A 'warrior' brain surgeon saved his Malibu street from wildfires and looters

telegraph.co.uk

4 pointsrmason4 comments

> training, N95 masks, sourced fire hoses

> sprinklers in the roof, cement tiles instead of wood

> Dr Griffiths, who is also a doctor to the LA Kings hockey team, said if one thing can come from the devastating tragedy, he wants people to get to know their neighbours.

From "Ask HN: Next Gen, Slow, Heavy Lift Firefighting Aircraft Specs?" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42665860 :

> Next-Gen Firefighting Aircraft (working title: NGFFA)

An aphorism has been in my memory for a long time, that goes like this:

It's better to be a warrior in a garden than a gardener in a war.

Tolkien scholars would ask the question: is Sam Gamgee the warrior or the gardener? (The right answer is: he is a gardener, the Lord of the Rings is all about rebuilding after destruction.)

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