11/15 Wired article: 'How California needs to adapt'. https://www.wired.com/story/how-california-needs-to-adapt-to-survive-future-fires/ https://www.wired.com/s

11/15 Wired article: 'How California needs to adapt'. https://www.wired.com/story/how-california-needs-to-adapt-to-survive-future-fires/ https://www.wired.com/story/how-california-needs-to-adapt-to... "Last year, that conflagration came in the form of the Thomas Fire. But Montecito had been readying itself for decades.... They really focused on defensible space around homes, particularly the homes that were closest up against the wildland areas.... When the Thomas Fire hit, Montecito couldn’t rely on aircraft to drop water, but seven homes were lost—not 500." Of course, a fire-related mudslide soon destroyed many homes there. So a related thought: some places should not be occupied.