A First world problem

[helomech]

Damn, if someone bitches about smoke here they just get laughed at. If I do a controlled burn I am responsible for any damages, but I will pay someone to do it. They charge about 50 bucks a acre.

[Stormfeather]

Why doesn't California do more controlled burns to help deal with these issues. I am required to do control burns on my property to keep my pine exemption.

Its the pot smoking, tree hugging, gun stealing non-oil drilling whiny ass democrat environmentalists. They managed to get the state to make it against the law to do controlled burns due to wanting to save the square eyed pygmy albino web toed brush owl being in its natural habitat. So to save this owl, they ruled that you cannot destroy its habitat, which is the underbrush.
so... in saving the owl, they now can destroy millions of acres of land, homes, property, and kill people, all in the name of "protecting the environment."

[Kesephist]

Its the pot smoking, tree hugging, gun stealing non-oil drilling whiny ass democrat environmentalists. They managed to get the state to make it against the law to do controlled burns due to wanting to save the square eyed pygmy albino web toed brush owl being in its natural habitat. So to save this owl, they ruled that you cannot destroy its habitat, which is the underbrush.
so... in saving the owl, they now can destroy millions of acres of land, homes, property, and kill people, all in the name of "protecting the environment."

I have to wonder, cynical bastard that I am.. How much of a % of the ijit greens are really in it to save the environment, and how much for the power, and how much for both?

Bet anything that if Six Californias had went thru, the wildfires would have been cut by over 90% within the decade.

Wonder how many of these "back to nature", back-of-beyond, nearly-mansion houses, that firefighters are in harm's way to save, belong to the greens?

Hoping they choke on their precious imported Belgian endive, or drown on their precision espressos, is only a temporary pleasure, and liable to get one talked about.

[realist]

Stormy I get the impression you think of California as an irritation, kinda like a rash that won't go away...........well not all of us are like that.

Please Lord help me get out of this place sooner than later..........

[Brownwater Riverrat 13]

Ahhh, y'all bout covered everything here I think. First it dries out, then it burns, then it floods, and then it's all down hill (literally) from there. OH, then the the ground shakes and it all falls down and they rebuild on the exact same spot and all on the taxpayers dime and insurance money. Am I on track so far? This is an annual cycle, dry, burn, wash, rinse, destroy, rebuild, repeat.

No, not all Californians are excreted from the same douche bag. Some of them don't actually require a thorough douching. I have family near the Reno area and we have property in The California side. Mom and the brothers are hard at work and of course I give them shit about all the rule and regs they have to put up with in both states. NOT HERE in Tennessee! They've been trying to get us to move out there for years........not when it costs more to drill a well than it does to build a house, and having to have water rights? I never saw shit for wildlife no matter where we went, then I come home and I have deer, turkey, squirrels, rabbits, fox, coons, etc. running all over my backyard, not to mention MY OWN water! Just makes me want to stick around here for awhile.

Bottom line! I THINK YOU AND YOUR FAMILY DID A HELL OF A JOB! "BZ" BROTHER TO YOU AND YOURS! I'M GLAD THAT GOD SPARED YOUR FAMILY I thank him for that, way to be prepared.

[Grumpy Old Man]

Stormy I get the impression you think of California as an irritation, kinda like a rash that won't go away...........well not all of us are like that.

Please Lord help me get out of this place sooner than later..........

We're waiting for you down here so we can blow the bridges after you get here!

[realist]

Thanks but the wife says we are going to stay a while

[Brownwater Riverrat 13]

I would "dislike" your post but that would be considered rude. OH, some folks think I am a smart ass, sarcastic, SOB, but I have never been rude. Well that's to bad we'd love to have you down here, tell the wife she's missing out, we have wives too and they are in on this as well. TBSS, love ya, mean it!

[realist]

I'll tell ya I give us about 18 months before we can move do to logistical problems. So don't pull the charges yet, I'll be bringing my kayaks if I'm late.

[Brownwater Riverrat 13]

Man we got a lot a bridges...............