Private ownership of California's energy sector. <-- THE RIGHT ANSWER.
Recent budget cuts to state and local fire-prevention services in California.
The unusually dry conditions resulting from global warming.
Lack of underground shelters. (Source: California Governor Jerry Brown)
Lack of raking. (Source: President Donald Trump)
Democrats shooting lasers from space. (Source: Info Wars)
Call your state legislators and insist they approve the Article V convention of States to propose amendments.
I pledge allegiance to the Constitution as written and understood by this nation's founders, and to the Republic it created, an indivisible union of sovereign States, with liberty and justice for all.
A high windy season is all the more reason to manage the forests with controlled burns.
Tradition is not the worship of ashes, but the preservation of fire. ― Gustav Mahler
Hindsight is 20/20 and armchairs make for all star quarterbacks.
Here's the funny part, nobody was talking about the fires out here (there were more than several of them, Google it) until Trump made a tweet so now suddenly everyone is an expert on everything.
A forum full of Cliff Clavin's
Tradition is not the worship of ashes, but the preservation of fire. ― Gustav Mahler
Call your state legislators and insist they approve the Article V convention of States to propose amendments.
I pledge allegiance to the Constitution as written and understood by this nation's founders, and to the Republic it created, an indivisible union of sovereign States, with liberty and justice for all.
Yes, the winds blew so fast and for so long they created a friction that caused the underbrush to spontaneously combust.
The fact remains that if the underbrush had been cleared the winds could have blown at hurricane levels but with nothing to burn would not have spread.
Furthermore, you are full of caca about no one saying anything about the wild fires. We have this same conversation every year and every year its the same thing, the environmentalist won't allow the underbrush to be cleared, giving even the smallest fire an opportunity to feed and grow.
Last edited by nathanbforrest45; 11-26-2018 at 07:44 PM.
MisterVeritis (11-26-2018)
There were some terrible fires in northern Arizona a few years ago, and the usual suspects made the usual noises about "misguided environmentalists" being the cause. As it turned out, however, the only individuals and groups that had brought suit in recent years against the Forest Service to prevent controlled burns were homeowners in the area, who were bothered and inconvenienced by the smoke they caused. I don't know whether that was a factor in California, to any great extent, but it happened here. After that, the partisan critics were reduced to claiming that the government had been prevented from conducting controlled burns "because they knew the environmentalists would protest if they tried".
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IMPress Polly (11-27-2018)