You are so right. Some of this devastation could have been avoided had they listened.
"Of course then who really cared that Oregon burned for months. There was minimal national tv coverage versus the coverage the LA/Riverside/San Diego Fires got."
To be fair, we didn't have as much personal destruction. However, had the media paid attention to the possibilities then, SoCal wouldn't be in the fix they are now.
"I have had more comments on my old bumper sticker re blaming the envirals for the fires of 2002. One guy who has seen it for over a year, said last week, now I finally understand what your bumper sticker really means."
That is awesome, Gramps. That, alone, makes it all worth it.