Moot. The Federal Government has taken over and is sending the volunteers home.
The Federal Government has taken over and is sending the volunteers home.
All of the fires or just the Bastorp County fire which is largest one?
Not moot, a lie is still a lie.
Why in the world would the volunteers be sent home. What's that all about?
Like hell it is.
Who's bright idea was it to cut the firefighting budget in the middle of an epic statewide drought anyway?
I am not 'itching' about firefighters the state is in peril.. AND I am NOT pointing fingers of blame, it cannot be a surprise or a shock to now have fires given the drought and searing heat over these past several months. I take NO pleasure over the suffering of not only the people, but the animals as well.
I had to say all that so some hypersensitive person might take what I want to say as being something it has NO intent.
WE the rest of US are "the Federal Government", which means the rest of US are helping Texas to get the fires put out.
The takeover in Bastrop and turning away trained certified Volunteer Firemen is not half the FedGov story, Drudge has a link about how nobama has cancelled the contract for firefighter water bomb aircraft and has idled almost half the fleet in the US. The contract was cancelled even though the planes in question are fully operational and FAA approved.