Southern California’s Water Resources For Fighting Urban Fires
Regional water reservoirs in Southern California are at historical highs. Hydrants ran dry during recent firefighting because the city’s water infrastructure was not built to respond to fires so large.
A change in Northern California’s water management would not have affected the fire response.
Social media users revived Trump’s 2018 and 2019 claims about California’s forest management and said the current fires prove he was right. Newsom said the state has expanded its forest management efforts since then, and experts told PolitiFact that some of the fires began in shrubland that forest management wouldn’t affect.
Southern California’s Water Resources For Fighting Urban Fires
Regional water reservoirs in Southern California are at historical highs. Hydrants ran dry during recent firefighting because the city’s water infrastructure was not built to respond to fires so large.
A change in Northern California’s water management would not have affected the fire response.
Social media users revived Trump’s 2018 and 2019 claims about California’s forest management and said the current fires prove he was right. Newsom said the state has expanded its forest management efforts since then, and experts told PolitiFact that some of the fires began in shrubland that forest management wouldn’t affect.