Places like Houston, Texas are also in an area of unfavorable nature -- namely huge amounts of flooding. Houston solved this as best they could with levees and

Places like Houston, Texas are also in an area of unfavorable nature -- namely huge amounts of flooding. Houston solved this as best they could with levees and dams and the like to steer that water away from people. It usually works. Sometimes not (Harvey), but every failure is a learning experience. California needs to think this way. Fires are natural. We need to focus on steering them away from people. You wouldn't try to stop the rains that create the Texas floods, would you?