tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5890312.post4786316646567310883..comments2024-03-19T23:09:02.136-04:00Comments on Collecting My Thoughts: Normahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11502895616873273470noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5890312.post-33941554842356433002007-10-28T00:55:00.000-04:002007-10-28T00:55:00.000-04:00Grew up in So Cal and spent a lot of my life deali...Grew up in So Cal and spent a lot of my life dealing with this and they have refined fire fighting and evac to a science. You cant "not build" in a fire zone. Its all a fire zone the whole state. Santa Anas come but these were some of the worse Ive seen. Sadly its not the nutty global warming that starts fires but rather a nut with a gas can that starts half of them. What is Bush supposed to do about them?Hokule'a Kealohahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04280892750380109855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5890312.post-33329455528483231402007-10-26T14:59:00.000-04:002007-10-26T14:59:00.000-04:00chupieandj'smama: California officials learned a ...chupieandj'smama: <I>California officials learned a thing or two from Katrina.</I><BR/><BR/>Apples and oranges I think, not that I'm arguing at all concerning NOLA and LA's response to Katrina being its own disaster.<BR/><BR/>With hurricanes (I'm in Florida) you at least get some warning. With wildfires (we've had plenty of those, too) you may get some. Or may not get any at all.<BR/><BR/>According to a CALFire official I heard interviewed yesterday, the number of massive wildfires in Southern California over the years - the most recent only two or so years ago - has allowed the state to develop and constantly hone its specific response to them.<BR/><BR/>Norma: <I>When it's too smokey to breathe, or someone drives through the neighborhood telling them to leave, I'm sure a certain amount of learned self-interest goes a long way.</I><BR/><BR/>One family, who'd lost their home in a wildfire a few years back and has now lost another one, said they threw what was most important to them (their pets) in their car and left within three minutes.<BR/><BR/>In other words, my hat's off to California: both the state's officials and its people.doylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00336698909563418555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5890312.post-46443388700606145462007-10-26T11:24:00.000-04:002007-10-26T11:24:00.000-04:00Norma, I heard this same crapola being discussed ...Norma, I heard this same crapola being discussed on our radio this morning. It's amazing how "Global Warming" is blamed for everything and the fact that these people in California built their homes on land that burns every couple of years doesn't even get a mention.<BR/>As for the comparison with New Orleans, that just plain partisanship. The California officials learned a thing or two from Katrina. They learned to ACT when a disaster occurs. Nagin and Blanco were completely inept and should have been run out of town. But instead we blame Bush. It's crazy.ChupieandJ'smama (Janeen)https://www.blogger.com/profile/12367131116081742274noreply@blogger.com