Just like in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina/Rita, et al, and the failure of the levees in New Orleans, the fires in SoCal are bringing out the worst of some people. Reading the emails on CNN today gave me SUCH A WARM FEELING about my fellow Americans. "They know that area has fires, they should move." "They're just asking for it, duh." "Why should I pay for them to fix their houses so they can just burn down again? My insurance rates/taxes will go up because of those RICH people in San Diego and Malibu." That one's my favorite - all those millions of people in southern CA are all rich. Gee, I guess ordinary, hard working people don't live there. Who would SAY something so stupid? On CNN - in print??? Just about everyone I know has relatives and friends in the affected areas - including me - my nephew and his wife are in San Diego, and no one I know is "rich". They all work hard, all hold. down jobs just to make the rent/mortgage and buy groceries. Gee, just like the rest of us, I imagine.
One of the idiots in the CNN emails said everyone should move to "safe" areas. And, where is that? He suggested Washington DC - where he lives. Right in the path of tsunamis, hurricanes, occasional tornados, wind storms, and a recently discovered earthquake fault line. So, that's safe? What a jerk.
I live in the Pacific NW where there are numerous earthquake fault lines - if the "big one" comes, I'm sure that idiot will be on CNN saying "those people knew an earthquake was going to happen, they should have MOVED."
I don't think there's a place in the world that's "safe" and if there were would you want hundreds and hundreds of millions of people crammed into that space? I think not.
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What about Tornadoes? We've had those here. The one that came through Vancouver. What about the one that devastated that community outside of Salem. (Sorry, I can't think of that community's name.)
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