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Southern California wildfires
CNN reports that nearly 265,000 have evacuated from Southern California, which is currently being ravaged by wildfires:
SAN DIEGO, California (CNN) — More than a dozen uncontained wildfires raged Monday across Southern California, threatening thousands of structures and forcing people to flee homes from San Diego to Malibu to Lake Arrowhead.
Fire officials said more than 265,000 people have been evacuated and nearly 4,900 firefighters are battling the fast-moving blazes, which began over the weekend.
By Monday afternoon, the California Department of Forestry and Fire Prevention had reported 13 active wildfires have consumed more than 98,000 acres and destroyed or damaged at least 50 homes and businesses across six counties.
The winds driving the flames are expected to stay strong, coming out of the northeast, at least through Tuesday, according to CNN meteorologist Rob Marciano.
“It’s a tragic time for California,” California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said earlier Monday.
He declared a state of emergency in seven counties and asked the National Guard to pull 800 soldiers from patrolling the U.S.-Mexico border to help battle the wildfires.
Here’s one San Diegan’s description of what he’s seeing. Included is a link to video of a local reporter reporting on the loss of his own home due to the fires.
The AP reports that there are at least 14 fires currently raging in Southern Cal:
Here are NASA satellite photos of the area.
Just a sad, sad situation all around. Please keep ‘em in your thoughts and prayers.
Update I: Dale Franks at QandO isn’t far from where the fires are and files this report. And John Hawkins notes that the DUers are blaming – who else? – President Bush for the wildfires.
Update II: Fox News’ Adam Housley is on the scene as well, and has several reports. Just keep scrolling.
Update III: Good post up from Michelle Malkin on how environmental obstructionism contributed to the wildfires.
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How convenient! I question the timing! Did you know that no Jooooos were burned in the fires? Wonder why?
And what’s with these fires, anyway? Everyone knows fire won’t burn wood, it- huh? What? Oh.
Ahem… so who gets the single source contract to fight these so called “fires,” anyway? More lucrative deals for Bush and Cheney’s cronies, right? It’s time we stop throwing money at this quagmire and bring the fire fighters home! Impeach Bush! No blood for fire!
Without reading Michelle’s link yet, environmental obstructionism will be at the base of most wildfires. Forest management in general is a misnomer, akin to calling one of the seas gentlest marine creatures, Killer Whales. The actual practice of sound methods and policies regarding the Federal and State agencies, who at one time were charged with the stewardship of “Forest Lands”, has devolved thanks to and in no small part, because of the popular misconceptions that plague the modern day enviro-terrorist or is that enviro-insurgent.
After a half century of debilitative methods, the negative results of mismanagement continue to spawn an ever increasing frequency of what are seen to often as, unavoidable incidents/wildfires. To be sure, many are in fact slated to occur during what has been known historically, as fire season. Yet, while the causes are not entirely preventable, the circumstances which lead to “wild fires” can be dealt with far more effectively than what the nonsensical contributions stemming from the clueless “greenies” claim.
I had occaision to drive through southern Oregon shortly after the bad summer there. Near Medford, there was a billboard sarcastically “thanking” the Sierra Club for its contribution to half a million acres burned.
And what do we see on Drudge this morning? As expected, a link to Dirty Harry Reid saying that the fires are more proof of global warming. As expected, blame the cause de jour and ignore the effects of the greenies and their hamstringing of efforts to thin the brush and forests, that is to deal with the direct cause of these kinds of catastrophes. Idiots, and dangerous ones at that.
Mornin’ Sev – hot off the presses: a new post up about the wildfires and Reid here.
Californians are showing the nation how to respond to an emergency. Now if they can just wake up and dump the greenie agenda, maybe they can prevent some of this.
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