Government spending should be more focused on flood prevention and water retention

[BidenBeHiden]

The East Coast has been flooding and the West Coast (California) doesn't have enough water to put out fires... Instead of sending money oversees, a good portion of that money should be spent on fixing the water crises. And don't let the liberal ecologist nutjobs dictate what can and can't be done. For example, them blocking measures to clear out dead brush, which creates tinderbox conditions.

 

[elektra]

The East Coast has been flooding and the West Coast (California) doesn't have enough water to put out fires... Instead of sending money oversees, a good portion of that money should be spent on fixing the water crises. And don't let the liberal ecologist nutjobs dictate what can and can't be done. For example, them blocking measures to clear out dead brush, which creates tinderbox conditions.

There is no water crisis in the west, just politicians that want to spend more money.

Remember, California gets more rain than any city on the east coast.

 

[elektra]

Fires, it is impossible to put out these brushes fires with water. It takes minutes for them to rage into an inferno.

High winds at the beginning prevent massive air drops of water.
It takes time to mobilize aircraft
We don't have enough aircraft of large enough size

Prevention is key

 

[deannalw]

I always wondered what the objections were to cleaning up all the dead trees and brush, etc.

Even stranger is that in some areas you could get in trouble for not having a fire safety break around your home in some areas.

 

[Crepitus]

The East Coast has been flooding and the West Coast (California) doesn't have enough water to put out fires... Instead of sending money oversees, a good portion of that money should be spent on fixing the water crises. And don't let the liberal ecologist nutjobs dictate what can and can't be done. For example, them blocking measures to clear out dead brush, which creates tinderbox conditions.

The water crisis is, by definition, the climate crisis.

Democrats want to work on that, tRumplings don't.