Fact: The entire San Diego area was affected by smoke. Last time I checked smoke is blown by wind to areas not affected by the fire from which the smoke came. This concept is so basic and simplistic that even a child gets it but yet I need to explain it to you.
Fact: “Wild Fire Expert” . . . no I am not. But these people are . . .
Local fire officials say the unscathed homes speak for themselves.
“I believe shelter in place made the difference in this case,” Santa Fe Fire Marshal Cliff Hunter said (uh . . . that would be a loca “Fire” official that knows) “The bottom line is if you build appropriately and place the houses appropriately, and the landscaping and vegetation are appropriate, the homes should still be there.”
“People do not die in sprinkled homes,” said Samuel Oates, San Diego’s fire marshal.
“Sprinklers could reduce the average cost of fire insurance by about $900 a year, from $1,500 to $600, said Chris Smith, a vice president of Fireman’s Fund, one of the state’s largest business-property insurers.”
“We’re a strong supporter of sprinklers. It’s lifesaving,” Smith said.
Fact: The “fire maps” are outdated and simplistic. The community within this area, 4S, is safe. The surrounding areas outside of 4S are not as safe. You refer to a map of an entire area. I am referring to a specific community in that area. Stare at the map till you blue in the face if you want. But the experts declare it is safe stay put if you live in 4S. Another basic and simple concept (Map of large area vs. community within that area). I guess I need to state the obvious. Here it is.
The five communities, all within the Rancho Santa Fe fire district, are the only ones in the county where the plan has been adopted.”
Sure lots of “areas” on a map in San Diego county are at high risk of fire. The point here is that the community of 4S is better protected than the surrounding area.
Insurance Business??? I don’t get your point here. You say “you are in the insurance business.” My agent has a rusty barely working stapler which has been in the “insurance business” business for 15 years sitting on my agents desk stapling paper . . . its still just a damn stapler despite 15 years in the insurance business.
Mandatory Evacuations are triggered via reverse 911 which in turn is triggered via entire “areas” served by a telephone exchange. The computer just loads the numbers in an area and calls. See my previous comment why the area is not the relevant term but the specific community built according to the fire safe standards.
Final Fact: How many homes in 4S Ranch burned in the last wild fire??? Anyone . . . Anyone . . . worst fire in So. Cal history . . . Anyone. Answear is ZERO. This fact more than any other speaks for itself.
