I’m glad he had followers that paid attention.

He totally rocks

Sad we were just down there a month or so ago working on the native plant nursery. There are seed samples from Eaton Canyon that should have made it through the fire.

Aren't the plants in that ecosystem adapted for fire? (Hard to find them, but could they be?)

Seeds in the ground are a different story.

Which I realize is not the case here. Not a botanist, just envisioning the fire cycle in my head. I hope for the best for all, especially for the flora and fauna that are caught up in our human situation.

I would think similar in CA. Seeds in pods usually won't survive.

It happened at Mt St Helens. And it often happens in wildfire areas.

However, if these were special seeds collected, it's hard to say. I assume these may have been from endangered species. Endangered species are purposely propagated and reintroduced. However, collected seeds are often in various stages. They could be in packets, in refrigerators, in grow pots, in the ground etc etc etc.

I have heard about this in prairie burns and in northern forest succession (some pine cones burst). But for So Cal, it can be a problem since eucalyptus is an invasive exotic there from Australia. Oy.

https://www.britannica.com/list/5-amazing-adaptations-of-pyrophytic-plants#:~:text=Fire%2Dactivated%20Seed&text=Some%20plants%2C%20such%20as%20the,has%20physically%20melted%20the%20resin.

We don't have pines where I live. We do have bad growing conditions...Poor soil, heat and drought.

Precautions were taken but you don’t know they worked until you know! I don’t want to be more specific at this time. Thank you for understanding!

I'm very sorry.

Thanks for posting.

But leaving town may be here biggest mistake by far. Career ending no doubt.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/public-safety-and-emergencies/health-and-safety-alerts/karen-bass-left-l-a-for-africa-as-wind-fire-warnings-increased-mayor-returned-to-a-burning-city/ar-BB1r7xde

What on earth was she thinking???

Of these independent weather guys like Edgar. This person’s name was Liam and he was so fascinated by the weather that he had his own site where he issued weather predictions.it was one of the first on the internet.

He also had a job doing the weather on some local cable channel.

My point in mentioning this is that there are these kinds of people who are so fascinated with weather prediction that it consumes them, and that appears to be the case with Edgar.