California Fires - Politics of Blame & Trump water claims
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When I was growing up in Eastern NC and tobacco was still the key piece that drove the entire economy, every small town attorney knew ALOT about tobacco barns burning down during the curing process and subsequent insurance claims. As best as I can remember the fire department strategy, once a tobacco barn caught fire, was to (1) keep the fire contained to one barn and (2) keep any nearby propane tanks from exploding.
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1) Imagine a photograph of the face of St. Donald of Mar-a-Lago. 2) Imagine a spot dead center between his ears. 3) Go back about 2 or 3 inches. 4) There.
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“Donald Trump on Sunday issued an executive order directing the federal government to override the state of California’s water management practices if they are found to be ineffective.
The order comes two days after the president visited the Los Angeles region, which has been devastated by a series of wildfires that have killed at least 28 people and burned more than 35,000 acres. …”
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The order comes two days after the president visited the Los Angeles region, which has been devastated by a series of wildfires that have killed at least 28 people and burned more than 35,000 acres. …”
Trump tells US government to override California water policies if necessary
Executive order comes two days after visit to LA, which has been devastated by wildfires that burned over 35,000 acres
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“… Trump has falsely claimed that Democratic governor Gavin Newsom and other officials refused to provide water from the northern part of the state to fight the fires.
His order directs federal agencies to “immediately take actions to override existing activities that unduly burden efforts to maximize water deliveries”.
It orders the US Bureau of Reclamation to deliver more water and hydropower through the Central Valley Project, a network of dams, canals and other infrastructure, even if that conflicts with state or local laws.
It also orders the White House budget office to see whether it can attach conditions on federal aid to the state to ensure cooperation.…”
“… Trump has falsely claimed that Democratic governor Gavin Newsom and other officials refused to provide water from the northern part of the state to fight the fires.
His order directs federal agencies to “immediately take actions to override existing activities that unduly burden efforts to maximize water deliveries”.
It orders the US Bureau of Reclamation to deliver more water and hydropower through the Central Valley Project, a network of dams, canals and other infrastructure, even if that conflicts with state or local laws.
It also orders the White House budget office to see whether it can attach conditions on federal aid to the state to ensure cooperation.…”
The US military JUST entered California?
That’s probably a surprise to the Marines at Camp Pendleton, airmen at Travis or Edwards Air Force Bases, Navy SEALS at Coronado, soldiers at the National Training Center, sailors at Naval Base San Diego, and personnel at dozens more military bases in California.
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i just dont understand why such blatant lies cant be punished by our laws.
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This begs the question, why isn't he turning on the water in other areas. Does he hate southwest Texas?
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Well, the Big Bend area, while stunningly beautiful, does only have about 13 people. At least as of about 20 years ago, there was a county about the size of RI that didn’t have a population of 100.This begs the question, why isn't he turning on the water in other areas. Does he hate southwest Texas?
ET correct: Loving Co is 1/2 the size of RI and has 67 people. Neighboring Brewster Co is 5x the size of RI and has 9k.
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Decision to dump water from Tulare County lakes altered after sending locals into a mad scramble
Decision to dump water from Tulare County lakes altered after sending locals into a mad scramble – SJV Water
Water managers were relieved Thursday evening after the Army Corps of Engineers agreed to back off of a sudden decision earlier in the day to dump massive
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“Water managers were relieved Thursday evening after the Army Corps of Engineers agreed to back off of a sudden decision earlier in the day to dump massive amounts of water from Kaweah and Success lakes.
Water managers said they got about an hour’s warning from the Army Corp’s Sacramento office to expect the Tule and Kaweah rivers to be at “channel capacity” by Thursday night.
Channel capacity means the maximum amount of water a river can handle. For the Kaweah, that’s 5,500 cubic feet per second and for the Tule, it’s 3,500 cfs.
Those levels were last seen, and surpassed, during the 2023 floods, which destroyed dozens of homes and businesses and caused significant damage to infrastructure.
“We were able to get them to back off that,” said Eric Limas, General Manager of the Lower Tule River and Pixley irrigation districts, of the Army Corps. “They’ll still be releasing water sometime tonight, but it will be a smaller amount, which will increase tomorrow.”
Limas and Tulare Irrigation District General Manager Aaron Fukuda were unsure how high releases would ultimately go and for how long but Kaweah has about 27,000 acre feet and Success about 5,000 acre fee that are above levels allowed by the Army Corps during winter.
Water managers will continue working with the Army Corps to limit the amount of water released from the lakes, Fukuda said.
… Rick Brown, chief public affairs officer for the Sacramento office of the Army Corps, would only say that levels in both lakes were “currently in the flood control space.”
He directed further questions to the Army Corps’ headquarters, which did not return an email Thursday asking: Who made the decision to release the water? Why? Why so suddenly? And why weren’t safety personnel notified?
Some people interviewed for this story speculated that the move was political on the part of the new administration, a kind of water “flex,” but declined to elaborate. …”
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“… “In 25 years, I’ve never seen anything like this,” he said. “I was given no explanation at all.”
Before they got word of the Army Corp’s decision to release less water, Hernandez, Fukuda and Limas were planning for the worst.
Hernandez had already notified managers on the old Tulare Lake Bed to expect possible flood water. And Limas and Fukuda had crews ready to work through the night stripping out weirs and channel guides, which were only recently rebuilt after the 2023 floods, to keep the water moving.
“Normally, these kinds of flood releases are done with a lot of notification and coordination,” Fukuda said.
“I’ve been doing this 18 years and have never seen something like this.” …
“… “In 25 years, I’ve never seen anything like this,” he said. “I was given no explanation at all.”
Before they got word of the Army Corp’s decision to release less water, Hernandez, Fukuda and Limas were planning for the worst.
Hernandez had already notified managers on the old Tulare Lake Bed to expect possible flood water. And Limas and Fukuda had crews ready to work through the night stripping out weirs and channel guides, which were only recently rebuilt after the 2023 floods, to keep the water moving.
“Normally, these kinds of flood releases are done with a lot of notification and coordination,” Fukuda said.
“I’ve been doing this 18 years and have never seen something like this.” …