• WadeTheWizard@fedia.io
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        23 days ago

        Blaming it on local/state government seems like a cop-out for the egregious failure and oversight by world governments and the fossil fuel industry.

        • 𝚐𝚕𝚘𝚠𝚒𝚎@h4x0r.host
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          23 days ago

          None of that contributed to these fires. They were started by people, regardless of climate change. It is disingenuous to appropriate climate change as the culprit to this and dismiss any responsibility from the leaders of California.

      • Cid Vicious@sh.itjust.works
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        23 days ago

        Sure snowflake, 90mph wind gusts after months of drought conditions is the government’s fault. It’s not like the entire western US and Canada have seen increasing red flag conditions for years which are only getting worse.

        • 𝚐𝚕𝚘𝚠𝚒𝚎@h4x0r.host
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          22 days ago

          See my other comments. You evidently lack any knowledge about fires. Understand how firestorms work before commenting like an ignoramous. Otherwise, detail for me how climate change caused the “90mph winds”, which aren’t anything unique here.

      • humanspiral@lemmy.ca
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        22 days ago

        100mph winds and drought are not that easy to fight/control. Budget decisions look bad in retrospect, but the budget required to handle this would not have been approved/popular.