Comments on: 700 California Wildfires: Why Don’t We Have Enough Firefighing Resources?

By: Nori Silverrage

Nori Silverrage — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 09:55:07 +0000

So I read the article and the first few pages of comments and I have to say that some of the stuff people are saying is crazy… I don't live in California and I haven't been in a wildfire so I can't relate with how you feel about it. But I don't think you are right in blaming the federal government for not helping out and blaming the war in Iraq is a bit off base too.

California is a very large state with a very large GDP and population and one would think that they should be able to manage a wildfire on their own, right? So if you want to blame someone maybe it should be the politicians there. I mean it is one of the highest taxed states and yet stuff like this is happening and they have a large deficit kind of doesn't make sense if you ask me.

The federal government doesn't and shouldn't get their hands into everything, yes the fires are a big deal but they do happen every year and as such Cali should be taking care of it.

The Iraq war isn't/wasn't pulling funding from firefighting and emergency services… Just take a look at national debt and you'll see where the funding came from.

Also blaming global warming is bollocks. These fires have been going on ever since people have settled in California.. Heck they've probably been going on forever. They just sound worse now because it is affecting more people than it did 20 years ago.

I hope that you made it through last years fires just find and that this years fires will stay far away from you. I like the one comments idea about using the firebreak spray system. Looks like a good idea.

By: armstrong

armstrong — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 12:53:28 +0000

how does a person go about providing bulldozer to be used in emergency wildfires?

By: pete oconnor

pete oconnor — Sat, 09 May 2009 18:17:23 +0000

The use of our firefighting resources to protect individuals property in remote areas could be increased 10-fold or more and still not be effective in all instances. We could build the structures from scratch for what it costs to protect them in a severe fire situation. Who is going to pay for this and where is the money going to come from? Mabey raising the fire taxes for those who live in rural areas- or requiring them to fend for their own fire safety? They tend to be wealthy or well off- so why should others pay for thieir affluence. thanks

By: Robert Heius

Robert Heius — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 07:35:11 +0000

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