Interior Secretary, Ryan Zinke, blamed California’s “radical environmentalists” for our recent fires. “It’s not time for finger-pointing,” Zinke said. “We know the problem. It’s been years of neglect, and in many cases (FINGER-POINTING ALERT!!) it’s been these radical environmentalists that want nature to take its course.”
He then noted Finland’s “healthy forests” as way of comparison. (Fires scorched forested areas in Lapland, a remote northern province near Finland’s border.) However, rainfall since May near where California’s Camp Fire started was at 0.7inches. The May-November rainfall in Rovaniemi, Lapland’s capital, was 15.76 inches. (That’s 22.5 times more rain!)
Moreover, California’s Santa Ana winds, which dry out vegetation as they whip through canyons and passes, don’t exist in Finland’s relatively flat country.*
(Ladies and gentlemen, the Trump Administration.)
BILL
* Source: 11/20/18 Los Angeles Times
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