Subject: Re: Just Three Months Ago
https://apple.news/AAf-wwl2NQX...

This L.A. dad vowed he’d be ready for fires. His plan saved his home — and others
Neil Desai learned a lesson four years ago when a fire came precariously close to his family’s house. He geared up.

Some homeowners turn to garden hoses in the face of a potential wildfire. Desai had bigger plans.
He pulled out an array of mobile sprinklers he’d set on tripods, placing three in the backyard of his home and two on the tile roof. The 60-year-old attached a 2-inch hose to a pump by his backyard pool and fired up the generator to power it as his wife left and his son went to school.

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Good for Mr. Desai. He took action based on his prior close call. Too bad the state of California seems unable to do the same. One creative idea I heard on the network that shall not be named was to construct desalinization plants dedicated to keeping the reservoirs topped off. Some of the forthcoming $150M in federal aid should have some strings attached.