My youngest daughter was in Pacific Palisades on Tuesday afternoon and texted me that she’d never seen a wildfire so close. She sent me a picture and I told her “Get out NOW!” Which she did, 30 minutes before the evacuation order. Then she went home to South Pasadena, just south of the Eaton fire evacuation zone! What a nightmare!
Here in the San Joaquin Valley we're so dependent on that snow pack. I think on average we get about 10 inches of rain a year in Fresno, it just infuriates me that we can't harness all that water that just runs off into the ocean like you mentioned. And the thing is, we know what's always looming every 'fire season' as they call it, and yet nothing is done. I really can't imagine what those people are going through right now, just devastating to read about it.
There’s no polite way to put it, is there? I try to be realistic in my thinking, I don’t see California turning red anytime soon, but could this be a wake up call that turns the state somewhat purple? Even moderate Democrats must be sick of this.
My youngest daughter was in Pacific Palisades on Tuesday afternoon and texted me that she’d never seen a wildfire so close. She sent me a picture and I told her “Get out NOW!” Which she did, 30 minutes before the evacuation order. Then she went home to South Pasadena, just south of the Eaton fire evacuation zone! What a nightmare!
The willfull incompetence boggles the mind.
It’s so bad.
But I’m glad she’s safe!
Here in the San Joaquin Valley we're so dependent on that snow pack. I think on average we get about 10 inches of rain a year in Fresno, it just infuriates me that we can't harness all that water that just runs off into the ocean like you mentioned. And the thing is, we know what's always looming every 'fire season' as they call it, and yet nothing is done. I really can't imagine what those people are going through right now, just devastating to read about it.
If they really believed in climate change, then they would have spent the past decade preparing for the inevitability of more and stronger wildfires.
Yet they did no such thing, despite having legislation authorizing more reservoirs.
And now the Governor is fundraising off of this catastrophe through Act Blue.
"Kakistocracy" doesn't quite fit. We need a new term for "government by sociopathic incompetents."
There’s no polite way to put it, is there? I try to be realistic in my thinking, I don’t see California turning red anytime soon, but could this be a wake up call that turns the state somewhat purple? Even moderate Democrats must be sick of this.