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Originally Posted by jmg
Many fires, not all, in CA are on Federal land. Are they being mismanaged? Maybe. But also, it is dry and hot here. Fires are a natural occurrence. It's difficult to clear hundreds of thousands of acres of dry bush, in both state and federal areas. We are talking billions in dollars of clearing land... which isn't really an option. Overall, the response of fire fighters has been phenomenal. This is a case study in human perseverance in the face of natural disasters.
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Billions of dollars should be doable for an economy the size of California. It's chump change to what it's costing in terms of managing after the fact and downstream impacts like air quality. It's completely mismanaged and the state has done a terrible job across the board.