This is from the New York Times of the great humanitarian James Earl Carter, Jr.

 

The Republicans can own the tragedies across America.

These tragedies are not normal. They are extreme outcomes that have become impossible to recover from, including the massive floods in North Carolina up to and including these massive infernos in California.

There was a time in the USA when emergencies were manageable, but, Earth is showing its dominance.

For decades, if not a century government officials have been warned about fossil fuels all the way back to Henry Ford’s Model T. There was hope while Senators McCain and Clinton were working as a team to end fossil fuel use. But, the Republicans across the board since have been retreating into climate crisis denial ever since. 

The people of California knew long ago the climate was a huge issue and attempted to adjust their lives and businesses to meet the challenges. What is occurring to them now is the most grossly unfair scenarios imaginable, because, they made the sacrifices but are still unable to reap the benefits.

Below is information that simply blows the mind. These ancient structures are power lines still standing in Texas. The people in Texas are not important enough to bring their power grid out of the dark ages, even if these are not currently functioning. Now, there is moron coming into the White House that only seeks to make political dogma statements to attempt to remove Democrats and democracy from the people.

President Biden has worked miracles in the four years he has been in the Oval Office. Climate measures have moved forward and there is at least a chance we can reverse the severe and life threatening reality of the climate crisis.

The American people need to come together to end these tragedies as well as maintaining their status as a Middle Class stronghold. The Climate Crisis has to be prioritized in every household across this country. The Climate Crisis has to be a bread and butter realty if this world is to stem the danger.

These ancient structures must come down as well as the politics that keep them standing.

The leaders of the firefighters…

…need a consolidated strategy. They need a joint meeting of the authorities involved, including the Governor on Zoom. The idea of setting backfires in these winds is highly dangerous and could involve suburbs. To realize in order to contain these infernos more homes maybe sacrificed only proves how complicated this is for those trying to end this. 

The Governor may need to ask the National Guard to assist in whatever way they can, but, sheltering 10’s of thousands of people is similar to a Katrina scenario. People will have to be bussed out to safety until this is over. 

Containment is the only hope at this point. No one fighting to end this should feel anything but heroic status. This is a highly dangerous and near impossible situation. The firefighters need to be identified to their leaders and kept in a record of attendance so no one is lost. 

The country regularly comes together for severe flooding. Well. This is a flood of flames. People need shelter away from danger.

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Think outside the box, including flame suppression. It is past “normal” methodology.

Fire chiefs have to have measures that work. That means in such extreme situations the Governor may have to authorize such a use. For such emergency use, concentrate in containment of the contamination, and cleanup even if it means Brownfields or Superfund classification!

These fires are exhaustive to the firefighters. It is possible there are less and less firefighters if there is no end in sight. Firefighters are human beings with incredible capacity, but, they aren’t machines that can hold the line without fatigue.

These fires have to be contained as soon as they erupt with winds like these. THE EMBERS are carried a loft and over a wide distance quickly. 

The wind gusts are high and carrying embers.

 

No words can describe the bravery of our firefighters.

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The fire is dominated by the wind and any fire breaks that can be established if that is possible.

The art world needs to address the emergency at the museum. Smoke damage alone can be of concern. ANYONE going near a museum piece should be credentialed and checked by a secure process. Art theft is well known to these folks.

Preventing the spread should be prioritized rather than fighting the flames. Areas on fire are already lost. High density population areas need to be addressed to contain the emergency. The wind is not going to stop and that is the fuel to the inferno.