| The latest fire in San Diego County, in Southern | | | | region. The cause of the fires was a hunter!! |
| California, burned 400,000 acres of land reducing 1300 | | | | In November 1993, Malibu Los Angeles witnessed a |
| homes to the ground. The President declared a state | | | | fire resulting from arson. The fire burned for two |
| of emergency and mass evacuation was forces as | | | | weeks and killed 25 people. Other devastating fires in |
| the fire spread across San Diego, Long Beach, Malibu, | | | | the California region include the San Francisco Bay fire |
| Los Angeles, San Bernardino, Burbank and Santa | | | | of October 1991, San Bernardino Mountain foothills fire |
| Barbara. | | | | of November 1980, San Diego mountain fire of |
| Well, like all natural disasters the San Diego Wildfire has | | | | September 1970 and Los Angeles national forest fire |
| probably by now taken complete control over the | | | | of November 1966. |
| space on your television, newspapers, magazines, & | | | | Well there is hardly anything you can do about |
| even your computer. If you're annoyed at being so | | | | stopping people camping in the woods from lighting |
| bombarded by information about the fire-here's | | | | fires. The firefighters are doing their bit in stopping the |
| something interesting for you. Statistics reveal that 7 | | | | fire. What you can do for yourself and your family is |
| out of ten wildfires are caused strictly by human | | | | have a evacuation kit ready especially for forced |
| activities. The wind (Santa Ana, in this case) only plays | | | | situations like this. And, that includes: |
| its role in spreading the fire. | | | | Social Security Numbers and Identity Cards. Also |
| Crazy as it is that a single human act can cause such | | | | throw in your documents-legal, educational, |
| a natural disaster, there is hardly anything you can do | | | | medical-whatever is most important. By the way, don't |
| about it!! | | | | forget your insurance papers. That often turns out to |
| Every year a number of people migrate to California in | | | | be the most important. |
| United States. The number of immigrants to California | | | | Take your time to note down the most important |
| increased from 1.3 million to 8 million between 1990 | | | | contact names, addresses, and contact numbers. |
| to1995 and further increased by a few more millions in | | | | Apart from this you would of course put a first aid kit, |
| 2000. That's a whooping number of people in one | | | | hi-calorie food, water, flash lights, and blankets. |
| state! | | | | Keep this evacuation kit ready and handy for just such |
| In October 2003, a wildfire originating near San Diego | | | | a situation. This is about what you can do apart from |
| engulfed 273,000 acres and destroyed around 4000 | | | | cursing the government, the TV channels, and |
| structures. The 2003 fire claimed 15 lives. The San | | | | specters of hunters in forests. |
| Diego fire was one of 15 fires that started around the | | | | |