• Lyra_Lycan@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    3 days ago

    I used to smoke and I would stamp it out, although I have never lived in a dry region. I have heard from several places that it is very, very easy to start a fire. A ember can travel hundreds of metres, a single spark could well ignite dry grass. The recent Cali wildfires had such embers taken with the wind, which was a cause of the rapid spread in the Palisades iirc.

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      3 days ago

      with embers flying an estimated two to three miles ahead of the established fire and in every direction

      Wow never knew it could be so powerful. That’s like a cluster bomb of fire.