After devastating fires, officials warn winter rains could bring dangerous debris flows

The soul shudders as you stand on a rise and gaze over much of the 36 square miles of steep mountainside that burned in the Holy Fire.
Ash-covered earth, tons of rocks, acres of blackened brush lay motionless on this cloudless day.
But if and when rains arrive, experts warn, layers of earth likely will cascade down in unstoppable debris flows.
Realize, it’s not just debris flows from August’s Holy Fire that officials are concerned about. In the wake of three recent fires in Sout