lots of major fires going on up there. 2/3rds of the state is up in flames. The envirowackos who have caused the heavy deadwood buildup must be just in shock. Very sad this state needs a clean up, and I hope none of the firefighters are hurt.
2/3rds?
As a native of California, summer fires it is just another season like winter or fall.
It has always been as long as I have been alive which is a really long long time.
Actually the no-burn policy started in the 1930s. Remember Smokey Bear? Things are a bit different now, and the USFS tends to let fires burn. Witness the Zaca Fire of last summer. Why? They have the excuse to ignore air quality mandates. They KNOW that fire is part of the chaparral ecosystem. They also no it’s politically impossible to control burn in enough volume to make a difference. So, they get an opportunity (like some jerk playing with 4th of July fireworks in the national forest) and they take advantage. We need to have controlled burns over the whole forest on a scheduled basis, so the big one doesn’t get away and kill people and destroy homes. The area the Gap Fire is burning hasn’t burned for 50+ years. Not good. Hope to God, no one gets killed. Bad enough to lose houses. We’ve been there before here in SB. Ditto LA.
No, no they are not is shock. You underestimate the ability of liberals to blame anything except themselves. This is caused by Global Warming don't you know. The dumb a**es will never learn that their policies are just stupid, but maybe our leaders(I did say maybe), the ones with a small percentage of common sense will prevail. Hopefully if any homes burn down they are those of greenies and other liberal a**hats.