California is mostly desert. It has a rainy winter then the summers get almost nothing. The spring brush grows, dries, then sits. To manage the millions of acres of forest--mow the grass and trim the shrubs--would be a public works project on scale with building the great wall of China.
Last year Governor Brown vetoed legislation to put all power lines underground. Now instead they randomly turn off the power to random parts of the state. I guess it shows an attempt? Pacific Gas and Electric is a private company with total control over all utilities, they would have had to bear the cost of burying these wires. Curious decision. It got surprisingly little media attention.
Also, California is broke. There is no money for infrastructure on any level at all. It all goes to pensions for bureaucrats that over-managed days gone by. That's pretty cynical maybe, some of the employees still show up daily I guess.
The whole world seemed so apocalyptic it was incredible to experience! I felt like I should be running for my life but everyone kept saying the fire was miles and miles away and no one seemed to panic. It was like looking at a spontaneous eclipse, everyone on the street had to share the moment together and marvel at what was going on.
Thanks for your comment, its great to know that people actually read what I write. :)
RE: California Fires - 13 original images, Nov 8 2018