This is “Vice” ‘s ultra-libtard article (“know your enemy”) on the catastrophic fires, which, it turns out, are all the fault of Bad Orange Man (and why not of Putin, too?), although such fires were raging already during the eight-year reign of the Enlightened Black Messiah Obongo.
The West Coast Fires Are ‘Apocalyptic,’ And It’s Going to Take Years to Recover
At least 31 people have been confirmed dead and hundreds of thousands have been evacuated after wildfires continued to ravage California, Oregon, and Washington this weekend, as one top Oregon official said on Friday said the state was preparing for a “mass fatality event.”
Roughly 3,000 firefighting personnel from 27 states and Puerto Rico were fighting fires in Oregon and Washington as of this weekend, the Wall Street Journal reported. At least one crew of firefighters from Mexico is in Oregon helping to battle the blazes.
There are currently 29 major active wildfires in California, with more than 16,000 firefighters fighting fires that have burned more than 3 million acres statewide, CAL FIRE said Sunday. Washington state is battling at least 16 fires and Oregon is fighting another 13, according to the National Interagency Fire Center.
It will likely take years for the West Coast to recover from the devastation. Tens of thousands of evacuees are sleeping in hundreds of shelters or in parking lots after escaping the blazes; some are even pitching tents on high school football fields, the New York Times reported over the weekend.
In California, 20 people have died so far, according to CAL FIRE, with the still-ongoing North Complex fire already claiming 12 lives, making it the seventh-deadliest fire in state history. So far, that fire has burned more than 261,000 acres and is just 26% contained, according to CAL FIRE.
Another 10 have died in Oregon and a 1-year old in Washington died last week, officials in those states have said.
“There are going to be a number of fatalities, folks who just couldn’t get warning in time and evacuate their homes and get to safety,” Oregon state emergency management director Andrew Phelps told MSNBC Friday.
‘It is apocalyptic’
While cooler conditions in some areas helped firefighters make significant progress on Saturday, strong winds threatened to undo all of that work on Sunday.
The fires have been fueled by the wind, extreme temperatures, and unusually dry conditions even in parts of the region that usually see a lot of rainfall. The National Weather Service issued a red flag warning for parts of southern Oregon and northern California on Sunday, meaning that the areas were experiencing ‘critical fire conditions.”
“It is apocalyptic,” Oregon Sen. Jeff Merkley told ABC News on Sunday. “I drove 600 miles up and down the state, and I never escaped the smoke. We have thousands of people who have lost their homes. I could have never envisioned this.”
“There’s just so much fire,” National Weather Service fire weather meteorologist Ryan Walbrun told the New York Times. “And so much smoke.”
While some rain is expected to come to the northern part of the region this week beginning Monday, wind conditions could exacerbate the problems further South into California and the surrounding region.
Armed checkpoints in Oregon
In Oregon, residents of some towns have set up armed checkpoints as disinformation continued to spread on social media that some fires were lit deliberately and that antifa was responsible. The Multnomah County Sheriff’s office said late Friday that some people had set up checkpoints and were stopping cars in the town of Corbett, about 25 miles east of Portland, and pleaded with residents not to do this.
In a video posted the following day, Multnomah County Sheriff Mike Reese said deputies had responded to reports that “some people were armed and asking for identification of the folks they were stopping.”
“The Sheriff’s Office will not tolerate illegal activity of any kind, including civilian roadblocks,” he added.
In Clackamas County, a viral video showed a sheriff’s deputy spreading rumors that antifa were setting fires. “Antifa motherfuckers are out causing hell, and there’s a lot of lives at stake,” the deputy said in the video. “And there’s a lot of people’s property at stake because these guys got some vendetta.”
The deputy, who hasn’t been publicly named, has since been placed on administrative leave. “As soon as I was made aware of this incident, I moved swiftly to place this deputy on leave while we investigate,” Clackamas County Sheriff Craig Roberts said in a statement.
On Friday, the FBI’s Portland office issued a statement attempting to debunk the rumors about “extremists” setting fires in Oregon.
“Conspiracy theories and misinformation take valuable resources away [from] local fire and police agencies working around the clock to bring these fires under control,” the agency said in a tweet. “Please help our entire community by only sharing validated information from official sources.”
Trump visits California Monday
President Donald Trump said during a rally in Nevada on Saturday night that he would visit California on Monday. He repeatedly blamed the fires on poor forest management in the states, all three of which are heavily Democratic and all but certain to go for former Vice President Joe Biden in November.
“Spoke to the folks in Oregon, Washington, they never had anything like this, but it is about forest management,” Trump said. “Please remember the words, very simple, forest management, please remember. It’s about forest management and other things, but forest management.” (On Sunday, Merkley called that a “big, devastating lie.”)
“They are fighting and it’s dangerous, it’s dangerous. It’s rapidly spreading, hundreds of thousands of acres, it’s not been anything quite like this one,” Trump added.
Missing in Trump’s explanation of why these unprecedented fires were happening as any mention of climate change. The Trump administration has aggressively rolled back the Obama administration’s environmental and climate protections, to the point where even corporations such as Exxon—one of the largest emitters of greenhouse gases in the world—have opposed some of the rollbacks.
“As an historic figure, he is one of the most culpable men in America contributing to the suffering and death that is now occurring through climate-related tragedy,” former California governor Jerry Brown told the New York Times on Sunday.
“Talk to a firefighter if you think that climate change isn’t real,” Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti told CNN on Sunday. “It seems like this administration are the last vestiges of the Flat Earth Society of this generation.”
Cover: Jackson County District 5 firefighter Captain Aaron Bustard works on a smoldering fire in a burned neighborhood as destructive wildfires devastate the region on Friday, Sept. 11, 2020, in Talent, Ore. (AP Photo/Paula Bronstein)
Jews admit, that they want white genocide:
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Govenor Newsome is pushing the Climate Change hypothesis because, I suspect, it leads in the direction of Agenda 21, which in turn leads to world government headquarted in Jerusalem. He is doing this in spite of the fact that two individuals living in his state have been arrested for arson in connection with the forest fires.
Ideology has priority over truth for Newsome, apparently.
I regard this as an instance of Marxism having taken over Liberalism.
I have been reading _One Dimensional Man_ by the Jewish author Herbert Marcuse. This was a very popular book among Liberals of the 60s, and I find it a clear instance of Marxism being introduced to young Americal Liberals.
The transformation of Liberalism into Marxism has been going on in America since the 60s at least.
I see Governor Newsome as a manifestation of this process.
Great comment – highly informative.
Newsome should learn about the Christian-Newsom case. I did a whole, detailed video on it, and must re-upload it to Bitchute.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murders_of_Channon_Christian_and_Christopher_Newsom
This is a very important article making it very clear that Americans cannot expect defensive actions to be taken against the Antifa/BLM terrorist organizations. Even if Trump actually tried to invoke the Insurrection Act, it seems that the treasonous US Military commanders will not carry it out. If legal bodies will not enforce defense against open terrorism, then civilians have no choice but to defend themselves in order to survive. Oregonians now realize this.
Colonel Richard H. Black (USA ret.)
Do We Risk A Military Coup?
“President Donald Trump is the commander-in-chief of the armed forces, outranking every general and official in DOD. It is his duty to maintain domestic tranquility; he has both statutory and inherent constitutional authority to do so. Despite that clear imperative, generals and Pentagon officials have recently created doubt whether the military command can still be counted on to respond to lawful orders by the President. It is no longer clear that the defense establishment functions in a safe, responsible manner today.”
https://larouchepub.com/other/2020/4737-do_we_risk_a_military_coup.html
Outstanding. I will blog on the entire article.
President Trump just honored patriotic California National Guard for the heroism they chose to do against active orders. These military members knew what they had to do, and did it. I personally read about this honorable, life-saving action. Among the many evil, there are still the good.
President Trump Presents Distinguished Flying Cross to Members of California Air National Guard – Video…
Posted on September 14, 2020 by sundance
Earlier today President Trump shared an incredible story of heroism by the Air National Guard during California wildfires. Their incredible act of heroism during the Sept 5th Creek Fire saved 242 adults and children. [Video Below – Transcript Will Follow]
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ujkF_mrqYQ&feature=emb_title ]
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2020/09/14/president-trump-presents-distinguished-flying-cross-to-members-of-california-air-national-guard-video/
Thank you very much.
As a commenter wrote:
I was wondering why no news was being reported on fire-fighting water dropping from air tankers. I had seen reference to fire-retardants being sprayed, but not water. It seems that officials decided to not do tanker water drops, because “safety.” So Oregon fires are being fought on the ground, but not very successfully. The Communists are letting Oregon burn, letting rabid Antifa/BLM run free to set fires.
US, Russian and Brazilian planes fight deadly Chilean fires
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FthfId1EgoE
Why isn’t the 747 SuperTanker fighting Oregon fires?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTeGM4iAhhw
News report today states that 13 Oregon fires were caused by downed power lines that were pushed over by strong winds (also known as persons using chain saws?). Still, the reality exists that water dropping is not being used as a major fire extinguisher in Oregon. Water can be retrieved from Oregon lakes and rivers, NOT from city water systems.
Oregon’s Best Firefighting Helicopters Are In Afghanistan, Can’t Help With Wildfires
September 15, 2020
By John Vibes
“Chinook helicopters can transport 44 people and carry up to 26,000 pounds, which makes them perfect for situations like this. With A Chinook helicopter, firefighters can drop up to 2,000 gallons of water in one trip, which is enough to cover an area of roughly 328ft.
By comparison, the black hawk helicopters that are currently being used can only carry about 10 people or 2,600 pounds and their buckets can only carry about 600 gallons of water.”
http://www.renegadetribune.com/oregons-best-firefighting-helicopters-are-in-afghanistan-cant-help-with-wildfires/
Oregon National Guard helicopters needed to fight numerous raging wildfires in Oregon are being used in Afghanistan for military operations. Protecting Americans by protecting the pretty poppies? No!! By guarding the heroin highway. A profitable purpose to die for?
This has been a destructive catastrophe for years.
WHAT OUR CHILDREN ARE DYING FOR IN AFGHANISTAN
By Michael Rivero
The Taliban had all but eradicated the opium growers before the US invasion. So why is cheap Afghani heroin flooding into the United States?
http://www.whatreallyhappened.com/WRHARTICLES/dyinginafghanistan.php
Thanks.
I saw a heroin epidemic in rural, white, western Pennsylvania, and how coincidental that Pittsburgh has a nice, big military airport, perfect for flying heroin in from Afghanistan via USAF bases in Wiesbaden, Germany and Dover, Delaware.