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>>joining me live now is dr craig clements.rector of the wild into inter interdisciplinary research center at san jose state. greg, thanks so much for being with us. thanks for having me. all right, you know, it doesn't seem like that long ago that we're talking about how we were doing so well, we've got so much rain this year had such a wet winter and spring and now we're talking about fire danger, it might confuse here and that i thought we were doing so well. are you surprised that the fire dangers is happening so soon? well, no, because we're in june are fuels are cured. having grass fires around the bay area in northern california. this is really normal for this time of season, so i'm not shocked. i you know the crowd fire that happened last weekend. that was a big acre fire, but it was also associated with a lot of wind. so it just makes sense that we're going to get these big grass fires. year it feels like fire season gets more and more intense. what does this year look like? and what makes it different? from maybe year
>>joining me live now is dr craig clements.rector of the wild into inter interdisciplinary research center at san jose state. greg, thanks so much for being with us. thanks for having me. all right, you know, it doesn't seem like that long ago that we're talking about how we were doing so well, we've got so much rain this year had such a wet winter and spring and now we're talking about fire danger, it might confuse here and that i thought we were doing so well. are you surprised that the...
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joining us live now to talk more about this fire and what's ahead is doctor craig clements, director of the wildlife wildfire that is interdisciplinary research center at san jose state university. doctor, thank you for joining us. now, we've seen three major fires in three days today in redwood city. yesterday in san jose, saturday with the corral fire. do you think weather is, you know, to blame here? one of the big factors here. >> well for the wildfires like the corral fire, these are dry fuels, grasses that are curing throughout the spring. and we are in our fully cured time. so june is when we start seeing a lot more grass fires in northern california. and with that fire near tracy, very, very windy conditions in that region. so it was expected to it's not unexpected to have this type of fire this time of year. >> i know it's 75% contained, but can you talk about some of the conditions that firefighters are up against in a situation like that? obviously making a lot of progress now, but they were up against the wall at one point. >> yeah, saturday we had very strong winds in th
joining us live now to talk more about this fire and what's ahead is doctor craig clements, director of the wildlife wildfire that is interdisciplinary research center at san jose state university. doctor, thank you for joining us. now, we've seen three major fires in three days today in redwood city. yesterday in san jose, saturday with the corral fire. do you think weather is, you know, to blame here? one of the big factors here. >> well for the wildfires like the corral fire, these are...
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the bay area hills turned from a faded green to a light, brown, craig clements director of the wildfire research center at san jose, 8. he says the past few days have been a reminder. even a good winter has legs when it comes to keeping fire risk down. the crowd. >>fire >>was a big fire, but it was a grass, fire and grass fires are very common this time of year is the 1st type of fires that we really get. and we call it a light, flashy fuel that grass just burns so readily. grasses are usually cured by early june, so fires are now likely. to the next question becomes the larger fuel that is often ignited by a grass fire. live what we call live fuels living plan. the living plants have a lot of soil moisture right now because of the wet winter, so they're doing okay in terms of their fuel moisture, content, 10 the amount of water inside the plant. but as we get approach fall those plants become critically dry. and if it's a wet winter or a dry winter, those plans are still going to respond similarly, uh in the late summer early fall so the 2 healthy winters do continue to pay dividends b
the bay area hills turned from a faded green to a light, brown, craig clements director of the wildfire research center at san jose, 8. he says the past few days have been a reminder. even a good winter has legs when it comes to keeping fire risk down. the crowd. >>fire >>was a big fire, but it was a grass, fire and grass fires are very common this time of year is the 1st type of fires that we really get. and we call it a light, flashy fuel that grass just burns so readily. grasses...
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. >> reporter: watching the bay area hills turn from a faded green to a light brown, craig clements, director of the wildfire research center at san jose state, he says the past few days have been a reminder that even a good winter has legs when it comes to keeping fire risk down. >> the corral fire was a big fire, but it was a grass fire. and grass fires are very common this time of year. it's the first type of fires that we really get. >> and we call it a light flashy fuel that. grass just burns so readily. >> reporter: grasses are usually cured by early june, so fires are now likely. so the next question becomes the larger fuel that is often ignited by a grass fire. >> so these are live fuel. we call live fuel, living plants. those living plants have a lot of soil moisture right now because of the wet winter, so they're doing okay in terms of their fuel moisture content, the amount of water inside the plant. but as we approach fall, those plants become critically dry and even if it's a wet winter or dry winter, those plants are still going to respond similarly in the late summer,
. >> reporter: watching the bay area hills turn from a faded green to a light brown, craig clements, director of the wildfire research center at san jose state, he says the past few days have been a reminder that even a good winter has legs when it comes to keeping fire risk down. >> the corral fire was a big fire, but it was a grass fire. and grass fires are very common this time of year. it's the first type of fires that we really get. >> and we call it a light flashy fuel...
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craig clement, director of the wildfire research center at san jose state, he says the past few days have been a reminder that even a good winter has legs when it comes to keeping fire risk down. >> the corral fire was a big fire, but it was a grass fire. and grass fires are very common this time of year. it's the first type of fires that we really get. >> we call it a light flashy fuel. that grass just burns so readily. >> reporter: grasses are usually cured by early june, so fires are now likely. so the next question becomes the larger fuel that is ignited by a grass fire. >> these are what we call live fuel, living plants. those living plants have a lot of soil moisture right now because of the wet winter, so they're doing okay in terms of their fuel moisture content, the amount of water inside the plant. but as we approach fall, those plants become critically dry, and even if it's a wet winter or a dry winter, those plants are still going to respond similarly in the late summer, early fall. >> reporter: so the two healthy winters do continue to pay dividends because of the moistu
craig clement, director of the wildfire research center at san jose state, he says the past few days have been a reminder that even a good winter has legs when it comes to keeping fire risk down. >> the corral fire was a big fire, but it was a grass fire. and grass fires are very common this time of year. it's the first type of fires that we really get. >> we call it a light flashy fuel. that grass just burns so readily. >> reporter: grasses are usually cured by early june, so...
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. >> reporter: watching the bay area hills turn from a faded green to a light brown, craig clements, director of the wildfire research center at san jose state, says the past few days have been a reminder that even a good winter has legs when it comes to keeping fire risk down. >> the -- corral fire was a big fire. but it was a grass fire. and grass fires are very common this time of year. it's the first type of fires we really get. >> we call it a light flashy fuel that grass just burns so readily. >> reporter: grasses are usually cured by early june. so fires are now likely. so the next question becomes the larger fuel that is often ignited by a grass fire. >> so these are live fuels. what we call live fuels, living plants. those living plants have a lot of soil moisture right now because of the wet winter and they're doing okay in terms of their fuel moisture content. the amount of water inside the plant. but as we get -- approach fall, the plants become critically dry and even if it's a wet winter or a dry winter, those plants are still going to respond similarly in the late summ
. >> reporter: watching the bay area hills turn from a faded green to a light brown, craig clements, director of the wildfire research center at san jose state, says the past few days have been a reminder that even a good winter has legs when it comes to keeping fire risk down. >> the -- corral fire was a big fire. but it was a grass fire. and grass fires are very common this time of year. it's the first type of fires we really get. >> we call it a light flashy fuel that grass...
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. >> reporter: watching the bay area hills turn from a faded green to a light brown, craig clements director of the wildfire research center at san jose state, he says the past few days have been a reminder that even a good winter has legs when it comes to keeping fire risk down. >> the -- corral fire was a big fire. but it was a grass fire. and grass fires are very common at this time of year. it's the first type of fires we really get. >> we call it light flashy fuel that grass just burns so readily. >> reporter: grasses are usually cured by early june. so fires are now likely. so the next question becomes the larger fuel that is often ignited by a grass fire. >> so these are live fuel. what we call live fuels, living plants. the living plants have will the of soil moisture right now because of the wet winter and they're doing okay in terms of their fuel moisture content. the amount of water inside the plant. but as we get -- approach fuel, the plants become critically dry and even if it's a wet or dry winter, those plants are still going to respond similarly in the late summer early fall.
. >> reporter: watching the bay area hills turn from a faded green to a light brown, craig clements director of the wildfire research center at san jose state, he says the past few days have been a reminder that even a good winter has legs when it comes to keeping fire risk down. >> the -- corral fire was a big fire. but it was a grass fire. and grass fires are very common at this time of year. it's the first type of fires we really get. >> we call it light flashy fuel that...
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. >> craig clements is the director of san jose state's wildfire interdisciplinary research center.the forecast to avoid severe wildfire danger in the bay area is good. for now, the outlooks are, generally better than previous years because of the wet winter we had our potential for large wildfires in the months of june, july and august are below normal for most of northern california and becoming more normal in august. that will give people living near the altamont pass and other urban wildlife interface areas more time to prepare. >> we have fire extinguishers. we have, jugs of water in our garage, which is right near our barbecue, in store locations throughout our house, cal fire says make sure you're subscribed to emergency alerts for your zip code now, and be ready to respond quickly to any evacuation orders if that order is enacted, we're going to be coming in with a lot of big equipment and a lot of roads in these areas are very windy, and there's a lot of trees, and evacuations are chaotic as it is . so the sooner people can get out, the sooner we can get in, hopefully take
. >> craig clements is the director of san jose state's wildfire interdisciplinary research center.the forecast to avoid severe wildfire danger in the bay area is good. for now, the outlooks are, generally better than previous years because of the wet winter we had our potential for large wildfires in the months of june, july and august are below normal for most of northern california and becoming more normal in august. that will give people living near the altamont pass and other urban...