January 09, 2025
It's Newsom's Fault
Timothy Birdnow
Gavin "Gruesome" Newsom is accusing Trump of politicizing the So Cal fires.
On Anderson Stupor Coopper's 360 we have Newsom attacking Trump:
So Mr. Newsom WHY are people fleeing for their lives? Could it be you fumbled the ball, had terrible public policy in regards to land management and fire protection? YOU are where the buck stops GOVERNOR!
Asking questions about poor decisions is NOT politicizing anything; it's what actual leaders do to avoid another such disaster. You can't fix it if you deny there is a problem.
And Mr. Trump has been warning this for many months, long before a Santa Ana wind blew these fires into raging infernos. You ignored him then.
How do you run out of water to fight fires? Could it be because you are refusing to store enough?
As of last year California was storing 15 million acre-feet of water, putting it at just 63% of capacity. That is in the whole state. Why so low? Yes, CA had drought conditions for several years before 2022,but has more than made up for it since.
The fact is California has been on a dam-wrecking kick. The state brags about completing the largest dam removal project in history with removal of the Klamath river dams, for instance. And Newsom supported removing dams around Sacramento, according to the Sac Bee. California's largest reservoir - Lake Shasta - had [kubj=https://www.newsweek.com/california-reservoir-water-levels-now-compared-lowest-point-1974480]dropped roughly 67 feet between June and October of last year. That is a loss of 4.1 billion gallons of water! Yet Mr. Newsom did not seem overly concerned.
And this has nothing to do with evaporation or lack of rain. It is required by state law that the reservoir be drained at this time of year:
Last year water regulators actually had to increase the amount of water released from Lake Shasta as the reservoir was over full.
So this water is being released to flow to the sea to save some damned bait fish. Whose fault is that?
Granted Lake Shasta isn't the source of water to the L.A. area, but a number of reservoirs in the foothills of the Sierras are - dams on rivers like the Owens. And in the L.A. area dams have been removed; for instance the North Debris Dam was removed from the Los Angeles river.
If ground water is depleted and you won't store river water what is left?
So this is a policy problem, not a natural disaster. And policy problems must be discussed rationally and honestly. That last seriously offends Gruesome Newsom because he knows honesty will place blame squarely where it belongs - on his doorstep. This isn't JUST Newsom's fault but as the sign on Harry Truman's desk said "the buck stops here". Newsom wants us to believe he's a capable administrator; he sure fumbled the ball here.
Oh, L.A. Mayor, the appropriately named Karen Bass, had been bragging about making L.A. "greener" before the fire. This is what "green" looks like. I guess charcoal is the new Green.
Gavin "Gruesome" Newsom is accusing Trump of politicizing the So Cal fires.
On Anderson Stupor Coopper's 360 we have Newsom attacking Trump:
"Cooper asked Newsom about Trump’s remarks criticizing the response to the disaster.
"One can’t even respond to it. It’s — people are literally fleeing, people have lost their lives, kids lost their schools, families completely torn asunder, churches burned down,” Newsom said.
"And this guy wanted to politicize it. I have a lot of thoughts, and I know what I want to say.”'
"One can’t even respond to it. It’s — people are literally fleeing, people have lost their lives, kids lost their schools, families completely torn asunder, churches burned down,” Newsom said.
"And this guy wanted to politicize it. I have a lot of thoughts, and I know what I want to say.”'
So Mr. Newsom WHY are people fleeing for their lives? Could it be you fumbled the ball, had terrible public policy in regards to land management and fire protection? YOU are where the buck stops GOVERNOR!
Asking questions about poor decisions is NOT politicizing anything; it's what actual leaders do to avoid another such disaster. You can't fix it if you deny there is a problem.
And Mr. Trump has been warning this for many months, long before a Santa Ana wind blew these fires into raging infernos. You ignored him then.
How do you run out of water to fight fires? Could it be because you are refusing to store enough?
As of last year California was storing 15 million acre-feet of water, putting it at just 63% of capacity. That is in the whole state. Why so low? Yes, CA had drought conditions for several years before 2022,but has more than made up for it since.
The fact is California has been on a dam-wrecking kick. The state brags about completing the largest dam removal project in history with removal of the Klamath river dams, for instance. And Newsom supported removing dams around Sacramento, according to the Sac Bee. California's largest reservoir - Lake Shasta - had [kubj=https://www.newsweek.com/california-reservoir-water-levels-now-compared-lowest-point-1974480]dropped roughly 67 feet between June and October of last year. That is a loss of 4.1 billion gallons of water! Yet Mr. Newsom did not seem overly concerned.
And this has nothing to do with evaporation or lack of rain. It is required by state law that the reservoir be drained at this time of year:
"From November through February each year, state law requires Reclamation to manage water in the Shasta Reservoir in a way that supports the release of a minimum of 3,250 cubic feet per second (CFS) (average) daily into the Sacramento River."
Last year water regulators actually had to increase the amount of water released from Lake Shasta as the reservoir was over full.
So this water is being released to flow to the sea to save some damned bait fish. Whose fault is that?
Granted Lake Shasta isn't the source of water to the L.A. area, but a number of reservoirs in the foothills of the Sierras are - dams on rivers like the Owens. And in the L.A. area dams have been removed; for instance the North Debris Dam was removed from the Los Angeles river.
If ground water is depleted and you won't store river water what is left?
So this is a policy problem, not a natural disaster. And policy problems must be discussed rationally and honestly. That last seriously offends Gruesome Newsom because he knows honesty will place blame squarely where it belongs - on his doorstep. This isn't JUST Newsom's fault but as the sign on Harry Truman's desk said "the buck stops here". Newsom wants us to believe he's a capable administrator; he sure fumbled the ball here.
Oh, L.A. Mayor, the appropriately named Karen Bass, had been bragging about making L.A. "greener" before the fire. This is what "green" looks like. I guess charcoal is the new Green.
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