Recently, fires have been devastating parts of California especially since its climate started getting dryer and dryer.
It also did not help that it was windy which helped spread the wild fires even farther across Southern California.
The fires damaged around 15,000 buildings including homes and places of business.
The fires were so bad that they completely destroyed houses including the chimney, something that is normally intact in the event of a fire.
“I have many friends there whom I have been praying for. So far, they are ok,” said sophomore Madison Press.
The damages end up totaling to least 250 billion dollars.
Due to so many people losing their homes, the Red Cross and the California Fire Foundation are donating money or supplies to those victims. The California Fire Foundation has already set up a website to receive donations.
“It’s a shame because this could have been prevented or at the least made less worse had the state regularly cleared the excess dry brush,” said junior Santiago Gadala-Maria.
The governor of California, Gavin Newsom has invested a couple billion dollars for more prevention against wildfires.
As well as increasing the amount of firefighters there will be more helicopters and regular firefighters.
“It’s terrible what has happened especially it taking place in Los Angeles which is such an important city in the entertainment industry,” said Marcos Ortega-Morales.
The state has also invested into more technology to fight with fires such as upgrading their drone technology, updating their software to be in real time, and better mapping with satellites.
A thing that has been somewhat helping with the fires is the recent rainfall.
However, even though the rain is helping them put out the fire, the rain has also been flooding parts of Los Angeles, and making it more susceptible to mudslides and toxic run off.
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