Fire Scientist Attempts To Accurately Predict Wildfire Threats

By CBSLA Staff, CBS Los Angeles:

LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) — Amid a devastating drought, record-breaking heat and the everlasting breezy Santa Ana winds, Tom Rolinski is hoping his team is prepared for yet another fire season.

“The bad news here is because we haven’t had a lot of precipitation since the beginning of January things have really dried out,” he said.

Rolinksi is a fire scientist with Southern California Edison and leads the effort to more accurately predict the threat of wildfires in the utility’s highest risk areas.

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