Quote - You tree huggers and your views and the CA laws that prevent people from cleaning brush around their yard are the cause of it.

first off, it was years ago on all the different "tree hugger" tv shows and sites that i've seen people talk about the problem of not allowing periodic fires in forests.  which i'm sure is years after "tree hugger" writers were publishing about the problem.  loggers aren't natural, so it's not keeping them out that's the problem.  that is, it's not as if loggers preceeded the forest, so it doesn't make sense that removing them would be the root cause of the problem.  fires are natural, and apparently us preventing small ones has been part of the problem for trees in forests.  and guess what?  the "tree huggers" working in national forests very bravely and carefully try to administer controlled fires to function in a similar way.

but that's forests.  last i checked, we weren't talking about forests. and the news is saying some of the fires were caused by arson.  i'm not sure whether or not that includes people being careless with cigarette butts or campfires, or just means people maliciously starting fires (i sincerely hope it's just carelessness or foolishness), but either way, we're talking about something that isn't entirely a natural phenomena.

someone's already corrected you about your absurd claim that people are kept from clearing out brush, so i won't bother. but where in the hell did you get such a ludicrous idea?

Quote - You don't want loggers, you don't want to ruin your views so better an entire hillshide go up in flames? I dont understand this for the life of me and never will.

wha-huh? this is a brush fire.  since when is scrub brush widely considered a nice view?  and since when did trees not obstruct a view rather than creating it?  and since when did loggers clear out your brush for you?  last i checked, they cut down trees, not landscaped your community.  if you can think of a commercially viable industry that processes scrub on a large scale, i'm sure the people of California will be very interested. 

Quote - oh yea, how bout mentioning all the dead animals and wild life all up in smoke eh? This is why my my heart does not bleed for the rich in CA. You build on top of each other, make even harder for the fire men to get to you on a damn hillside as it is. No sympathy from me.

actually, i've already  got some email from "tree hugger" organizations about people going out there to help treat pets and wild life.  since you're all about taking personal responsibility, perhaps you'll apply that to yourself and find one to donate money to.