The unraked leaves did it. Does POTUS* believe the 24 million acres of California forest need to be raked.
Perhaps Jarvanka told 45* he needs to at least pretend he cares about the lives of Californians, because his subsequent tweeting has the same backtracking corrections we recall from WH responses to Puerto Rico. And California isn’t even an island. Can he make this trip more than a photo-op.
President Donald Trump spoke about the fires during an interview Friday with Fox News’ Chris Wallace a day before he was expected to travel to the state to see the damage himself. Trump summarized in the interview, which airs Sunday on Fox, his thoughts about the fire by saying that if the land had been managed better “you wouldn’t have the fires.”
The president said he had seen the firemen at work and saw them raking under trees near the flames of the fires. Trump said that had the areas around the trees been raked out earlier, there would have been no fire burning.
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Republican politicians have regularly complained that environmental regulations hamper proper management of forests, allowing flammable vegetation to build up and act as fuel for fires.
Several ecologists, however, have pointed out that “management” is typically code for logging by industry, whereby large stands of trees that would typically survive a wildfire are removed, leaving behind debris that is often more effective at spreading flames. Logging, therefore, can make forest fires worse.
Fire is a natural part of the ecology of California, helping forests clear underbrush, regenerate and spread seeds for the next generation of trees.
Human factors have changed the equation, however – California’s population is nearing 40 million, adding a more than 300,000 people a year since 2010, with many moving into and developing scenic forest areas that often burn. Experts have said this has increased the risk of deadly encounters with fire.
www.theguardian.com/...
Saturday, November 17, 2018
EST 7:20AM THE PRESIDENT departs Washington, D.C., en route to Beale Air Force Base, CA
PST 9:45AM THE PRESIDENT arrives at Beale Air Force Base
EST 2:15AM THE PRESIDENT departs Joint Base Andrews en route to the White House
2:25AM THE PRESIDENT arrives at the White House
Subject: President Donald J. Trump’s Administration Is Providing Support to Fight the California Wildfires and Help Those Affected
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From National Forest to a nationalist’s forest