Had Jerry Brown quit wasting time and money on worthless expensive projects like high speed rail to nowhere or making a "Sanctuary State" safe for illegal arsonists, and spent the resources available to build the required reservoirs that had been planned for decades, some of the burned areas may have had more of a chance with lowered fire risk. From the time of Richard Henry Dana, who wrote about the brush fires in Southern California in "Two Years Before the Mast"', it was obvious that Wildfires have always been part of the landscape, along with Santa Ana Winds and earthquakes. They were, unfortunately, just as big a fires decades ago, but California had less then half its population and structures then, so there was much less fire damage. m/r
California governor blames devastating wildfires on climate change and says deadly winter infernos will be 'the new normal'
- California Governor Jerry Brown said Saturday that destructive winter wildfires will be the 'new reality'
- Blamed climate change for deadly infernos and urged lawmakers to take heed of natural disasters
- Fire crews bracing for high winds that are expected to whip Southern California wildfires Saturday night
- Gusts of up to 40mph are expected Saturday and up to 50mph Sunday in the Los Angeles area
- Six fires have destroyed more than 500 buildings, killed dozens of horses and forced 212,000 to evacuate
- First fire-related death confirmed on Friday after woman was found dead in crash along evacuation route
California's governor has said that deadly
wildfires in the winter will be 'the new normal', as fire crews rushed
to contain the fires, with dry desert winds expected to intensify over
the weekend.
Governor Jerry Brown on
Saturday toured Ventura County neighborhoods ravaged by a weeklong
wildfire that killed at least one person and destroyed hundreds of homes
and other buildings.
At a news conference, the Democrat said drought and climate change mean California faces a 'new reality' where lives and property are continually threatened by fire, at a cost of billions of dollars.
He added that gusty winds and low humidity are continuing and warned that there's a good chance of seeing 'firefighting at Christmas'.
He
said it will take 'heroic' efforts in the US and abroad to stem climate
change and urged US lawmakers to pay more attention to dealing with
natural disasters such as fires, floods and earthquakes.
Over
the past week, six major wildfires have forced more than 200,000
people to flee and choked the air across much of the region.
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