CA on fire
So, I am out in the OC this week. This is just off the weekend from Rita. Luckily, my family got the frack out of town and were tucked away safe when the storm hit. Some of their property was not so lucky. But everyone is alive, healthy, in good spirits, and still has their pet dog/cat/small animals.
Thinking that this week would be a bit more calmer. HA! Turns out California decided to it needs to clean up some dry brush in the hills. They got themselves a monster of a fire cooking just north of where I am. I can see the smoke from my office place. As long as the fires don't reach LAX before Friday, I'm cool with it.
This season is going to be a rather nasty brush fire season for Cali. They received something crazy like 33 inches of rain (compared to their normal 8 - 10 inches). This in turn let all sorts of fuel (weeds) grow. And now, it time for mother nature to clean the land.
The local news is loving this. Live on the spot reports, flames nipping at the reporters heels. I think they are just jealous of the reporters who got to cover the hurricanes. They gotta show their adorning public that they are in danger too.
I would expect that the rest of the nation will see more whines and moans from California about how expensive the fires are, and how hard the firefighters fought to save the double digit million dollar 2 bedroom homes. Who cares. Kansas gets like 1000 tornados every year. They lose at least one town every two years. That barely makes a blip on the nation news.
The differance is that a brush fire makes for good TV. The general public can look out their window, see the smoke. The reporters can get close enough to the flames to convey danger, yet be able to hop out of the way then their birkinstocks start to melt.
I wouldnt be surprised that a few fires were set by the media stations themselves.
Cold? Nahh. Just good TV.