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It’s like trying to fight a 200-foot-tall dragon with a tiny little sword. You’re not going to win,
We are aware of misinformation being posted online regarding the FAIR Plan’s ability to pay claims,
spokesperson Hilary McLean said in a statement on behalf of the FAIR Plan The state-led, state-designed and state-implemented agenda really cannot be stopped by Donald Trump,
he told E&E News’ Adam Aton We may have crossed a threshold now where we need larger measures in order to essentially create a solvent insurance system,
said Michael Wara, director of Stanford’s Climate and Energy Policy program and a consultant to the California Public Utilities Commission on wildfire issues This is sort of what everybody’s been preparing for,
said Karl Susman, an insurance broker in West Los Angeles who’s filing dozens of claims on behalf of clients I look at his election as less of a hobble and more of a spur to our efforts,
Communities that are built in the wildland-urban interface will always be threatened by these kinds of fires,
I don’t know that any place in the world has a system like that,
Normally everything would be wet by now, which means there would be much less of a chance of an ignition leading to a big fire that gets out of control like what we’re seeing now,
We haven’t had any substantial rain for hundreds of days,
said Max Moritz, a wildfire specialist at the University of California, Santa Barbara That’s the climate signal in all of this — that we’ve opened this window where we can get these big, devastating extreme events now,
Climate change is leading to more erratic and extreme precipitation patterns,
The ongoing wildfires in California are unprecedented, in the sense that they are dramatic for this time of the year,
said Apostolos Voulgarakis, an atmospheric scientist at Imperial College London, We see these fires spread when it is hot and dry and windy, and right now all of those conditions are in place in southern California,
Kristina Dahl, vice president for science at Climate Central, told AFP The clearest climate signal for those three conditions is with the temperature,
These fires are easily avoidable, but nonsense regulations in California prevent action being taken, so year after year homes burn down and more people die,
Musk said, adding his commentary to a tweet criticizing California for opting out of certain wildfire prevention tactics We don't have time for that mishegoss,
Newsom said in a press conference, urging focus on firefighting efforts and evacuation protocols as Southern California prepares for another day of extreme fire risk We pushed the system to the extreme. We're fighting a wildfire with urban water systems, and that is really challenging."
At a press conference earlier in the day, Chief Executive of Los Angeles Water and Power Department, Janisse Quinones said
