Bushfires in California in the middle of winter

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rsm said:
It's political.

I'm sorry for those who are suffering in Cali now; but there are many who voted for this, and will continue to do so.

The elected politicians, government agencies and bureaucrats are elected and paid to manage the state. Decades of demoncrats in charge and DIE policies supported by a majority of California voters in the coastal cities have consequences.

Fact: most of the land area of California is not demoncrat; it's the coastal cities with high populations that keep the state blue.

The demoncrats in charge of the coastal cities, counties and the state also refuse to allow the state to be split into two states. The New California movement has been trying to do this through legal means for over a decade.

Look back in our history, there are many examples of states splitting into more than one state; there is a legal process and precedent to do this, but the demoncrats in charge of Cali, and Oregon, won't allow it.
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Yep exactly. The conservationists blew a gasket over the spotted Owl and stopped controlled burns in exchange for epic out of control forest fires. Now every summer we choke on smoke in Oregon.
 
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I dislike identity politics more than most and don't like LGBT rubbish with a passion. Having said that, I'm not sure what firefighters can do if they have no water to fight the fire with though. I think that's really the root of the problem. Does any city in the world have enough water to fight huge urban fire? Certainly places with some water scarcity like Sydney or LA would struggle. There would never be enough water pressure to fight a fire that hit a large concentrated area at once.
 
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Thumbpicker said:
I dislike identity politics more than most and don't like LGBT rubbish with a passion. Having said that, I'm not sure what firefighters can do if they have no water to fight the fire with though. I think that's really the root of the problem. Does any city in the world have enough water to fight huge urban fire? Certainly places with some water scarcity like Sydney or LA would struggle.
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Isn’t Malibu right on the OCEAN????🌊
 
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Isn’t Malibu right on the OCEAN????🌊
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The fire front isn't right on the ocean everywhere though is it? Sure you can use water bombing aircraft. They are using those though aren't they? How would you pump sea water 1 mile inland from a fire truck?
 
Thumbpicker said:
I dislike identity politics more than most and don't like LGBT rubbish with a passion. Having said that, I'm not sure what firefighters can do if they have no water to fight the fire with though. I think that's really the root of the problem. Does any city in the world have enough water to fight huge urban fire? Certainly places with some water scarcity like Sydney or LA would struggle. There would never be enough water pressure to fight a fire that hit a large concentrated area at once.
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If they had removed the dead brush; made fire breaks like they had in the 1970s and before, didn't divert water into the ocean and had reservoirs of water available, they damage would likely be much less; and contained in smaller areas.

The failure of the government in California made the situation much worse than it should be.
 
And as I predicted, Obiden today said the feds would pick up 100% of the tab for clean up and rebuilding. 🙄
 
Floyd Eye said:
And as I predicted, Obiden today said the feds would pick up 100% of the tab for clean up and rebuilding. 🙄
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The cynic in me says that California is the democrat's electorate so to speak. So protecting their votes.

It's a good thing the US federal budget is so far in surplus to be able to pay for it huh :doh:
 
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