07/11/2024
Here's a bird's eye view of the major fire going over the 101 fwy yesterday afternoon in Camarillo. Pretty scary .. you could see the helicopters dumping water, the wind was so strong it was just spreading the water drops around so not very effective .. meanwhile the traffic was bumper to bumper with no way to escape. This is the "Mountain": fire, it had already crossed the 118 fwy and was burning homes, big and small, to the ground on the other side of the hill. I had 4 dogs in the cab of my truck and 3 big dogs in the camper. I wondered what i would do if i had to evacuate with all of them, 2 of whom don't know me.
With Trump's plans to unwind all of the environmental protections put in place during Biden's tenure, fires burning down homes and property due to climate change in California and elsewhere will grow all the more frequent and destructive. I shudder to think what will happen over the next 4 years but I am certain it will not be good for the environment or the populous, 2 legged and 4. So shortsighted. Makes me very sad for our planet and the animals, including us, who live there. Hard to believe Trump could get re-elected but that sure tells you what's important to people these days .. and the environment and wildlife and actually life as it exists now, is apparently way down on the important issue list. A tragedy for all of us., young and old.
