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"Hardening" Homes Against Wildfires In California Has Been An Uphill Battle


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February 10, 2021 4:00 AM
Ed Leefeldt - Forbes Advisor
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February 11, 2021 12:04 PM
Hardening your home against wildfires is a necessity if you live in a state like California. Over the past four years, dark clouds of ash and smoke from hundreds of out-of-control blazes have blanketed the Golden State.
“Every year we make records in terms of destruction,” says Cal Fire Chief Daniel Berland in an investigatory meeting held virtually in December 2020. “And the loss of life is at an all-time high.”
California isn’t the only state dealing with massive infernos like the Camp Fire, which killed 86 people and destroyed a whole town in the northern part of the state. In fact, 2020 was a record for the entire country, says the Center for Disaster Philanthropy. Nine million acres were incinerated, double that of last year. ....

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2019-2020 State Legislative Report on Natural Disasters


Introduction
As natural disasters increase in frequency and intensity, communities across the country have sought state policy solutions. Disaster seasons of the last few years have broken records across the board.  Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, Maria and 14 others made 2017 the costliest hurricane season on record. It would also have been the most destructive wildfire season on record, if not for 2018, the nation’s deadliest and most destructive year ever, featuring the deadliest single fire in a century―the Camp Fire in Paradise, Calif. The mega-fires of 2020 are still fresh in the nation’s mind―a year that gave California five of its six largest fires in state history, Colorado its single largest fire ever, and temporarily propelled air pollution in some cities to among the worst in the world. According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the nation averaged nearly 12 “billion-dollar” disasters annually over the past decade―up from less ....

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