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Los Angeles-California Inferno: Newsom, Bass and How Not to Govern a Crisis

DB @dgobucks226 (37621) 14 Jan 25

So many reasons as to why this fire got out of control and eventually became a catastrophic, Santa Ana winds aside. Let's examine the failures. 1. Why were there not water for the fireman to fight the blaze? Why were fire...

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Fires in El Dorado County

TheRealDawn @dawnald (85137) • Shingle Springs, California 7 Sep 21

Well, if you don't follow the news, you might be surprised to hear that there have been some rather large fires in California recently. The one near me, the Caldor fire in El Dorado County, has burned hundreds of thousands of...

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California Is on Fire

Barbara Radisavlejvic @bagarad (14283) • Paso Robles, California 25 Aug 20

I know I'm not the only one here that's been affected by the fires. I took this photo a couple of days ago -- in the evening of the day our city of Paso Robles had the worst air quality of any city in the world. The smoke came...

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Wildfires in California causing agony to many

Ptrikha_2 @ptrikha_2 (49775) • India 27 Oct 19

I just watched on a news channel that the Wildfires in California in US is causing agony to many. Winds are causing more troubles. Many people have to evacuate their homes. Such a situation can be quite tough. I hope that the...

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Southern California Wildfires Out of Control

Deborah-Diane @DeborahDiane (40850) • Laguna Woods, California 6 Dec 17

The news here in Southern California has been consumed by the four wildfires which are burning. Two are in Ventura County, north of Los Angeles. One is along the 405 Freeway near Malibu and Brentwood, on the northern edge of Los...

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The Sky is Blue Again

Deborah-Diane @DeborahDiane (40850) • Laguna Woods, California 23 Oct 17

After two weeks of smoke filled skies in the Napa Valley, our daughter who lives there called us yesterday to say, "the sky is blue again." There are still fires burning, but they have moved away from the southern end of the Napa...

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Miracle Dog found alive in the Northern California fires

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (122269) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 15 Oct 17

Katherine Weaver is counting her blessings after her nine year old Bernese dog named Izzy escaped from her arms as she was leaving her home due to the wildfires in the Northern California area. When Weaver and her husband Jack...

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California Covered with Haze

Deborah-Diane @DeborahDiane (40850) • Laguna Woods, California 14 Oct 17

The fires burning throughout the state of California, particularly in the Northern California wine country, have caused a haze to descend on most of the state. In recent decades, California has generally done a good job of...

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Wildfires Expanding in Northern California

Deborah-Diane @DeborahDiane (40850) • Laguna Woods, California 12 Oct 17

On Sunday, October 8, 2017, fires began to pop up in the California wine country. There were several wildfires in Sonoma, Napa and Mendocino counties, but initially they seemed controllable. In the four days since those...

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The World is on Fire

StacyB @Srbageldog (7716) • United States 9 Oct 17

...At least here in Northern California. Two neighboring counties, Butte and Yuba Counties, are under evacuation due to wide-spreading wildfires that have destroyed tons of homes already. We have an evacuation center set up here...

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Devastating California Fires in October, 2017

Deborah-Diane @DeborahDiane (40850) • Laguna Woods, California 9 Oct 17

Fires are roaring throughout California today. In Northern California, there are 14 fires burning in Sonoma, Napa and Mendicino counties. Approximately 1500 structures have been destroyed, including many homes, several people...

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Is there any possible solution to prevent fires in California?

squeezeme @squeezeme (135) • Italy 9 May 09

As every year happens, California is again on fire. Million of acres go to ashes every year, and damages to houses and people are unfortunately unavoidable. Do you reckon that is there any possible means of prevention that could...

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How Tacky!

whimsystoryteller @whimsystoryteller (1743) • United States 23 Jan 08

The casino group trying to get these measures passed to approve the deal Governor Schwarzenegger made with them has a commercial out comparing the fires of California to Hurricane Katrina. What a crock! I don't mean to minimize...

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OJ to go free with his new defence

bobmnu @bobmnu (8157) • United States 25 Oct 07

OJ Simpsons lawyers have come up with a new defence stratige that is sure to get him off and with the right judge he may even become a new hero. he is going to blame everything on President Bush and the war in Iraq. he got the...

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The California Fires of 2007!!!!

monkeywriter @monkeywriter (2003) • United States 24 Oct 07

I live in Southern California, in Oceanside. We are getting the affects of the fires that have been burning since Sunday. And I was wondering what your thoughts are, and if anyone is involved in them. People are being evacuated...

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Do You Have An Emergency Plan?

Deborah L. Alten @gtargirl (5376) • United States 24 Oct 07

In light of our California raging fires, and with over 300,000 people evacuated, I wonder how many of us have an emergency plan. What about an Earthquake, hurricane or floods? Do you have a meeting place in the aftermath? Do we...

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