Oh, Yay. Shitstain's Coming To California To Look At Burned Trees, Act Like He Cares

Deadly wildfires raging across Oregon kept half a million people under evacuation alert on Saturday as President Donald Trump announced plans to visit California for a close-up view of damage wrought by the largest fires in the state's history. Thousands of homes have burned down in recent days in Oregon, which has become the latest epicenter in a larger summer outbreak of fires sweeping the western United States, collectively scorching a landscape the size of New Jersey and killing at least 25 people.

In California, tens of thousands of firefighters were battling 28 major wildfires across California as of Saturday morning, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. Most were being contained to some degree except for one in Siskiyou County, which grew out of control.

The White House said Trump, a Republican, will meet with local and federal officials in McClellan Park near the California state capital of Sacramento on Monday after traveling to Nevada for a fund-raiser and a pair of rallies for his campaign to be re-elected in November. He has been sharply critical of California in the past for allowing conditions that he says permit wildfires.

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The firestorms, some of the largest on record in California and Oregon, were driven by high winds that howled across the region for days in the midst of record-breaking heat. Scientists say global warming has also contributed to extremes in wet and dry seasons, causing vegetation to flourish then dry out, leaving more abundant fuel for wildfires.

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https://news.trust.org/item/20200912172929-fz6da/