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cLOUD · 7 answers · 12d

Do you think CA is on fire because Newsome “wanted to protect an essentially worthless fish called a smelt, by giving it less water (it didn’t work!), but didn’t care about the people of California. Now the ultimate price is being paid.” ???

Tbh I'm still learning about what is going on, but I have seen some interviews a while ago mentioning that there was a severe lack of water in the fire hydrants and the city is designed in such a way that should the wind blow in a certain direction, fire could travel unchallenged... unfortunately this reality has been realised. Given its foreseeability, you'd hope that the Chief Fire Officer would forward plan for such a glaring safety issues, but no one looks good in the lens of hindsight... really feeling for people, seems like a fire that can't really be stoped until a natural fire break is present at this point. I'm sure all issues will be politicised, but I just hope a thorough inquiry is done when things eventually settle and some serious learning points are implemented again, this frankly shouldn't happen.

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