Southern California is suffering through its regular fire outbreak. For those unfamiliar, a few times each year a particular weather condition develops which causes the winds to blow from the hot, dry desert to the coast, rather than the other way around. The result is that SoCal suffers through near-perfect conditions for fires to develop and spread out of control.
Today we started such a cycle expected to last 4 days or so, and the fires are breaking out. 10,000 acres and 5 homes lost in Malibu. One firefighter killed in San Diego. Over a dozen fires reported so far. Unfortunately, SoCal is a large place and these events develop extremely rapidly. The news really isn't equipped to track a few dozen spontaneous events scattered over a 200 mile coastline.
Two fires have broken out in the Tustin/Irvine/Newport Beach area, but I can't find much coverage of them. One seems fairly large. I'm sure other areas have the same situation - a dangerous fire and no information flowing. And that's why I'm here. Kossacks spread information like nobody else. Share the news, folks.
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