Southern California environmental disaster - Wildfires

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The recent and past southern California wild fires have left many people homeless while others have lost their lives . For instance , the October 2003 fires burned approximately 742 ,000 acres of land and destroyed about 3 ,361 homes and about 26 lives lost . There are various factors that have contributed to the fires , comprising of forests , which covered about 5 of area burned in 2033 , and shrub lands . However , there are three important lessons that have been learned in these fires and these

are even though the fires have been massive , there have proceeding ones like before this year there was a major one in 2003 , and these future ones should be expected . The contemporary fire management policy is not effective enough ' the future government development should be able to plan for these fires like other natural disasters and integrate the engineering solutions much as has been done with earthquakes and other natural events

One of the largest fires ever to heat southern California was in 1878 where about 60 ,000 acres of land was burned in Los Angeles county and about 500 ,000 acres in 1889 . The causes of these fires were put forward as decadal scale variation of climate , natural cycles due to fuel buildup , and human demographic patterns . When the fires rage , the most immediate reaction is normally for the residents to evacuate or be evacuated . An evacuation is usually given with most of them being mandatory . The government establishes evacuation points

Some of the evacuees have sought refuge at temporary camps like El Toro High School , San Diego County Shelter , and Stadium . According to some residents

Thomas Richardson I wanted some , but its first the fact that due to sleep deprivation , I 've been drinking a lot of coffee , and I don 't think I can stomach it right now . So I 'll probably have to wait a little bit later this evening to taste anything

Brian Watt : Frying bacon beets burning embers any day . And for an hours , as the sun came up outside El Toro High School in Lake Forest the smell of bacon cut through the smoky air . It smelled like

Joe White : we 've heard anywhere from 100 to 500 homes , we 've heard anything from going home today to going home on Sunday , and I don 't know who knows the truth

Watt : most say they are d with the shelter at El Toro , even though its 60 miles from home . But many cant get reliable information about the fate of Fallbrook and when they can go back (Brian Watt : 2006 .some evacuees allowed to return home , others stuck waiting : 89 :3 KPPC , Southern California radio ) HYPERLINK "http /www .scpr .org /news /stories /2007 /10 /25 /18-fallbrook-wait-10250 .htm l http /www .scpr .org /news /stories /2007 /10 /25 /18-fallbrook-wait-10250 .html . When the evacuees return some of them find their homes completely destroyed others partially and as such have to begin rebuilding . Other residents also...