Comments on: How Will Taxed California Fare During This Heatwave?

By: Tim From LA

Tim From LA — Tue, 10 Jul 2012 23:31:24 +0000

Really sad to hear that. Our forest, Yosemite National Park, was nearly wiped out because, the Congress promoted putting out the fire regardless of how it was started. 90% of the time, it was by lightning. Then one year, the forest was on fire and because of so many years of preemptive fire-fighting, the under-growth was so tall that the trees caught fire. It took so many years for the pine needles and leaves to grow back. Had the forest been allowed to burn, the only thing that would have burn were the weeds and the pine nuts and acorn sprout from the intense heat.

Now they’re doing prescribed burns year round and the forest look healthy. I guess if anything, the fire trucks are there to protect property. But if property burns, well, it burns. Reminds me how at Curry Village, there was a granite slide. tons of granite broke off naturally and fell. Unfortunately, people died, but this is the result of humans being where they are and are at the wrong place at the wrong time.

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By: Tim

Tim — Tue, 10 Jul 2012 15:50:25 +0000

I was born and raised in Co. and for years we fought the expansion and incorporation of building in forested area’s. There were many folks who could buy property and build where ever they wanted but allowing developers into those forested areas was always considered taboo.

I visited in the ’90′s and the 00′s and even questioned some of these folks who had bought houses in these area’s. Their response was always “the view”. Now, none of them have a view. For an evangelical community that it has become I was astounded at the selfishness and careless attitude that the locals had for such a fragile environment.

I wondered where thier bible told them that they should leave nothing for the next generation.

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By: KatzKids

KatzKids — Tue, 10 Jul 2012 09:42:16 +0000

Hate to disagree with a CO resident, but I beg to differ. My son lives in CO Springs so I was following all the reports in the local papers & TV Websites, reading all the comments. They were ugly from day one. Blaming President Obama & the Democrats for the whole thing with absolutely no knowledge of how the Incident Command System works or knowledge of what was actually going on to protect them.

I applaud all the wonderful cooperation (as usual) between all the Federal, State & local fire & police & other local agencies, and the volunteers who rallied together to support the evacuees, the fire-fighters and the effort in general. They were the ones who celebrated the President’s visit, the RW voices tried to turn that visit into a political ploy on his side.

Fanatics were there – politicking & evangelizing from day one and I would be willing to bet, with few exceptions they weren’t part of the aid efforts. They were there – hating.

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By: Bland Rooker

Bland Rooker — Tue, 10 Jul 2012 03:09:51 +0000

Since we here in Colorado Springs were mentioned in the story, I can say that yes, taxes paid for part of the cost of fighting the fire, but the most remarkable thing that happened is that so many people living here dropped everything and ran towards it, banding together to support each other in the face of the crisis. That was a wonderful thing to see. It wasn’t until our President came to visit that the ugliness came out, and that was the most disappointing thing of all.

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