California Fire Threatens Reagan Library as Winds Make Containment Harder

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'When I was a kid, we would play in the snow on snow days. Now we take fire selfies on apocalypse days.'

SIMI VALLEY, Calif.—Californians faced another day of evacuations and blackouts Wednesday as some of the strongest winds of the year fueled a new blaze north of Los Angeles that threatened the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library.

Officials had warned that wind gusts, which reached 70 miles an hour and created loud howls as they knocked over benches and shook cars, would create some of the most dangerous conditions of the year for deadly blazes. As a preventive measure, power was cut off to more than a half-million households...

 

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Just waiting for it to rain ash so school gets canceled

It will take 10 years to undo what the tree huggers caused ! And they blame it on climate change!

Not for ONE MOMENT do I believe that. LIES!

When I was a kid, there were more Santa Ana wind days, and very strong winds were the norm.

Actually Reagan’s Library is very safe. Built to be both earthquake and fire safe!! Fake News!!!

OMG Reagan Library threatened.

Waiting the past few days for a Mandatory Evacuation Area in Sonoma to clear by mid afternoon to determine whether drivers and trucks would run in the AM sure felt like waiting for WFIL to call the school closures - this actually crossed my beady brain.

where is advance technology?

You spelled “corruption” wrong. This isn’t global warming this is CA politics for ya

When I was a kid 56 years ago & living in Northern California - we had to go near Reno for snow - it is sad that editors allow a political agenda during a disaster - so I’m calling your headline BS!

They always had winds/temps. What has changed?

Power limited.

what a perilous time we live in... Jah help

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