What Changes Have Increased the Risk Associated with the Santa

question 5

Multiple Choice

What changes have increased the risk associated with the Santa Ana winds in southern California?

• A)Commonly used landscape trees are more flammable than naturally occurring vegetation.
• B)Climate change has increased the local rainfall,leading to mudslides.
• C)Very little flammable material exists anymore in the landscape,so houses burn more easily.
• D)There hasn't been an increased risk - people have started building outside of fire zones now.