[Carry_Okie]

No, the lesson from the Tahoe wildfire is this: There's no economy in numbers because of an exploding population — no growth discount for taxpayers funding the services they need.

It's precisely the opposite: The more people we cram into California — not just beneath the pines and along the waterfronts, but into the comfy suburbs and struggling inner cities — the more it's going to cost each of us.

Funny, I thought the message was, 'Care for the land or pay the price; it won't take care of itself.'

Even the aboriginals understood that much.

[art_rocks]

I thought the lesson was when trees die, clear them from the land so they won’t be kindling when lightining strikes.