> From the recent events in California I have seen many photos of burnt houses with unburnt trees around. I think some of that can be attributed to the fact th

> From the recent events in California I have seen many photos of burnt houses with unburnt trees around. I think some of that can be attributed to the fact that buildings are stationary structures that have ample square-footage for embers to land and cause fires, where as trees have less stationary surface area for embers to land, remain and build into fires.