Overdevelop, shove several Million people into an area that might handle 50,000 naturally, clear-cut the land, and all with insufficient water supplies, and this can be one result!
Repeated calls for lower taxes…less and less firefighters, less and less accurate planning for the density of dwellings. Plus, no rain -zip, zero, nada. A summer of relentless sun, (climate change, anyone?) sucking the moisture from every single piece of landscape. Add Diablo Winds and BINGO -- a first class disaster. Arson? Accident? Downed power line? The cause doesn’t really matter. Those insurance companies that have been suckling the public teat for years will have to pony-up to rebuild.Unfortunately, the lesson will not be learned. The density will repeat. The citizens of California will roll the dice and cross their fingers. Oh when will they ever learn? Oh when will they ever learn?
It’s not just California. The eastern seaboard is in a very similar situation, as is the Gulf coast. And remember the flooding a few years back in the Midwest? You don’t think that there has been any effect on long-term planning there either, do you? But we’re gonna make coal great again…
As long as automation coal workers can get back to grinding mountains down, it is a small price to pay to let California burn. It isn’t like we could do anything – I mean, we could if we wanted to, but we don’t.
The highest temperatures in Santa Rosa recorded history were from this summer. I think it got up to 118, unheard of for the Bay Area. Climate change is going on. We never thought that area would burn. The wife’s childhood home built around 1870 was burned.
Masterskrain Premium Member over 6 years ago
Overdevelop, shove several Million people into an area that might handle 50,000 naturally, clear-cut the land, and all with insufficient water supplies, and this can be one result!
superposition over 6 years ago
Bipartisan neglect of environment, and lack of true leadership -- choosing lowest common denominator candidates -- will get us there soon.
Crabbyrino Premium Member over 6 years ago
Repeated calls for lower taxes…less and less firefighters, less and less accurate planning for the density of dwellings. Plus, no rain -zip, zero, nada. A summer of relentless sun, (climate change, anyone?) sucking the moisture from every single piece of landscape. Add Diablo Winds and BINGO -- a first class disaster. Arson? Accident? Downed power line? The cause doesn’t really matter. Those insurance companies that have been suckling the public teat for years will have to pony-up to rebuild.Unfortunately, the lesson will not be learned. The density will repeat. The citizens of California will roll the dice and cross their fingers. Oh when will they ever learn? Oh when will they ever learn?
martens over 6 years ago
It’s not just California. The eastern seaboard is in a very similar situation, as is the Gulf coast. And remember the flooding a few years back in the Midwest? You don’t think that there has been any effect on long-term planning there either, do you? But we’re gonna make coal great again…
Striped Cat over 6 years ago
This is ’Merica. We will find a way for a limited few to make tons of money off of this. I know we can!
genome_project Premium Member over 6 years ago
The bear on the Seal is already extinct.
Mr. Blawt over 6 years ago
As long as automation coal workers can get back to grinding mountains down, it is a small price to pay to let California burn. It isn’t like we could do anything – I mean, we could if we wanted to, but we don’t.
Radish the wordsmith over 6 years ago
You have to see this as a result of climate change. That part of Santa Rosa had not burned in over 100 years.
Radish the wordsmith over 6 years ago
The highest temperatures in Santa Rosa recorded history were from this summer. I think it got up to 118, unheard of for the Bay Area. Climate change is going on. We never thought that area would burn. The wife’s childhood home built around 1870 was burned.