Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) is blaming climate change for the wildfires raging in California.
“80,000 people have been ordered to evacuate. Blaze includes 0%. Eight months since it rained in this region. The scale of damage and loss is unimaginable,” the senator began. , blamed climate change, not poor fire management, for the devastation.
“Climate change is real, not a 'hoax,'” he said, calling on President-elect Donald Trump to “treat this like an existential crisis.”
Sanders did not mention the fact that Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass (D), who was not in Los Angeles at the time of the fire but was traveling to Ghana, cut about $20 million from the city's fire budget. I didn't. Perhaps even more, she suggested an even higher cut.
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President-elect Donald Trump is among those holding Democratic officials in the area accountable, including calling Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom “Gavin Newscam.” Trump wrote:
Gov. Gavin Newcomb said millions of gallons of water from excess rain and snowmelt from the north will flow into many areas of California each day, including areas where the fires are currently burning. refused to sign the Water Restoration Declaration submitted before him. It's essentially an apocalyptic method.
“He wanted to protect an essentially worthless fish called smelt by reducing the amount of water given to him (it didn't work!), but he didn't care about the people of California. . Now the ultimate price is being paid,” President Trump exclaimed.
“I demand that this incompetent governor allow beautiful, clean fresh water to flow into California! He is responsible for this. Besides, there is no water in the hydrants or in the fire planes. “It's a disaster!'' he added.
In another update, Trump said, said“At this point, Gavin Newscome and his Los Angeles crew have exactly zero percent containment of the fire. It's burning at even higher levels than last night. This is not the government. We can't wait until January 20th! ”
In fact, the video shows the hydrant literally running out of water as firefighters battle the blaze.
Elon Musk also places the blame on authorities and unnecessary government regulations.
“These fires are easily avoidable, but California's nonsensical regulations keep them from taking action, resulting in more homes burning down and more people dying year after year,” he said.
Fireworks set off on New Year's Eve may have been accelerated by strong winds, sparking a raging wildfire, according to reports.
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CalFire lists five major fires as of this writing, all with a 0% fire incidence rate. included. They are the Eaton Fire, Palisades Fire, Hearst Fire, Woodley Fire, and Olivas Fire.
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