No one knew when fire was going to occur, but they sure knew that higher than normal winds were anticipated.A preemptive evacuation isn't possible without advanced knowledge that a fire will occur. Only Miss Cleo can know that.
I said climate was the smallest variable when you consider all the poor decision making that led to the tragedy. This article mirrors that view.
It also says Dora added up to 5 MPH to the wind speeds, so another minor variable. The wind speeds would have been 75 MPH instead of 80 MPH without Dora.
like I said, even with Hilary an evacuation warning was given before landfall in SoCal, was Miss Cleo called upon? Nope
Could they have done the same and gave a warning over there about Dora? Yep