Sad to see

[patrick66]

Having lost nearly everything in a tornado in 2003, I feel for these poor souls that have lost everything in the wildfires, now a part of seven states. This Charger is in California.

People, pets, papers, and irreplaceable pictures are priorities for most, plus meds.

 

[davek]

Yep right there with you it is so sad.

 

[BeepBeepRR]

Damn faulty ammeters strike again... Sorry, just joking The loss is horrible. Let just hope there was no loss of life.

 

[Budnicks]

I feel so sad for those people, no fault of their own
loose everything

Yep the fires here are truly bad, the last 20 years especially
look at who's in charge at the time (for up NorCal anyway)
it could be prevented most of the time too...

apart from the fires started by lightning strikes
that's mother nature showing US who's boss still

IMO it's bad forestry management 1st & foremost
since they started really restricting logging (tree-hugging BS)
or pretty much stopped logging
we've been plagued with these out of control wildfires
they clear out brush, harvest select trees, carve firebreaks,
take out deadfall etc.
(much-needed maintenance, when humans are in the woods)

Leadership (or lack of it) is the biggest issue here

we had one HUGE fire started by some dumbass couple (SoCal IIRC)
using fireworks to do a gender reveal, how stupid are you

 

[GetX'd]

Over 2 million acres destroyed in CA and the season is just getting in full swing. Blame the liberal CA government for not clearing g the dead fuel in public lands. This state IS a disaster in Many forms

 

[Sahara]

I’m not making light of this terrible situation, but whenever this happens I’m reminded of one of the most memorable news interviews, ever. This was perhaps eight or ten years ago.
A fire had burned an entire small California town to the ground. A news crew shows up, and interviews a guy standing in the ankle deep ashes of what once was his home. While they are interviewing him, he is poking around in the rubble. He bends down, and picks up a thoroughly charred Uzi SMG.
Clearly startled, the interviewer exclaims “isn’t that illegal?”
Totally deadpan, the guy looks in the camera and responds “not now.”