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The idea is to replace the more vulnerable pieces of equipment but also to keep the trees back a safe distance from that equipment. the company says by the end of 2019 they will have hardened more than 150 miles of line. but the goal is to harden more than 7,000 miles of line in the next ten years. that work starts in areas most vulnerable to fires. a large american gas and electric company in the unique and ironic position of citing climate change as partly responsible for the disasters. >> we're out in the field and it seems like more and more of their job is environment climate related. is ...

Systems hardening. the idea is to replace the more vulnerable pieces of equipment, but also to keep the trees back a safe distance from that equipment. the company says by the end of 2019, they will have hardened mo than 150 miles of line, but the goal is to harden more than 7,000 miles of line in the next ten years. that work starts in areas most vulnerable to fires, a large american gas and electric company in the unique and ironic position of citing climate change as partly responsible for the disasters. >> we're out in the field with fire folks. it seems like more and more of their jobs is...

That dead landscape is still scattered across the state. we're seeing these extreme duration of wind events. i've seen what's been happening for 20 years. and when we say explosive fire growth, it is. climate change has played a major role. the governor has identified that. he's made investments in resources and response, including additional firefighters that are part of the prevention message that the governor has really leaned forward on and throughout the state, 35 projects that have really impacted over 200 communities and if it's -- what we saw in this last fire fight is a testament to t...

Helping. i asked him what's causing these disastrous fires. >> you have to remember, california went through a six-year drought just recently in the 2000s. that dead and dying landscape is still across california. you take the dead and dying landscape from that drought. we haven't recovered from that. then you take what we're seeing as hotter temperatures and wind events. we're seeing wind events that are historical. in fact, the thomas fire in ventura county in 2017, we had an offshore santa ana wind event that lasted 14 days. it used to be a two-day to three-day event. >> there's also the qu...

Penelope is just two days old but will have quite the story to tell. the high winds driving the fires in california, one of two major wind events in the united states right now. pedram javaheri has more. >> a blustery day across the southwest. we have extreme and critical areas of concern in place. by friday morning, we'll finally see the winds die down. wouldn't be surprised to see the winds in ventura county and san diego county, exceed 50 miles per hour. but 4,000 square miles of land under the red flag warnings in place across the region. looking at the rainfall conditions. some of the a...