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Oh no. Much of the San Francisco Bay Area has a fire weather watch from Thursday morning through Saturday evening because of the forecasted winds and low humidity. This weekend is Pumpkin Festival in Half Moon Bay. If there were to be a fire, traffic would be a huge problem.
h/t @visionsofnapa #wildfire #wildfires #CAwx #sfba #SanFrancisco
"Mark Harvey, who was Trump’s senior director... on the National #Security Council... [stated] that #Trump initially refused to approve disaster aid for #California after deadly #wildfires in 2018 because of the state’s #Democratic leanings.
But Harvey said Trump changed his mind after Harvey pulled #voting results to show him that heavily damaged Orange County, California, had more Trump supporters than the entire state of #Iowa."
https://www.eenews.net/articles/helene-isnt-the-first-time-trump-inserted-politics-into-a-natural-disaster/
#GOP #Politics #USA #News #Climate
Helene isn’t the first time Trump inserted politics into a natural disaster - E&E News by POLITICO
Former White House advisers said Trump hesitated as president to provide disaster aid to California because of the state's Democratic leanings.Scott Waldman, Thomas Frank (E&E News by POLITICO)
Big Bear Lake, US
A firefighter walks through smoke as the Line Fire burns over 43,000 acres in San Bernardino County, #California.
Photograph: David Swanson/AFP/Getty Images