Freeways were known to cause sprawl in the process bring development to the next onramp. City infrastructure can barely keep with the development. At Sprawl Central in 2007, three of the ten fires in LA were caused by downed power lines.
But freeways themselves are the cause of many fires frequently when grass on the side of the road catches fire. Yesterdays Stockton fires started on Interstate 5 and blew out of control. In other blazes today the CHP had to close a lane on 680 so firefighters could get to work.
And a Glenn County blaze was caused by a tanker explosion along highway 32.
Reducing freeways will reduce our exposure to fire as the state dries out from a water shortage and changed rainfall patterns which increase the winter runoff and decrease snowmelt.
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
Limit freeways to limit fires in CA
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