Posted by
Caroline on Wednesday, October 24, 2007 2:05:12 PM
Harry Reid is an ignoramus. His latest verbal foot-in-mouth moment,
that the current wildfires are caused by global warming, demonstrates that he has very little understanding of the climate here in California. Santa Ana winds + other factors (arsonists, arcing power lines, and construction equipment) usually equals fire. Having grown up in Southern California, I can remember fires at this time of year almost every year, even before global warming was invented. The fire in Malibu was apparently started by arcing power lines, the fire in Orange County was allegedly started by an arsonist in three places, and one of the fires in Santa Clarita was apparently started by construction equipment. At this writing, none have been alleged by officials (official officials who deal with facts, that is, not Harry Reid) to have been started by "global warming". We had a day in August that was 113 degrees, but no fire. hhmmmmmm.
Next, the "fiery temper" award goes to Orange County Fire Chief Chip Prather, who says the state is unprepared; http://www.dailynews.com/breakingnews/ci_7262465 (sorry, having trouble with the hyperlink tool) for these fires. As I write this, Orange County has lost maybe twenty structures. That's it, twenty! In San Bernardino County they have lost hundreds of homes, and in San Diego County over a thousand homes have been lost. Sorry, Chip, but the O.C. has been pretty darn fortunate this time around. Resources are stretched really thin all across the state. Everywhere. Maybe a better system could be put in place for getting additional resources in place, but overall, I think everyone is doing a spectacular job!