re: California Fires -- LISTEN TO DR. BILL WATTENBURG TONIGHT ON KGO (10:00 PM PACIFIC)

Dr. Bill Wattenburg show -- KGO ^ | Nov. 1, 2003 | dfu

[doug from upland]

LINK TO KGO TO LISTEN LIVE ONLINE

Dr. Bill Wattenburg, a man who has worked in the forest for 40 years and who has designed nuclear weapons at Lawrence Livermore, has a weekend show on KGO in San Francisco on Saturday and Sunday nights.

Dr. Bill is an expert regarding protecting our forests. I expect him to be absolutely ripping the ecofrauds tonight and tomorrow. It will be worth your time to listen to him.

[nicmarlo]

Glad you're okay out there, Doug!

[doug from upland]

Great 1999 piece by Dr. Bill -- CLICK.

[doug from upland]

Thanks. They evacuated about a mile or so north of me while I was on vacation in Texas, but we were never in jeopardy.

[doug from upland]

Good news. If you go to the KGO link now, you can catch the last half hour of the gay Karel show.

[doug from upland]

Isn't Karel cute?

[nicmarlo]

Yeah, I heard you were on vacation......good that all is well...you must have been worried, being so far away, knowing the fire was so close. Lots of FReepers live out by the fires; I haven't heard of one who experienced anything worse than the backyard/close to front yard burning. A miracle. I've got lots of family out there, too; miraculously, none were touched either.

But I feel very sad for those who weren't as fortunate. So many people out there now without homes, or loved ones. It's very sad.

[The Westerner]

Thanks for the reminder, Doug. I'm sure the first 15 minutes will be cathartic for us all. Dr. Bill has facts at his disposal that range far and wide. And to facts he does stick, which is why he is such an excellent commentator. He knows how to let it rip with the best of 'em. His being a nuclear scientist makes it all the more entertaining.

[doug from upland]

Bumping. Don't miss Dr. Bill. 415.808.0810

[doug from upland]

Darn, I don't seem to be able to get streaming from KGO. Is anyone else having trouble? I guess I'll listen on the radio

[nicmarlo]

I got it, at least so far, Doug.

[doug from upland]

Yep, he already used the word "ecofrauds." He is going after the ecofrauds big time. He has been saying for years that this disaster was waiting to happen.

[doug from upland]

The ecofrauds, using Sen. Boxer, have stopped all required activity in our forests. His listeners all know it. They have made suckers out of the media.

[nicmarlo]

Who is it he called a liar?

[doug from upland]

To get the dead trees cleaned up, the effort would have had to begin LAST FALL.

[abner]

I'm trying to listen online and I just keep getting a commercial for some replay radio software program... Am I doing something wrong?

[nicmarlo]

Once that plays, he'll be on.

[abner]

It plays and then goes dead. I guess I'll crash instead. It's later here than there...

[nicmarlo]

As long as he's talking about Davis saying he asked for federal help, I'll repost here what ridesthemiles posted on a fire thread:

Davis cut back the CDF funds, over $50 million. Now the CDF is adding a "fee" to our tax bills for the rural 2 million homeowners. First year, the fee is $70, and $35/yr after that. If you do the math, we are way over funding the missing $50 million. But that's only part of it.

Davis STOOD DOWN the entire CDF air attack fleet of planes on OCT 15th of this year for "winter maintenance". I think the correct months for that maintenance would be Jan-Feb-Mar, when the rains have come and wet down the fire threat. But WTF do I know? I am just a bookkeeper who also raises horse......

In early June, Davis SHUT DOWN the fire observation towers thruout the forest of the state. Up here, volunteers are manning the towers, looking for smoke and fires and generating responses.

Davis spends most of his waking hours garnering campaign funds from supporters, and ignoring the needs of the residents.

[NormsRevenge]

Barbarian BoXer has got to go...

She has been at the forefront of the idiotic charge to keep the forests free of logging or to allow efficient and effective stewardship of this nation's forests.

The Sierra Club and their lawyer leaders should be so proud of the thousands that are homeless tonight in SoCal.

Send her a Thank You for all her's and their efforts to obstruct any effort to save our forests by doing nothing.