Gladwyn d’Souza<p>“Today, more than a third of American <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/homes" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>homes</span></a> and more than half of Canadian homes are located in the <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/WUI" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>WUI</span></a>. It is a beautiful place to live, until it goes <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/feral" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>feral</span></a>. When a <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/wildfire" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>wildfire</span></a> enters a residential community, the result—for the fire—is a smorgasbord of kiln-dried <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/fuel" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>fuel</span></a> topped with tar shingles, garnished with rubber <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/tires" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>tires</span></a> and <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/gas" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>gas</span></a> tanks.”</p><p>Excerpt From<br />Fire Weather<br />John Vaillant<br /><a href="https://books.apple.com/us/book/fire-weather/id6443272438" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">books.apple.com/us/book/fire-w</span><span class="invisible">eather/id6443272438</span></a> page 163.</p><p><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/CAwildfires" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>CAwildfires</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/upinsmoke" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>upinsmoke</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/DeterioratingCarbonSinks" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>DeterioratingCarbonSinks</span></a></p>