"Higher temperatures means more demand for water by soils and vegetation and people and agriculture," he said. "Climate change is in many ways a water problem. It's being manifested by drought and floods and wildfires."
More resilient water systems
This is not the first time hydrants ran dry in a major firefight. They're designed to handle one or two structure fires, not hundreds burning at the same time.
Similar water pressure problems plagued the 1991 Oakland Hills Fire, which destroyed more than 3,000 homes, and two Ventura County fires that each burned more than 1,000 homes in 2017 and 2018.