The major wind driven fires around Los Angeles County once again reveal the poor state of Southern California's aging water distribution infrast...

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The major wind driven fires around Los Angeles County once again reveal the poor state of Southern California's aging water distribution infrastructure. As the existing water infrastructure became unable to provide adequate water to fight the numerous spreading fires, large sectors of the population were told to boil potable water -- or not to use it at all. This external fire catastrophe makes us aware of the gravity of the ~20% water leakage losses in distribution systems, as well as the consequence of the resulting slack lines: loss of flow and pressure allows the reflux of previously leaked water back into water mains.
Climate change will result in drought. Drought will create water shortages. Leaking lines will result in inadequate supplies, and potential health hazards due to reflux of external material flowing into slack lines.

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  1. The cause of this fire could be any factor, but the presence of convection currents or convection currents is due to the temperature difference between the ambient temperature and the fire site, which can cause the formation of an air and wind front and then move towards the low-pressure environment towards the city of Los Angeles, causing the fire to spread.Of course, the spread of the fire is due to the proximity of the ocean and seashore to the land of Los Angeles and the wind in this area.
    Previously, we had provided some strategies for extinguishing forest fires as well as tall buildings to some state fire departments in the United States.