Hot mess menaces the Golden state! ‘Critical’ Fire Threat Clobbers California
After several months without the threat of major wildfires in California, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has issued an alert for the Golden State showing that the wildfire risk there is “critical” over an area covering 9,700 square miles and a population of 9.7 million.
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In addition, a warning for a more dangerous possibility, labeled as “extreme,” covers 1,500 square miles with a population of 1.1 million. The “extreme” area covers Oxnard, Thousand Oaks, Simi Valley and Santa Clarita. The Simi Valley is north and inland from Malibu.
There has been a dangerous blaze in the densely populated Simi Valley area before, when a conflagration in 2003 burned 180 square miles. The fire burned for 12 days and did tens of millions of dollars in damage.
The area where the warning is “extreme” is among the most densely populated in California, with the NOAA calling for “ gusts upwards of 60 mph across much of the southern part of the state. Higher gusts (70+ mph) are expected over the wind-prone mountains and slopes.”
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