I'm right in the middle of the fires, the Montana excuse for news media has followed their Masters' lead in ignoring everything but the Really Big Stories out in Western Montana while the rest of the state gets
http://gis.dnrc.mt.gov/apps/firemap/ (Make sure you hit the "DNRC Fire Reports" layer block)
...and the only thing close to a metaphor I can think of is "We didn't vote the way the Elites wanted so we can just shut up and burn out."
Am I PO'd?
Haven't had any fires. Yet.
Friends and neighbors who have aren't really out loud PO'd, but between the rumors making the rounds out in the Eastern ranchlands and the absolute dead silence after those words get passed, BLM/Forest Service/USDA people might be more comfortable if we all were having screaming fits.
This whole situation sucks.
“Johnny, we’re in fly-over country, now, so close the airplane window until the nice pilot tells us we’re on final approach to San Francisco. The fires down there in fly-over country are God’s punishment for voting for that deplorable pig, Donald Trump. We’ll be back in our Sanctuary by the Bay in a few hours. In the meantime, plug in your earphones, and listen to Lady Gaga, Madonna, and their BFFs.”