Cause of apocalyptic LA fires was climate change?

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Some of the top officials of California blamed climate change for the devastating series of fires that flattened many residential areas in Los Angeles.   Climate change?  Why blame this rather than being responsible?

We know that there isi climate change but why were not changes made to mitigate the climate chnage?

The Sta Ana winds for example.   Undoubtedly many residents marvelled at how fast the fires exploded, spread and raged.  Many called the phenomenon firenado.. But surely measures, improvements in infrastructures could have been undertaken to lessen the damage by the Sta Ana winds.  These events happen all the time in LA, and am sure we are all intelligent and resourceful enough to mitigage,  Some of these:

1.  Beefing up of the Fire Department.     Instead of doing this the City shaved of $17 million  from the budgets.   Scores of fire fighting apparatus were not running.   The City donated firefighting equipment to Ukrained.

2.   Installation of firebreaks and cleaning the forests.  DT mentioned this to the governor during his first term to have forest floors cleaned of dry leaves and branches.  These served as tinder for the fire

3.  Having more water in reservoir and making sure this water reachd the fire hydrants.    The news have it that 4 dams were removed to give way to ecological concerns for the natives.    Was much done to have the fire hy drants works as they should in emergencies like this.   Or having more plane scoops fighting the flames.

In countries where they encounter regularly disasters, their govts prepare for this.  As in Philippines after Typhoon Yolanda killed many residents, the govt prepared and disaster coordinating councils to be prepared for calamities.   Philippines which is flood prone had billions allocated for flood control (Although now citizens are looking for them)

What caused the fire ?-   Probably arsonists and homeless people (to whom bulkk of billions of govt were oing into rather than protecting the citizens)  Or sparks from high power lines.  Thus there were proposals to have underground power lines.  But either these measures were vetoed or lingered in desks of council.   (Arsons as probable cause is most likely as the 5 fires were far away from each other)

What caused these to spread fast ?-   The tinder fuel on the floors of the forest.   Trump asked leaders of California to clean forest floors of dry leaves and branches as they do in Europe.   Or putting up fire breaks.   It is most likely that they were no done as budgets for them were removed

What caused the fire to raze wide areas uncontrollably/   Lack of water.     A large Sta Inez reservoir was left unfilled with water  Or perhaps a pumping station was needed to drive up water to hydrants of Pacific Palisade.   More fire trucks more fighting personnel.  But there were other issues and these need for resources were not adequately addressed

Watah, watah, water, floods everywhere

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There is a lot of rains because we have 2 typhoons that visited us:   Butchoy and Carina.  Hence rains are non stop.

Is it Karma, is it God punishing the Filipinos?  That was the narrative/comments thread regarding flooding in China. 

We should be thankful for this rains because we will have water filling up dams and reservoirs,   This is good news for the water of concessionaires because there is plenty of water to sell.

Flooding in MM

Typhoon Ravaged Areas becomes no mans land - lack of food and supplies hits stricken areas

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From Herald Sun | November 12, 2013

From RT Death and Looting in PHL typhoon ravaged area

 

The typhoon ravaged areas have become no mans land:   still held incommunicado to the outside world because of communication failure, help and supplies are not arriving because of lack of vehicles and fuel People scavenge for food and water.  (Thus they help themselves to whatever they can find looting?)  Smell of death pervades the air as the dead are mixed with debris and no one yet bothers to pick up the dead and bury them

Residents complain that they may have survived the typhoon but may die because of hunger and thirst.  The typhoon blew everything away and aid is not coming yet or is slow in coming


 
Destroyed houses in Guian Samar, where typhoon Yolanda first made land

 


 Flattened houses in Tacloban City



Fallen/uprooted coconut trees are proofs of typhoons fury