Gov. Brown's Statement on Recent Fires (Los Angeles, Santa Ana: 2015, houses, neighborhoods)

[UEHelp]

California braces for high winds as wildfires continue | Daily Mail Online

Highlights from Daily Mail article posted on Drudge:

-California Governor Jerry Brown said Saturday that destructive winter wildfires will be the 'new reality'

-Blamed climate change for deadly infernos and urged lawmakers to take heed of natural disasters

-Fire crews bracing for high winds that are expected to whip Southern California wildfires Saturday night

-Gusts of up to 40mph are expected Saturday and up to 50mph
Sunday in the Los Angeles area

-Six fires have destroyed more than 500 buildings, killed dozens of horses and forced 212,000 to evacuate

-First fire-related death confirmed on Friday after woman was found dead in crash along evacuation route

[UEHelp]

Originally Posted by RosieSD

How about quoting from a newspaper that is actually IN California, instead of in the UK (like the Daily Mail)?

Naw, you can if you like. It was the headline story on Drudge Report which is good enough for me. Not sure how Moonbeam's words would be any different if it was a SoCal paper but okay.

[Finper]

Thanks for all the help And enlightenment Jerry. What would we ever do without you???

[CA4Now]

Originally Posted by Back From The Dead

Perhaps just one other reason to leave California?

from the OP: "As we know, when a tornado hits the Midwest, there's no stopping it. When a hurricane hits the East Coast, there's no stopping it. When Santa Ana winds come in, there's no stopping them,' said Captain Kendal Bortisser of the California Department of Forestry and Fire Prevention. "

[CA4Now]

Originally Posted by UEHelp

Not sure how Moonbeam's words would be any different if it was a SoCal paper

Because it doesn't include the rest of what Gov Brown said. (The Daily Mail is a tabloid newspaper.)

From the L.A. Times:

“We’re facing a new reality in this state, where fires threatened people’s lives, their properties, their neighborhoods and billions and billions of dollars. So we have to have the resources to combat the fires,” Brown told reporters at a news conference at the Ventura County Fairgrounds.

The governor thanked firefighters for their efforts and expressed sympathy for residents who had lost their homes and animals, calling it a “horror” and “terrible tragedy for so many people.”

Brown added that climate change may exacerbate the weather conditions that caused the wildfires to explode.

“This is the new normal, and this could be something that happens every year or every few years,” he said. “We’re about to have a firefighting Christmas.”

http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/l...209-story.html

[expatCA]

Originally Posted by CA4Now

Because it doesn't include the rest of what Gov Brown said. (The Daily Mail is a tabloid newspaper.)

From the L.A. Times:

“We’re facing a new reality in this state, where fires threatened people’s lives, their properties, their neighborhoods and billions and billions of dollars. So we have to have the resources to combat the fires,” Brown told reporters at a news conference at the Ventura County Fairgrounds.

The governor thanked firefighters for their efforts and expressed sympathy for residents who had lost their homes and animals, calling it a “horror” and “terrible tragedy for so many people.”

Brown added that climate change may exacerbate the weather conditions that caused the wildfires to explode.

“This is the new normal, and this could be something that happens every year or every few years,” he said. “We’re about to have a firefighting Christmas.”

Firefighters begin to turn the tide on Southern California wildfires - LA Times

Uh ho, another excuse coming to increase taxes and fees.

[john-staten island]

Originally Posted by UEHelp

California braces for high winds as wildfires continue | Daily Mail Online

Highlights from Daily Mail article posted on Drudge:

-California Governor Jerry Brown said Saturday that destructive winter wildfires will be the 'new reality'

-Blamed climate change for deadly infernos and urged lawmakers to take heed of natural disasters

-Fire crews bracing for high winds that are expected to whip Southern California wildfires Saturday night

-Gusts of up to 40mph are expected Saturday and up to 50mph
Sunday in the Los Angeles area

-Six fires have destroyed more than 500 buildings, killed dozens of horses and forced 212,000 to evacuate

-First fire-related death confirmed on Friday after woman was found dead in crash along evacuation route

With family in So Cal I get a bit annoyed with Gov Brown's saying wildfires will be the "new reality " The deadliest wildfire in California history was in 1933, so whats new? As an elected leader I'd like to see him spend his time on managing his resources, try being a leader. Big beautiful States like NY & Ca have the most useless elected leaders in the Country in my opinion.

[V8 Vega]

I guess senile Brown forgot about the Bel Air fire that burned 500 expensive houses.

[1AngryTaxPayer]

40 million people and we are building homes in the forest. What could possibly go wrong.

[CA4Now]

Originally Posted by john-staten island

The deadliest wildfire in California history was in 1933, so whats new?

The Griffith Park fire was unique in that the firefighters then had few resources during the middle of the Depression.

Remembering the 1933 Griffith Park fire disaster - LA Times

Originally Posted by john-staten island

As an elected leader I'd like to see him spend his time on managing his resources, try being a leader.

You must not have been around during the terms of Governors Davis and Schwarzenegger. Jerry Brown is a vast improvement.