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Originally Posted by Crowbob
There is no excuse for it.
Simply because the fire was so horrific is no excuse for not having every single resource available to fight it.
And yes, the postmortem is gonna be colored by political interests. To wit (no pun intended): Gavin Newsome.
This is yet another example of government failing The People. If those poor people rebuild, it should be stipulated that it is at their own risk instead of implying the political leadership has the competence to protect them. The reality is The People in this nation are on their own and probably have been for at least half a century.
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Would 117 million gallons have made a difference? Unless you have the dain bramage, answer is yes. It is criminal that they drained Santa Ynez for a year before they started looking for bids to repair the cover. It is almost certainly not necessary for it to sit empty while waiting.
The mismanagement of resources in California is so bad it is hard to believe it is not willful. They stopped doing any fire mitigation when I was a kid. They stopped adding water storage prior to that. Anyone who can look at how badly California takes care of business, and thinks they are doing a decent job, has something wrong with them.
Making excuses does not make things better, it makes things worse. Unless the people of this state can figure that out, this place is doomed.