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As we go forward and get out of this extreme situation, we should see much lighter winds,
Wofford said
We’re still in the stronger wind period,
Mike Wofford, a meteorologist at the National Weather Service, told the Los Angeles TimesLingering Santa Ana winds and dry air will bring periods of critical fire weather conditions Thursday and Friday, ... Another peak in northeast to east winds is expected Thursday evening into Friday morning.”
National Weather Service San Diego forecasters predicted, and addedAbout 1,000 structures, including many homes, have been destroyed in the fire,
said Los Angeles County Fire Chief Anthony Marrone during a press briefingIf you have a lot of heavy, high pressure sitting there in the bowl, you’re going to be pushing air out through the holes,
Hall told The New York Times
By no stretch of the imagination are we out of the woods,
Governor Gavin Newsom said on Tuesday
There is no question of the EU letting other nations in the world, whoever they may be, attack its sovereign borders.”
The French foreign minister, Jean-Noël Barrot, told France Inter radio
I can’t assure you on either of those two,
Trump saidThere will be heavy aircraft they need to fight those fires that they do not have access to because they are in Australia,
Mullins said
Palm trees are like big Roman candles … they’re 40 to 50 feet [12-15 metres] tall, they catch on fire, the palm fronds fly everywhere and [cast embers], and it just lights everything on fire,
Porter saidThis is happening because of climate change and it is what we predicted,
said Mullins, who is also a councillor with the Climate CouncilThey haven’t had any measurable precipitation since about July,
Porter saidI’ve fought fires during Santa Anas, and it’s scary because the fires run downhill just as fast as they do uphill.”
The former Fire and Rescue NSW commissioner, Greg Mullins, who has spent years studying and fighting fires alongside Californian firefighters, said