California Burning PART 2.

Disclaimer . Again my condolences go out to all the people devastated in ALL THE FIRES north and South of California . While there could be 1000 deaths [ still unaccounted or missing ], just who or what caused the "fires" just can't be climate change alone . The first culprit would be the utility company PG&E , many would accuse the company of gross negligence . If any thing adds up conspiracy buffs . Crazy and way too liberal (1)>>Gov. Jerry Brown signed a bill Friday to help Pacific Gas and Electric Co. withstand the costs of last year’s devastating wildfires, in part by passing some of those costs on to customers. Lawmakers said SB901 will help ease concerns that billions of dollars in potential  (2)>>liability from the fires in the North Bay and elsewhere could push PG&E into bankruptcy. The bill also directs more money to clearing dead trees from forests and toughens financial penalties against utilities that violate state safety rules. A Few months

Gov. Brown protects PG&E .
and signs a rate hike bill.
BIG TIME SCAM!!!

back I wrote pretty much about what I thought was the cause of the fires , not just besides arson , laser weapons [ see https://goo.gl/msZWkg ] Not trying to build upon the tragedy of paranoia . BUT Gov. Brown just saved the utility company from serious liability from being broken apart while PG&E stocks plunge . At some point , I hope that the FEDERAL GOVERNMENT will investigate the exact causes. California fire investigators have blamed PG&E’s equipment for starting at least 16 of the fires that erupted during a fierce windstorm on Oct. 8. And in 11 of those instances, investigators found evidence the company broke state safety laws. (3)>>I kinda never accepting the "official" story that dry brush or something caught a spark that started it . They been saying that about the 11 others , the fires are getting bigger and bigger .  While California is on fire,  the news  mainstream media,  they have actually covered they just can't bring themselves to say the words like climate change now instead the reports are like there were fires and they were bad enough and what caused them . Donald Trump says they were caused by forests mismanagement , perhaps he is right . Who knows ? California has been in a drought for 20 years , in those 20 years we have had Gov. Jerry Brown serve nearly 4 terms . WE never had fires in this magnitude , the state of California as (3.1)>>YOU MAY BE AWARE ! has had a skid -dish budget , has been axing over the years forest management . Its so bad that California is using prison slave labor to fight the fires .  oh really is there anything unusual about those firefighters the ones all in line rushing in to risk their lives to save ours perhaps the fact that those are prisoners locked away in (4)>>California's correctional system yes they volunteered for that job but many of them see no way out of the misery and hardship of prison other than to volunteer for fire duty so it's kind of the inmates are doing this for just on dollar an hour one dollar an hour they get paid less than the amount of money you're willing to bend down to pick up for . So if you say THANK YOU FIREFIGHTERS  & PLEASE THANK YOUR PRISONERS AT WORK! 

Just WHO IS TO BLAME ???
The California fires stretch the definition of “natural disaster” because human activities have exacerbated their likelihood, their extent, and their damage. Deliberate decisions and unintended consequences of urban development over decades have turned many parts of the state into a tinderbox.  Shifting population means more chances for ignitions, with “people moving into flammable places and literally building homes in the line of fire" humans cause 84 percent of wildfires, and lightning causes the rest.Malfunctioning equipment and downed power lines are behind many blazes, and authorities are trying to learn if equipment failures by utility companies sparked the two large California blazes. Careless campers are responsible for some fires  This year’s blazes particularly stand out because of how close they are to suburbs and major cities. California Gov. Jerry Brown, now seeking a “major disaster declaration” from the White House to bolster the emergency response to three catastrophic wildfires, warned Sunday that those who deny climate change “are definitely contributing to the tragedy” of what he predicted could be years of damaging firestorms due to rising temperatures and increased drought conditions in his state. While the Governor's explanation about the drought is factual to a degree of argument , what he did not say is that California has over the decades of having budget fiasco's has severally cut emergency response forest management , which is at the center of the problem .   IN 2009 it was the big pivotal year of forest management cuts But even with federal assistance, the California fiscal crisis — and in particular 2009 July's $1.9 billion raid on local government finances to help balance the state budget — could threaten the system of mutual aid between fire departments across the state. For example, several fire departments in northern California went south to help out with the Angeles National Forest blaze. As the fire season continues, however, budget cutbacks may force some local fire departments to stop participating in mutual aid.  While Donald Trump has gotten a bad rap for tweeting , blaming California . I can only say that President Trump is not wrong here . For a Green - Environmental state like California it has gone Brown alright .

NOTES AND COMMENTS :

(1)>>Gov. Jerry Brown signed a bill Friday . It would let PG&E use a type of state-authorized bond to pay off the more than 200 lawsuits filed against the company over the fires. PG&E’s customers would pay off those bonds bit by bit on their monthly bills, provided that regulators with the California Public Utilities Commission determine that the company acted reasonably in maintaining its equipment before the fires. In cases where the commission determines the utility did not act reasonably, PG&E and its shareholders would have to cover the cost.  (2)>>liability from the fires.  More than 200 lawsuits have been filed against the San Francisco company blaming it for the Wine Country fires, and estimates of PG&E’s potential liability reach $17 billion. The company had about $840 million in liability insurance when the flames broke out. It is now finalizing $1 billion to $1.5 billion of coverage, at a cost of about $350 million. (3)>>I kinda never accepting the "official" story .  Experts suggest many causes for the fires, from population growth to equipment failures to climate change.humans cause 84 percent of wildfires, and lightning causes the rest. Malfunctioning equipment and downed power lines are behind many blazes, and authorities are trying to learn if equipment failures by utility companies sparked the two large California blazes. Careless campers are responsible for some fires. Not to mention possible arson .  (3.1)>>YOU MAY BE AWARE ! has had a skid- dish budget. Does any one remember when Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger recently exercised his line-item veto power to completely eliminate the state Dept. of Fish and Game’s (DFG’s) budget for inspecting logging in vast timber-producing regions of California.    As one outraged citizen wrote in a letter to the editor of Santa Rosa’s Press Democrat soon after the veto, “It only took a single stroke of a pen for the Terminator to ax the Department of Fish and Game's Timber Harvest Plan (THP) review program from the state budget… How will the remaining three or four employees be able to review plans as required by law?”On-the-ground timber harvest inspections are one of the ways the state protects the natural resources of its public and private forests. Perhaps not coincidentally, the state’s largest clearcutter, as well as a major campaign contributor to Schwarzenegger, Sierra Pacific Industries will be the budget cut's biggest beneficiary came down on forestry management since then the budget on  forestry management has been poor.   (4)>>California's correctional system yes they volunteered for that job .  Before you say "our brave firefighters" think just who ?  About 200 prisoners in California’s Conservation Camp program are fighting the fires alongside civilian employees, earning just $1.45 a day for their work. Their pay as workers is a fraction of minimum wage. The hazard to their lives is real, as evidenced by a death toll that has climbed steadily. The prisoners battling the fires in California deserve real wages. And their rights as workers lead us to larger issues of prison labor, fires or not. More than 1,000 inmate firefighters required hospital care between June 2013 and August 2018, according to data obtained by TIME through FOIA requests. They are more than four times as likely, per capita, to incur object-induced injuries, such as cuts, bruises, dislocations and fractures, compared with professional firefighters working on the same fires. Inmates were also more than eight times as likely to be injured after inhaling smoke and particulates compared with other firefighters.