Horror pictures from California

[Saint in Paradise]

http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2008/11/california_wildfires_yet_again.html

 

[The Tango Man]

Brilliant photos..sad circumstances though..

[Baj]

why are all these homes built from wood tho?

[Al de Man]

why are all these homes built from wood tho?

 

They're probably about the third of the cost of a house built of bricks and unless they chop down all the surrounding trees would be just as uninhabitable after the fire has passed.

 

Did you see the state of that car's alloy wheel?