Opinion In The Middle of Fires, Trump Blames California, Threatens to Cut Federal Funding

Corona said:
Hundreds of thousands evacuated, thousands of homes lost, people dying, and this is what we get. Class act.

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well what he said is true. as a native californian of decades i can attest to this
 
Bargey said:
Sounds like it’s preventable but for lack of money and resources.

So Trump is rightly critical as per his job.
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How do we know it is preventable? Fire damage can be decreased, but it can it truly be prevented?
Couldn't one say that many bad things are preventable if not for lack of resources?
 
This guy has no idea where he is
 
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Speaking of the fires, is there any news about this? Kind of disappearing from the consciousness
 
I actually do think that logging is the solution to these fires.

The problem is that the logging companies only want to log, where there are already roads.

They should require replanting, as most areas already do, but also require they take all the trees in huge areas. Logging near roads would help no one.
 
Once again he opens his mouth and show he know nothing about pretty much any subject.
Holy crap the things that man doesn't know, but should know amazes me time after time after time.
I'm starting to think that he might even be dumber then most Trumpettes.
 
November 10, 2018 – As a quarter-million Californians fled from the path of a series of deadly wildfires, and thousands of firefighters did battle on the front lines, President Trump issued a statement threatening to withhold federal disaster aid and attacking California fire policies.

California Professional Firefighters President Brian K. Rice issued the following response to the president’s threat.
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“The president’s message attacking California and threatening to withhold aid to the victims of the cataclysmic fires is Ill-informed, ill-timed and demeaning to those who are suffering as well as the men and women on the front lines.

“At a time when our every effort should be focused on vanquishing the destructive fires and helping the victims, the president has chosen instead to issue an uninformed political threat aimed squarely at the innocent victims of these cataclysmic fires.

“At this moment, thousands of our brother and sister firefighters are putting their lives on the line to protect the lives and property of thousands. Some of them are doing so even as their own homes lay in ruins. In my view, this shameful attack on California is an attack on all our courageous men and women on the front lines.

“The president’s assertion that California’s forest management policies are to blame for catastrophic wildfire is dangerously wrong. Wildfires are sparked and spread not only in forested areas but in populated areas and open fields fueled by parched vegetation, high winds, low humidity and geography. Moreover, nearly 60 percent of California forests are under federal management, and another two-thirds under private control. It is the federal government that has chosen to divert resources away from forest management, not California.

“Natural disasters are not “red” or “blue” – they destroy regardless of party. Right now, families are in mourning, thousands have lost homes, and a quarter-million Americans have been forced to flee. At this desperate time, we would encourage the president to offer support in word and deed, instead of recrimination and blame.”
 
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