There was little time to escape by the time hurricane-force winds and fire tore through Palisades and Altadena last week, but thanks to the National Weather Service many knew the winds were coming days before it arrived.
Their predictions and warnings most likely saved many lives.
These kinds of winter Santa Anas are always our strongest Santa Ana,” NWS meteorologist Carol Smith said. “Typically, there not as destructive because when you get to this time of year you hoped you had some rain.”…