'We didn't expect a monster like this'

That's right, they never expected it because they don't have a government at any level with programs in place to educate the public. One day everything is normal and the next day the house is burnt to the ground. Tough luck, the governments in the USA haven't believed in the climate crisis until Obama and now Biden. Obama did what he could and not President Biden is looking for enough funding to make up for decades of neglect.

FEMA advises citizens when they are living on a flood plain, not to build there again. Now, they have to advise citizens that it would be very difficult to rebuild because the infrastructure like road signs and water pipelines are gone, indistinguishable or polluted.

"How to Return Home Safely After a Wildfire." (click here)

The Paradise fire killed people while some people got away with their lives. Why? Why did that have to happen?

BECAUSE AMERICANS LIVE IN DENIAL OF THE DANGERS OF THE CLIMATE CRISIS.

Even after Paradise, people are still saying, "We didn't expect a monster like this."

WHY NOT?

No state in the country is more conscientious than California about climate. Yet, they do not even entertain the thought that such a disaster could destroy their idea of happiness. This is not a Governor's fault, this is a matter of the federal government over decades of the time ignored ALL THE WARNINGS. The federal government should have started back in the 1960s when Earth Day was founded to bring the public into politics to end this disastrous trend. Earth Day is not a child exercise in school.

Americans should be ashamed to lack the knowledge that this is now a reality in their lives.

August 8, 2021

By John Bacon

US Drought Monitor (click here)

Thousands of homes (click here) were threatened Sunday as the largest single wildfire in California history raced through hundreds of square miles of tinder-dry woodland and brush.

The Dixie Fire was less than a quarter contained after burning through more than 700 square miles in Northern California's Butte, Plumas, Tehama and Lassen counties. At least 400 homes and other structures have been destroyed, Cal Fire said.

The fire was the largest among more than major 100 wildfires in 15 states. Those fires have burned more than 3,500 square miles, according to the National Interagency Fire Center.

"The fire outlook continues to reflect warmer and drier conditions leading to the high potential for severe wildfire activity throughout the (West) through the rest of summer and into the fall," the fire center warned Sunday. "Widespread high temperatures ... with periods of lightning activity continue to exacerbate the wildfire situation."...