So About That "Poor Forest Management"...

[Hortensis]

29. Yeah, I laughed at the raking too. The more of his

astonishing ignorance that he reveals to those who vote for him, the better. Here in Georgia wood- and farmlands where most people have acreage, I haven't had a chance to ask any of our friends for advice on what to do with all the rakings from our woods yet.

A background in forestry must give you a really good view of what's happening and likely to. Another huge problem for those mountains is of course the billions of dying and dead trees from climate change. I heard that people in Paradise were aware of this, and of course the severe drought. A woman said it made her nervous, but she never thought it'd happen. She didn't say it, but she would have envisioned a "normal" devastating fire, not one that could rage a football field's distance in 2 seconds.

For decades now my sister who lives in those mountain woods has had to keep all her trees limbed up to I think 15 feet and the ground clear below. And her community/county has fire breaks and whatever, especially combustible natives forbidden, etc. California was doing some good things to try to protect communities from fire, but everything's going to have to be rethought.

The expense is going to be enormous. We're going to have to ask that 0.01% for our tax dollars back. I suggest we should start by defaulting on the payment about to come due on the $1.6 trillion we're gifting them.