- The L.A. fire department’s budget was increased, not cut.
- There’s no such thing as a “water restoration declaration.”
- Southern California’s reservoirs had more water than ever before.
- The hydrants ran dry because of unlimited demand, not limited supply.
- Given the wind gusts, more water wouldn’t have stopped the fires from spreading.
- No urban fire department or water system is capable of handling fires of this magnitude.
“It’s easy to blame public officials when disaster strikes, but an electorate that keeps electing climate change deniers, insists on living in high-risk fire areas and resists the higher taxes and restrictive policies that would keep their communities safer makes preparing for natural disasters that much more difficult,” MSNBC said on Monday, January 13, 2025 (see story here). “Pointing fingers and casting blame is natural, but humans are not omnipotent.” Sometimes Mother Nature’s fury “cannot be stopped.”
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