Biden to visit NM for wildfire briefing

The Albuquerque Journal ^ | June 3, 2022 | Dan McKay

[CedarDave]

SANTA FE — President Joe Biden plans to visit Santa Fe next weekend for a briefing on the wildfires ripping through New Mexico — one of which has grown to 317,000 acres, an area larger than Los Angeles.

The president is set to meet June 11 with state officials, first responders and families affected by the fires, according to the White House.

It will be Biden’s first visit to New Mexico as president and the state’s first presidential visit since September 2019, when Donald Trump held a rally in Rio Rancho.

Biden next week will visit the state Emergency Operation Center in Santa Fe, about an hour’s drive from Las Vegas, the northern New Mexico city on the frontlines of the largest wildlife in state history.

The president’s scheduled appearance comes as Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham pushes the federal government to accept full responsibility for the Calf Canyon/Hermits Peak Fire, which began as two separate fires, each started by a U.S. Forest Service prescribed burn.

Thousands of New Mexicans have fled their homes since April amid a devastating, early start to the fire season.

The Calf Canyon/Hermits Peak Fire has burned hundreds of homes and triggered the evacuation of thousands of residents in northeastern New Mexico. It stretches across 316,971 acres from the Las Vegas area north into Taos County.

It’s about 62% contained, according to firefighters.

[CedarDave]

No doubt the NM lockdown queen MLG will turn this visit into a fund raiser for her reelection.

[Paladin2]

NOT a wildfire, but a Federal Government arson crime.

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[hinckley buzzard]

I wonder if they will tell him the truth, that the fires were started by incompetent forest service employees trying to do a controlled burn.

[albie]

Ok but it’ll eat into his ice cream and nappy time.

[kempster]

How to start a fire to take the focus off your stupidity.101

[coloradan]

We need to take away matches, lighters, and barbeque charcoal lighter fluid, because government screwed up and caused a destructive fire. Same as taking away guns from citizens, when government screwups result in a mass killing.

[rktman]

Will arec barwin be in santa fe at the same time?

[laplata]

Hopefully Biden will mumble something stupid about her.

[RightOnTheBorder]

Great they are gonna gum up the roads from Albuquerque to Santa Fe so that vegetable can be carted around and wuhan lujan can play weekend at Bernie’s for the handful of leftist freaks that show up to their presser.

[Texas resident]

The BLM won’t allow controlled burns or clearing dead brush.

Fires start. American citizens lose their homes.

President flies in to reassure the peasants.

BLM still won’t allow controlled burns or clearing dead brush.

[ridesthemiles]

EXACTLY...

Both fires were started by CONTROLLED BURNS....A phrase that allows Fed officials to be wrong about everything & never pay the price.

The 2 fires merged.

Neither fire was “out” as declared.

Then, all Hell broke loose.

[Libloather]

Watch it live to see the illegals running in the background.

[ridesthemiles]

Forest Service was doing “controlled burns”....

Neither fire was OUT.

Then, all hell broke loose & they flared up & MERGED.

Forest Service totally responsible for all this damage.

[rottweiller_inc]

He’s going to get together with the forest service and sing a chorus from “we didn’t start the fire”.

[antidemoncrat]

Hell, his hot air will probably start 3 more wildfires.

[MIchaelTArchangel]

Can we expand one of these federal arson fires across the US-Mexico border?

[TheThirdRuffian]

Pretty much. I just wandered through the fire areas at home — Ruidoso.

It burned up Gavalon Canyon Road — which is private land — but poorly maintained and brushy trailer parks and things.

The houses that did proper timber management (as required by the City) were largely fine.

The Lincoln National Forest behind the high school and back behind the race track were all over grown through mismanagement and burned down.

Didn’t get midtown/tourist areas, despite 70mph sustained winds — closest it got was the far east/north corner right up to the Highway (which backs up to Gavilon Canyon).

Lots my roof from the wind. Getting a steel roof that is fire proof and wind proof.

House is cement stucco over brick with steel frame and I’ve cut back the trees immediately around my house well. Keep the brush and grass down. Cement sidewalk around the house. Fire breaks with paved roads. Doors are cast iron or other metal. Metal storm doors. Metal framed windows and cement (hardy board) eves.

About as good as I can do.

[1Old Pro]

Grisham pushes the federal government to accept full responsibility for the Calf Canyon/Hermits Peak Fire, which began as two separate fires, each started by a U.S. Forest Service prescribed burn.

The government literally burning down our country under Biden.