The cameras are gone, Chief Dictator has come for his photo op

[nadinbrzezinski]

and grounded firefighitng gear...

And now the fun truly begins

We started with ... the Q has been cleaned up... after all we have a game on Sunday, doncha know?

Oh and I can bet the insurers will go for the same games they did after the Cedar fires... after all them cameras are OFF

And oh boy FEMA had its own presser... how funny is that?

So now that all them cameras are off... the shit really starts

They had an A- in the critical phase... but now they are quickly going down to a D-

[uppityperson]

1. nadin, you sound a bit cynical here.

Hope you are doing ok, aside from being cynical here I mean. And indeed, going down.

[nadinbrzezinski]

2. Nah just heard the Q was emptied

and people sent to Del Mar, no transportation tough... that is 35 miles up the road, on the I-5 Corridor

And knowing a little of what happened after Cedar, yep, cameras are off, the shit now begins...

And the progapanda of FEMA worked (No, it was all local) has been accomplished

[uppityperson]

4. I read this am that there were 350 people left there

http://www.cbs8.com/ said 350 people left and that there was going to be a game so everyone left. As the gulf coast hasn't recovered, lets see if the attention falls off CA. "the fires are over!" I heard today. Well, no, they're not.

I am very glad that they are as under control as they are and as many evacuees can go home as can. How can I help you? Donate to (X) is fine, but asking personally, how are you doing?

Cynicism feels bad, but how we must be at times. Hang in there nadin.

[nadinbrzezinski]

5. Oh I am personally fine

but we are going to see disaster capitalism practiced here, just as it was in NOLA

Out of signt, out of mind...

[begin_within]

3. Sadly, this is true for many people.

Once the big media attention is gone, you're on your own. You have to battle the insurance company for every penny. You have to pick up the pieces of your own life. You have to try to build a new life on your own. Ultimately everything that was done for you this week fades away and you're faced with a pile of rubble. It didn't happen to me, but my friend Rob and his family had their house burn down in the Normal Heights fire in San Diego on June 30, 1985, so I have seen this second-hand. Some people never really recover from it. There are more than 2,200 families who lost their homes in the Cedar Fire of October 2003, and some have still not really recovered. One unfortunate couple rebuilt their house in Scripps Ranch, then it burned down again in a freak incident. All the goodwill and donations and support and everything is great, but a year from now a lot of these people will be really struggling - and we live in a society where you really are "on your own."

[tjwash]

6. They moved the Qualcomm evacuees to the Del Mar fairgrounds.

They are actually indoors there instead of a parking lot, so it is a bit of a better situation actually.

Bill Maher is on right now cracking wise about it being an "upscale fire", and the "same old same old" rich folks burning up crap. Jeez.