California Wildfire: How Large Can the Losses Be?
California's increasing wildfire losses are examined, focusing on major historical events, potential extreme urban conflagrations, and the rising risks associated with population growth and wildfire suppression policies.
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while floods generally follow rivers, and hurricanes follow weather patterns in specific parts of the ocean, fire can occur anywhere there’s fuel, and fire’s menu is astonishingly broad, including virtually everything under the sun save dirt, rock, metal, and water. Furthermore, the paths fire takes are determined almost exclusively by the wind, wh
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