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As fire crews struggled to gain containment on more than a dozen wildfires raging across California Wednesday, Gov. Jerry Brown told reporters that large, destructive fires would probably continue and cost the state billions of dollars over the next decade. … State officials said more than 13,000 firefighters are currently on duty, fighting 16 large… Read more.
Wildfires are becoming as menacing to Western states, most notably California, as hurricanes have always been to Southern states, most notably Florida. Never mind that far too many of these fires are ignited not by Mother Nature, but by human beings. Of course I always feel sympathy for those who lose their homes, to say nothing of the firefighters who lose their lives.… Read more.
….no region has been more affected by the synergistic fallout from plummeting real estate values and subprime mortgages [than California]. But these ‘apocalyptic’ fires might be a godsend for hundreds, if not thousands, of homeowners – who were facing imminent foreclosure on their McMansions. Because they can simply walk away from the charred remains and… Read more.
