Middleboro Review 2: "Disgusting!" Fed up Fox anchor shreds LA wildfire LIES CORPORATE MEDIA IS FAILING THE NATION

Sunday, January 12, 2025

"Disgusting!" Fed up Fox anchor shreds LA wildfire LIES CORPORATE MEDIA IS FAILING THE NATION - FAILING TO ADDRESS LIES!

YOU MATTER & THE NATION CARES!

Thank you! Watching at a distance leaves one without words at the sheer size of the loss! Trump, MAGA & those who have spread LIES, RUMORS or BLAME - when this is over - VOTE THEM OUT OF OFFICE!

That includes the CALIFORNIA REPUBLICANS who appeared at MAR-A-LARDO with THUMBS UP - WHERE ARE THEY?

GO INTO THE SHELTERS & LISTEN TO THIS TRAGEDY!

This is about COMMUNITY! It's about helping NEIGHBORS that you don't even know put their lives back together!

Let's do what we can - WE'RE A COMMUNITY!

Thank you for all involved in helping - MEXICO, CANADA, OTHER STATES!

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CALIFORNIA FIRE FACT CHECK Having lived in both northern California for the Camp Fire in Paradise and southern California for these L.A. fires, I'd like to clear up a few misconceptions and inaccuracies about my state. 1) Blaming Governor Newsom for anything related to firefighting techniques is ridiculous. Politicians rely on experts to determine how to best fight a fire. The Governor is also not responsible for infrastructure built over the last 100 years. 2) Firefighters are the most qualified when it comes to the use of equipment, when to evacuate, and how best to protect lives and structures. Ordinary citizens' opinions, especially those from outsiders unfamiliar with the area and the terrain, are not useful. 3) Often outsiders try to blame the fires on Californians having too many trees or not enough water or bad planning or horrible politicians. None of this is true. Changes in weather patterns have made conditions conducive to fire. California has been surprisingly responsive to these dramatic changes, both in planning and recovery. 4) Those who are cheering for the loss of "rich people's" homes are not only cruel, they're mistaken. Hollywood is filled with struggling actors, film crew people, and everyday restaurant and retail workers. Pasadena has many elderly residents whose homes were bought decades ago. The foothills are home to ordinary folks in the service industry and family businesses. 5) The myth circulating that the Governor wouldn't let northern California send water to southern California to help fight the fire is ludicrous. First of all, ill-informed northern Californians are always claiming southern California is stealing their water for their swimming pools. The outside water southern California gets is mostly from Colorado, and we pay for it. Colorado is probably delighted to have the extra revenue. Secondly, L.A. has enough of its own water in reservoirs to fight the fires. In a pinch, the ocean is RIGHT THERE, and water can be scooped and dumped by aircraft. Only in Pacific Palisades, which is a very small neighborhood, did the fire hydrants lose pressure. All other areas had adequate water pressure. 6) The trouble in Paradise was due to a) the high winds, b) the dryness of the brush and trees caused by drought, and c) the lack of roads to evacuate (firefighters had to give priority to getting people out rather than trying to go in to fight the flames). The trouble in L.A. is mostly due to the high winds and dry conditions. There are plenty of evacuation routes, so the relative casualty rate is going to be much lower than Paradise. 7) The stories about California insurance companies eliminating fire coverage just 10 days ago should have us all up in arms. Just like health care, perhaps we're waking up to the fact that insurance companies are profit-motivated. Their bottom line is to take in as much of your money as possible and pay out as little as they can get away with. I remember how my little town of Paradise pulled together to help each other out. It's no different in L.A. People are people. Neighbors help neighbors. In fact, L.A.'s sense of cooperation is even more impressive, considering the diversity of people we have here. If you're an outsider, please don't believe the blame-throwers. There are a lot of inspiring stories happening here of hotels and restaurants offering relief for those left homeless, of people rescuing animals, of international first responders working to save people and homes. Don't let myths and malcontents divide us!