The news teams were running, trying to keep up with the fire. The burning embers were igniting everything in it’s 75/mph path

The local and state politicians were serving up massive portions of word salad trying to escape their citizens wrath

The photo op governor was caught in the act of lying to one distraught lady

This, the same man in years past, seen dining at an upscale restaurant while locking down the rest of the state as he’s always been shady

The mayor was in Africa living high on the taxpayers dime attending an inaugural event while her city burned

Obviously from her slow response time to this crisis she wasn’t to be bothered or concerned

A drone damaged one of the two Super Scooper airplanes used to drop 1500 gallons of water on the blaze

And the smoke from the fire made breathing difficult and visibility limited due to the haze

Firetrucks sat idling waiting to enter some neighborhoods as abandoned vehicles had to be moved as the only road in they were blocking

The formerly disparaged cops were checking ID’s to keep the criminals and homeless from looting anything not smoldering and worth hocking

The Governor had previously waved his regulation wand and forced insurance companies to toe HIS line like previous communist tyrants

Due to California regulations on insurance companies keeping them from raising their rates, the companies cancelled the homeowner policies with their clients

Back up water reservoirs were not filled as an endangered sardine sized fish might be left unprotected

However, the president in a moment of clarity did promise 100% of recovery expenses paid for the first six months or so he directed

The sound of these news conferences came through the tinny speakers of the portable TV the young mother had set on a table

The shivering woman had knocked most of the snow off the walls of her tent and tucked the blanket around the sleeping child as much as she was able

Still waiting on FEMA money from the total devastation in North Carolina delivered by the hurricane in September

While celebrities were crying in LA for the cameras because they had lost everything two days ago. She quietly hoped someone in DC might take a moment to remember

The treatment in this predominately republican area has gone from political double-talk to conditions positively inhumane

As she tearfully watches this administration promise $150 billion more to the people of Ukraine