Los Angeles Times | October 16, 2017
ESPM professor Scott Stephens comments on the Tubbs Fire that was driven into northeastern Santa Rosa by hot, dry winds blowing a sustained 50 mph. Santa Rosa lost nearly 3,000 homes and many large buildings. “It hit the city like a bull’s-eye,” said Stephens. “[That] is probably the place that surprises us the most — it burned so many houses in the urban area.”