Posts Tagged ‘wildfire’

Mean Joe Green #16: W’s Solution to Floods and Fires

From the administration that brought you:
* A weakened Clean Air Act
* A weakened Clean Water Act
* A weakened dollar
* An unjust war
* An increase in logging contracts
* Strained international relations
* The border fence
*And much, much (MUCH), more…

Now brings you:
*A solution to floods and fires

700 California Wildfires: Why Don’t We Have Enough Firefighing Resources?

After failing to provide adequate disaster relief resources during Hurricane Katrina the scenario is repeated in California, where an estimated 600 to 900 wildfires are burning.

The Bushfire or the Wildfire

It might surprise many of you American readers to know that, down here in Australia, we don’t actually have wildfires. It’s a surprising fact isn’t it? From what I’m able to cobble together, Australia has never had a wildfire.

Granted, our bushfire seasons are horrific!

OK, so yeah, I’m just having a bit of fun with the different words and descriptions, but I have a point. Not an etymological point, but a point nonetheless.

A Brief

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