In his essay, Davis argued that destructive wildfires are not a bug, but a feature of this native chaparral habitat--one that, aided by
Santa Ana winds, has long used fires to carry out ecological processes.
The second ingredient--
Santa Ana winds that originate in the inland Great Basin area which are regions of high pressure as the weather gets colder.
In southern California , firefighters beat back a new round of winds on Sunday and the fire's spread was believed to have been largely stopped, though extremely low humidity and gusty
Santa Ana winds were in the forecast through at least until today.
The cause of the wildfire remains under probe, but it was reported to the California Public Utilities Commission that an electrical circuit outage happened near where the wildfire started, as
Santa Ana winds blew through the area.
In Malibu, some 500 miles (800 km) to the south, flames driven by hot
Santa Ana winds gusting up to 50 miles per hour (80 kph) raced down hillsides and through canyons toward multi-million dollar homes.
The 2017 Southern California wildfires, according to media reports, have burned more than 200,000 acres driven by dry conditions and
Santa Ana winds. The Northern California wildfires, among the largest on record in the state, burned 245,000 acres, destroyed 8,900 structures and resulted in 43 deaths.
Driven by
Santa Ana winds gusting up to 70 mph, the flames screamed across the hillsides toward Ojai and Ventura.
Warnings of high fire risk were canceled for Santa Barbara County, although they remained in effect elsewhere in Southern California due to
Santa Ana winds, low humidity levels and very dry vegetation.
As you may have read, they have been fuelled by a bad bout of the
Santa Ana winds, a Southern California weather phenomenon that isn't talked about much in the rafts of popular culture set in Los Angeles.