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Old 10-12-2017, 10:42 AM
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Default Howard Booster, Santa Rosa fire

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Originally Posted by Kerry Pinkerton View Post
His home and shop is in the middle of wine country about where the wildfires are raging.
I called John and his area in Cloverdale is far enough across the Alexander Valley to be safe, so far.

On the other hand, over north of Santa Rosa, Howard Booster lost it all.
Howard shop.jpg
50 - 70 mph winds, 5% humidity, and huge leaf drop from the oaks with high dry vegetation from last winter's double-normal rainfall - after 5 years of drought..... leapfrogging fires hundreds of yards apart.
Rain gutters full of dry leaves with more leaves piled by the winds around the homes ... puff, crackle, fa-whoom.
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And our new"global" building codes will make it double-expensive to replace older, established estate homes and buildings ....
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