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I say, the more wildfires that burn out the cliffside or deeply forested homes that never should have been built without better utilities supporting them is Mother Nature returning herself to homeostasis.

My only regret in saying this is actor James Woods had to evacuate his home due to fire, but to your point, when California restricts water access, there's not much you can do.

https://nypost.com/2025/01/07/entertainment/james-woods-evacuates-home-threatened-by-la-wildfire/

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Southern California is an arid, desert region with little water. They had the chance to build de-salinization plants back in the 60's but chose not to because they thought they would convince Oregon to divert water from the Columbia to them. First mistake. Then they decided against the plants because they require fossil fuels to run. Second mistake. Then they chose to not build impoundment reservoirs to catch and hold the rainfall they do get in storms and allow it instead to run back to the sea. Third strike. Then they pushed out all conservative thought and marginalized conservatives who objected to the lunacy and became a defacto socialist run one party state. They are out of strikes now. Now mother nature said time has run out and she is taking back her desert.

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