Did it have to be so ugly?

The Expanse audiobooks are great if you also watched the TV show. The reader does a good job of inhabiting the established characterizations.

Reading “Woman In Cabin 10” by Ruth Ware. The story is weakened by a really annoying protagonist.

I never did finish The Passage for some reason. I need to pick that back up and try it again. I was disappointed the TV show they based on it wasn’t renewed.

Dude asked “how”. I answered how.

It’s not meant to be a right wing talking point. It’s an honest question. (It’s not like I asked if they were going to rake the forest leaves like Donny dumbasss.)

This problem isn’t going away and I haven’t seen any progress in either the fires lessening in intensity or in the media reporting of California making any changes/updates. It just feels like we’re not making much progress.

I do appreciate the sincere list of changes you listed. I was surprised you mentioned that power lines were being buried because the last thing I read was that it’s just business as usual over at PG&E.

Dropping fire retardant sounds like a necessary evil I guess. I have no idea if the stuff they are using still contains pfas or something else we will regret later. I’d still like to see them cut fire lanes. It’s an older preventative, but it helps. I’m not a fan of controlled burns because they get out of hand too often and do more harm than good.

My grandpa worked as a watchman in a fire watchtower in a southern US forest. You never hear about that being a job anymore — that’s why I asked. I guess it makes a lot more sense these days to station cameras everywhere and monitor them remotely.

Thanks again for taking the time to reply.

She’s a moron.

I never understood chiclet or Mylar keyboards. A cost cutting measure that pretty much makes the product unusable for anything but playing games.

Maybe they should buy Trump some of these magic earrings. It would honestly be hilarious to watch him try to take guidance from an earpiece. I don’t think he could stand it more than two minutes max.

What has California done to prevent this since the last wildfire?

• Have they clearcut fire lanes through the woods?
• Have they told power companies they have to start burying power lines?
• Or posted automated or manned drones to watch for fires?
• Or hired and trained more firefighters?
• Or built additional fire watch towers?
• Or purchased additional firefighting planes?

Fire risk is only going to get worse going forward, so I’m wondering what steps have been implemented to change things.