Living in areas like that, fire shelters are a must. Most people that live in cities just can't appreciate the way winding mountain roads will take you away from the fire one second and then straight back into it the next, and by that time the fire has already cut you off from behind.
Sadly the "tree change" urbanites moving out into the sticks after retirement are often responsible to some degree, having a raging boner to preserve every fucking stick that grows from the ground and decrying the bulldozing of firebreaks and tracks for firefighters as "ecological vandalism".
Sadly the "tree change" urbanites moving out into the sticks after retirement are often responsible to some degree, having a raging boner to preserve every fucking stick that grows from the ground and decrying the bulldozing of firebreaks and tracks for firefighters as "ecological vandalism".
The public will judge a man by what he lifts, but those close to him will judge him by what he carries.