[drwoof]

Another example of outrageously poor management, with we, the citizens who've paid taxes to the management team to keep this kind of thing from happening, paying the price. Replacement of the water line was a known and predictable cost, but never made it into the budget. I have little doubt that someone, somewhere in that organization pointed out that if not done, failure to replace the line properly would one day result in the need to close the hotels. Yet here we are. The loss of the beautiful and historic north rim hotel to fire was another example. The A-Team in charge of that fiasco decided that despite the fact that it was JULY, they'd let the fire burn for a while, as it was 'natural'. Then, when it got too big (surprise!) it consumed a national treasure. Oopsie!

[gleeaikin]

How did a fire destroying the Grand Canyon Lodge end up destroying 100 other buildings? That seems like incredibly incompetent fire management. Or were most park workers gone because the fed govt was closed during that disaster?