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It's already coming out in the LA Times that the readiness was probably botched by the LAFD in light of the high wind warnings for days before Tuesday, Jan. 7th. There will be plenty of time later for post mortem analysis and I'm sure that it will be brutal.

That said, this was a climate driven fire with sustained 50+ mph winds, (gusting to 80 mph), and it was growing by hundreds of feet per minute. The burning embers were being blown horizontally at a speed and distance never seen before by anyone. Those videos of sparks flying like they are coming off of a grinding wheel gives an idea of how wild this wildfire was. The fuel on the ground was a dry as tinder and it was a cataclysmic disaster.

The idiots, yes, idiots on the internet and TV suggesting that this was caused by "mismanagement" of resources in CA. or even thinking that this was a forest fire(?) are intolerable. People are hurting and I for one have even less than my usual zero tolerance for fools. Good people are offering sympathy and help, the rest are offering BS. Pick a side.