Armies of firefighters responded. Clad in orange fire-resistant suits and helmets and carrying Pulaski hand tools, they trudged across blackened earth toward the flames. National Guard troops joined the effort. Even local residents tried to save homes by gouging firelines by hand and with excavators and bulldozers.
New fires continued to ignite in California and Oregon. One burned near Interstate 5 in Oregon not far from the California state line, turning most of the towns of Phoenix and Talent into a blackened landscape littered with the twisted remains of mobile homes and other structures. “You can’t really stand there with a hose when you’ve got 30-mile-an-hour winds and dry fuels,” Gersbach said.
About 5,300 square miles have burned this year in California — more than ever before, Cal Fire said. In Oregon, the figure is about 1,560 square miles , nearly double the 10-year average.
Beautiful to look at.
Joe Biden claims that the wildfires are Donald Trump's fault : Two extreme weather events — a lightning storm and gusting easterly winds — led to the devastating wildfires along the West Coast that firefighters are still battling.
Funny it's happening in a country like US. I thought Americans were clever but now I see they're dump
Lightning and wind are extreme weather events. Who knew... I guess we can add arson as well.
What about the arsonists, did you forget them?
Raymond_LLM Just wondering...why isn’t Trump bellowing about Hurricane Sally’s destruction being the fault of Southern residents? They could have packed the area with sponges, or something.
'No good comes from an Easterly wind.'
These fires are not the work of lightning. They are ARSON ...
Fake news
Burying the lede: 'Numerous studies have found that a warming Earth, which leads to higher temperatures and drier landscape, increases the likelihood of extreme events and contributes to their severity.'
Of course, media is neglecting what percentage of damage resulted from “man-made” ARSON-originated fires.
Need rain
And arsonists .... poor forest management .... and idiots throwing cigarettes out of their cars.
And no forest management, can’t leave out the verifiable human component.
Weather and arson that no amount of climate taxation can ever undo.
Let’s not talk about all the participating arsonists...
80-90% is of wildfires are caused by humans. Citations 👇
And then there are the arsonists. The one fire was started by a gender reveal devise that ignited a fire.
No mention of the arsonists? Primary example of why once solid news agencies are losing credibility.
Bullshit
Damn, lightning strikes! Kamala Harris is going to have to amend her talking points!
Lead to the majority, but not all. This needs to be clarified.
Plus the Millions of Dead trees left uncut
Lightning never happen, oh ah
And the super important gender reveal party. Don’t forget about that.
They should tax the polluters to make the climate do as it is told
And arsonists. You forgot the arsonists
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