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YessirAtsaFact

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16. That's like blaming the break pad manufacturer for an accident caused by driving 200 mph

Reply to Cold War Spook (Reply #15)

Sun Nov 18, 2018, 12:41 PM

Nov 2018

Maybe the pads could be better, but the problem is the speed.

Also, this smells of bothsiderism. The underlying problem is Republicans systemically lying about climate change, not Democrats failing to "rake the forests" or whatever you think they should be doing.

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California wildfires: 'More than 1,000 missing' in Camp Fire [View all] Omaha Steve Nov 2018 OP

K&R !!! CountAllVotes Nov 2018 #1

I'm sure the Trump visit will help immensely........ Bengus81 Nov 2018 #2

Well he could start by not slashing the forest management budget and then victim-blaming flibbitygiblets Nov 2018 #6

I'm afraid this is going to turn out to be one of the biggest losses of life in our history. 7962 Nov 2018 #3

How hard is it to weed out duplications? Flaleftist Nov 2018 #4

A lot of the people were seniors and they don't have/use technology well. BigmanPigman Nov 2018 #5

Gosh. I shudder to think what may have become of them. Those fires can burn seven football fields Crutchez_CuiBono Nov 2018 #7

I'd heard that some of the evacuation centers weren't actually "centers" at all... instead NurseJackie Nov 2018 #8

People are going around with clipboards BigmanPigman Nov 2018 #9

I blame both parties. Cold War Spook Nov 2018 #10

What do you mean by "indigenous" people and whey would they be the ones to do controlled burns? milestogo Nov 2018 #11

Post removed Post removed Nov 2018 #14

The 2 big causes are climate change and utility deregulation. ucrdem Nov 2018 #12

Climate change has pushed the winter rain later in the year YessirAtsaFact Nov 2018 #13

Yes it is the governments fault also. Cold War Spook Nov 2018 #15

That's like blaming the break pad manufacturer for an accident caused by driving 200 mph YessirAtsaFact Nov 2018 #16

Control burning was done by the US Forest Service Cold War Spook Nov 2018 #17