Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - FOXNEWS - 20181117:21:09:00
Had such low rainfall totals over the last 7 years that the brush is extremely dry, it really relates to the amount of moisture that's contained in upper levels of the soil and that moisture does not get itself into the brush when it's not there obviously and then the brush does not have any resistance to ignition and the rate of spread is extreme. when you apply a santa sanna wind to those conditions and the poor access to steep canyon roads, you have perfect storm that comes together to create a really, really extreme fire behavior scenario, it's very difficult because we have embers out in ...