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California fires activate response: lessons learned at Katrina helped.
Non-profit Times, The, November, 2007 by Hrywna, Mark; Nobles, Marla E.
Around this time every year, the warm, dry winds known as the Santa Anas sweep down wide across the deserts of Southern California and across the Los Angeles Basin, bringing with them the constant threat of wildfires. But even longtime residents hadn't seen anything like the wildfires that began burning across Southern California on Oct. 20.
Seven people died as a direct result of the fires, which reached as far north as Santa Barbara County down to the U.S.-Mexico border. At least 1,500 homes were destroyed and more than 500,000 acres of land burned. California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger declared a state of emergency. President George W. Bush sent federal aid, and nearly one million people were forced to evacuate their homes--the largest evacuation in the...
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