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Old 10-24-2007, 08:30 PM
 
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I am curious if the disaster in SoCal is something that's possible in Phoenix. Or is there not enough brush to burn? Has anything this major ever struck Phoenix?


HOW POSSIBLE IS THIS?
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Old 10-24-2007, 08:34 PM
 
Location: SCW, AZ
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Well, Phoenix got car thieves and burglars, So Cal got arsonists which again was the cause of the latest fires and almost all others in the past!
They have these once every few years...
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Old 10-24-2007, 09:22 PM
 
Location: Pinal County, Arizona
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I am curious if the disaster in SoCal is something that's possible in Phoenix. Or is there not enough brush to burn? Has anything this major ever struck Phoenix?


HOW POSSIBLE IS THIS?

In Phoenix? Not likely

In the Valley? Not only likely but, there is history.

In the north valley - Cave Creek, Carefree, North Scottsdale

In the far east valley - Apache Junction, Gold Canyon

On the Rim - Payson, Heber, Overgard, Showlow

Northern Arizona - Sedona and Oak Creek, Flagstaff

In the South - Tucson (the foothills), Mt Lemon

All of the above have had MAJOR fires / wildfires - in the recent past
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Old 10-24-2007, 09:24 PM
 
Location: East Central Phoenix
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Phoenix, being located in mostly flat desert, has a lesser risk for those serious types of fires than California does. However, fires have occurred near Phoenix in recent years. In July 1995, a lightning caused fire burned a mountain preserve area near Fountain Hills, and many expensive homes were destroyed. There were also some similar fires more recently north of Phoenix that destroyed some homes.

Arizona's higher terrain is more prone to wildfires, which can occur anytime there are extremely dry conditions ... but the predominant season for these fires is late May to mid July (peak of the dry season). Dry lightning sparks some of those fires, but most of them are human caused. The Rodeo/Chedeski Fire in June 2002 was the worst fire in state history ... it burned over 450,000 acres of forest & caused billions of dollars in damage. That fire started as two separate blazes, and then combined into one huge inferno ... thanks to two very stupid individuals who DELIBERATELY set them.
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