California is on fire again.

[Cinder & Smoke]

Do we really PAY these idiots????


Can I get a refund?

FEMA workers masquerade as reporters
Employees asked questions at last minute California wildfire briefing ...

WASHINGTON - One way to get decent coverage in this rough-and-tumble city is to arrange to have your own employees interrogate you at your news conference...

FEMA scheduled an early afternoon news briefing on only 15 minutes notice to reporters here Tuesday to talk about its handling of assistance to victims of wildfires that were ravaging much of Southern California.

At the news conference itself, some FEMA employees played the role of reporter, asking questions of Johnson - queries described as soft and gratuitous.
"I'm very happy with FEMA's response," Johnson said in reply to one query from a person who was an agency employee, not an independent journalist.

Asked about this, Mike Widomski, FEMA's deputy director of public affairs, said, "We had been getting mobbed with phone calls from reporters, and this was thrown together at the last minute."

Johnson issued a statement Friday saying that FEMA's goal was "to get information out as soon as possible, and in trying to do so we made an error in judgment."
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Your Tax Dollars at Work ...



There Otta be a LAW!

[lizbud]

I just heard about this on tonights news. Who the heck
is in charge of FEMA? This really was a lame brained stunt. It's no
wonder the majority of people don't believe a word this administration's
officials have to say on any subject.

http://abcnews.go.com/TheLaw/story?id=3782176&page=1

[lizbud]

I saw one story/video of a happy re-union of a Golden Retriever with
his family after their house was distroyed by the fires. It's a great story.

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/...dog.found.kusi

[Taz_Zoee]

I saw one story/video of a happy re-union of a Golden Retriever with
his family after their house was distroyed by the fires. It's a great story.

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/...dog.found.kusi

That was awesome. Major happy LES here.

[sasvermont]

Great story. It made my day!

[lizbud]

I'm glad you got to see it.That was one happy dog & happy family.

[Catty1]

Wow.

[RICHARD]

Some other little stories about the CA fires.


During last week there was a big traffic accident on Pacific Coast Hiway....The last road until you hit Japan.

A tractor trailer lost it's brakes and hit two cars. Killing two and injuring a fire fighter in his personal car.

An older couple were evacuated from their home, when they went back, their home had burned down.

They lost everything.....Except for the photos that firefighters took out of the house and piled out of harm's way.

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One man has been arrested, another was shot and killed after he led the police on a high speed chase. He was acting suspiciously near an area of brush-he was shot after ramming a police car..

IN one case they have a vehicle description and want to talk to the driver as a person of interest.

There is also a 250,000+ dollar reward for info leading to the arrest of any arsonists involved.

[RICHARD]

A little post script on the fires....

A furniture company was offering free mattresses to fire victims and the people who make Tide laundry detergent have sent trucks with banks of washing machines to offer free laundry services for the people who lost their homes.

If you go to the website and purchase a t-shirt they will donate to proceeds to keep that service going!

[Karen]

Wow, how nice!

[RICHARD]

http://www.tide.com/en_US/loadsofhope/index.jsp


Tide web site!

[Medusa]

No, I am not really close to the fires. But, I could get into my car and go to all three places with in an hour

My son lives in N. Hollywood and he's going home today to all that. He told me how scary it was out there. Prayers going out that you, my son and all others will be safe.....