A California Town’s Fire-Protection Plans Hit Red Tape, Then the Flames Came (North Complex fire hit Berry Creek just as work was to start on forest-thinning projects)

Wall Street Journal ^ | Sep 21 2029 | Jim Carlton

[rintintin]

BERRY CREEK, Calif.—As the smoke from the nearby fire-devastated town of Paradise cleared in 2018, local officials were trying to gain approval of forest-thinning projects to help this mountain community avoid a similar fate.

Nearly two years after they first applied for approval from the state of California, the contract for one of the projects went out for bidding on Sept. 4. At the same time, work was about to start on the other after a monthslong wait caused in part by the coronavirus pandemic.

Then just four days later, the North Complex fire roared through this community of 2,500, wiping out most of the homes and leaving at least 10 people dead, more than one-third of the total fatalities from wildfires this year in California.

[Wally_Kalbacken]

Does anyone have one of those “We’ll get our best people right on it!” cartoons. Seems apropos.

[blueunicorn6]

I hope the Spotted Owls are OK.

[Fungi]

Thank you adulterous bastard, gruesome Newsom.
https://recallgavin2020.com/

[Wally_Kalbacken]

“Uh, yeah, I was just calling to see if you still wanted us to come and clear the... uh... ashes and stuff?”

[SkyDancer]

The red tape was caused by climate change.

[Secret Agent Man]

Too bad the fire didn’t move at the speed of government.

[Repeal The 17th]

If man does not thin the forests regularly,
they will eventually thin themselves, spectacularly.

[LouAvul]

The fags who hold things up are in three piece suits in a high rise office building in the heart of San Fransicko's business district.

At what point are these pathetic kalifornians going to say "screw the lawyers" and just do what needs to be done to save their homes ........ and their state?

Seriously?

[5th MEB]

I already have on my place, to bad the Forest Service is my next door neighbor!

[LouAvul]

I used to live in Modesto. Contemplated movie to Auburn. I talked to a guy up there who told me he wanted to cut down a scrub oak in his yard. He had to call the local audubon people who sent out an arborist.

Once the arborist determined that cutting down the scrub would not kill any spotted owls or speckled rats or otherwise endanger the ecosystem, he put a sign up saying the owner wanted to cut it down and if anybody objected, call the number.

The guy was waiting to see if anybody would complain.

Positively insane. Stupid, too.

Just wait till night and cut that sucker down.

[Bommer]

Nearly two years after they first applied for approval from the state of California, the contract for one of the projects went out for bidding on Sept. 4. At the same time, work was about to start on the other after a monthslong wait caused in part by the coronavirus pandemic.

This can’t be right. Nrwsome said it was global warming and Trumps fault, not buerocratic red tape from the scum bags in California

[kiryandil]

Then just four days later, the North Complex fire roared through this community of 2,500, wiping out most of the homes and leaving at least 10 people dead

Be a shame if the relatives of the dead people hunted down the bureaucrats responsible for this and rubbed them out with extreme prejudice...