Originally posted by spalind:
Is it just me or is the media overlooking a huge issue with these fires....I mean, its like the people who build their million $ houses on the beach in FL and NC and the like and go crying to their insurance companies when a hurricane comes by and flattens them. Though I feel sorry for these people losing their houses in the fires and feel even more sorry for the firemen busting their asses to put out the fires, this IS what happens when you build your house in the middle of what essentially is a desert....they wouldnt even be there if they weren't stealing all their water from CO in the first place for god sakes.....
WTF?????? Have you ever even been here? Big Bear is not a desert. As Paul said, it is called a forest fire for a reason. How dare you blame where people want to build their houses for this tragedy, which is what this is. Not only is this horrible for the people who lost EVERYTHING they had to the fires but, it is going to destroy tourism for years to come. Big Bear is a ski resort in the winter and a hiking , off-roading, mountain biking, fishing, and all around outdoors paradise in the summer. The San Bernadino mountains are some of the most beautiful in the country. SCCX does many of our runs there. Your idiotic statement baffles me.
Jason
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