What previous California wildfires can teach us about restoring LA
The wildfires ripping through Los Angeles are on rate to be the most harmful in U.S. history, as one price quote concludes that residential or commercial property damage from the Palisades and Eaton fires might go beyond $45 billion.
When they're lastly snuffed out, the city and its homeowners will need to sort through the destruction and response concerns about how-- and whether-- to reconstruct.
The very best responses to those concerns may be discovered in what occurred after previous California wildfires. While not all of the lessons gained from them apply to the present scenario, some have direct parallels to the locations that have actually suffered the most harm in LA up until now.
The focus will mostly be on Pacific Palisades and Altadena, however these are really various ...