Blake
03-08-2025, 07:22 PM
"...."We're sitting here waiting for the ticking time bomb to explode," said Steven Haynes, assistant professor of practice, finance, and managerial economics at the University of Texas. He expects there to be "rich fuel sources scattered by high winds" followed by "a wildfire that's going to be very difficult to contain.".....
The only state subject to more wildfires than Texas is California. Texas even leads California in acreage burned. Despite this, the Lone Star State is showing much less ability to deal with the upcoming season, according to experts...
...While California enjoys a professional statewide firefighting force for large-scale threats, Texas depends on a patchwork of local volunteers for its fires. Regardless, real estate data from Redfin shows that more than 30,000 people moved into fire-prone areas in Texas in 2024..."
https://www.yahoo.com/news/experts-sound-alarm-over-ticking-103033175.html
The only state subject to more wildfires than Texas is California. Texas even leads California in acreage burned. Despite this, the Lone Star State is showing much less ability to deal with the upcoming season, according to experts...
...While California enjoys a professional statewide firefighting force for large-scale threats, Texas depends on a patchwork of local volunteers for its fires. Regardless, real estate data from Redfin shows that more than 30,000 people moved into fire-prone areas in Texas in 2024..."
https://www.yahoo.com/news/experts-sound-alarm-over-ticking-103033175.html