CALIFORNIA DECLARES A STATE OF EMERGENCY

California’s neglect and lack of action to clear brush, dead trees and allowing billions of gallons of water to flow into the ocean as opposed to being routed into lakes and facilities has resulted in a crises.

Governor Gavin Newsom today proclaimed a state of emergency for Siskiyou County due to the effects of the McKinney Fire, which has destroyed homes, threatened critical infrastructure and forced the evacuation of almost 2,000 residents. Intensified and spread by dry fuels, extreme drought conditions, high temperatures, winds and lightning storms, the McKinney Fire has burned more than 29,500 acres since it began.

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graphite · 61-69, M

Environmental fanatics rule the day in California. Controlled burns ? Bad for the environment! Routing of water! That'll kill some exotic, rare western cockroach that nobody cares about. And on and on. Let's put 40 million people in a place that's never had enough precipitation, overengineer the hell out of infrastructure to bring in water, etc, and hope nothing goes wrong.

wildbill83 · 41-45, M

@graphite you'd think the mojave desert would've been a good indicator that the area doesn't get much rain and that droughts are the norm, not an exception...🤔

sunsporter1649 · 70-79, M

@wildbill83 All that water just off the sand, and nary a desalinization plant in sight

wildbill83 · 41-45, M

@sunsporter1649 "And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand..."