habitation? They might be worse?

You need to rank them instead in terms of value of property lost and number of people affected.
This fire happened right in the middle of LA in some of their most valuable real estate.

 

[justoffal]

You need to rank them instead in terms of value of property lost and number of people affected.
This fire happened right in the middle of LA in some of their most valuable real estate.

Yeah.... Looks like this one might take the cake for total financial damage.

 

[toobfreak]

Yeah.... Looks like this one might take the cake for total financial damage.

Many of these homes were full of irreplaceable, even priceless things. I heard Mel Gibson say he lost a book from the 1600s.

 

[Matted Joybeard]

Many of these homes were full of irreplaceable, even priceless things. I heard Mel Gibson say he lost a book from the 1600s.

I read about a wheelchair bound father that lost his life to the flames by his son with cerebral palsy side but oh no about Mel Gibson's old book.

 

[elektra]

The tragedy of the recent California fire is the deaths and destruction were preventable

 

[ReinyDays]

The Laguna Fire was four times larger ... with 350 building destroyed ... see the difference 50 years makes ...

Chaparral country is the single most flammable biome known to Man ... pay enough money and you too can live there ...

 

[ChemEngineer]

The Laguna Fire was four times larger ... with 350 building destroyed ... see the difference 50 years makes ...

Chaparral country is the single most flammable biome known to Man ... pay enough money and you too can live there ...

A 2,000-square-kilometer zone in the Yukon Flats of interior Alaska -- one of the most flammable high-latitude regions of the world, according to scientists -- has seen a dramatic increase in both the frequency and severity of fires in recent decades. Wildfire activity in this area is higher than at any other time in the past 10,000 years, the researchers report. --- ScienceDaily: Your source for the latest research news

Furthermore, measuring dollars almost never takes into account the present value, which inflates past events' costs dramatically as they recede into the past.

 

[initforme]

Yeah.... Looks like this one might take the cake for total financial damage.

Hammer the insurance companies. Time to step up and pay out.

 

[ReinyDays]

A 2,000-square-kilometer zone in the Yukon Flats of interior Alaska -- one of the most flammable high-latitude regions of the world, according to scientists -- has seen a dramatic increase in both the frequency and severity of fires in recent decades. Wildfire activity in this area is higher than at any other time in the past 10,000 years, the researchers report. --- ScienceDaily: Your source for the latest research news

Furthermore, measuring dollars almost never takes into account the present value, which inflates past events' costs dramatically as they recede into the past.

We've double the human population in recent decades ... so twice as many human-caused fires ...

The fact remains ... the Laguna Fire in 1970 burned 180,000 acres and destroys 350 buildings ... compare to today's LA fires just over 50,000 areas and thousands of buildings destroyed ... this could be worse than Galviston, or Black Death ... these are MOVIE STAR HOMES for the love of Jesus ...

See the difference? ...

 

[Zincwarrior]

So far the Cali fires aren't even close. Maybe because of habitation? They might be worse?

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Thats depressing actually.