"National Briefing | West: California: Fires Burn 30 Homes"
"Fires that ignited along Interstate 5 in Stockton swept through a neighborhood and torched at least 30 homes, said a city spokeswoman, Connie Cochran. Two firefighters suffered minor injuries, she said, but returned to the fire lines. Paramedics treated residents for smoke inhalation, but no one was taken to a hospital. Officials did not cite an immediate cause for the four separate fires, which started about 11 a.m. in grass and brush along the interstate. High wind spread the embers quickly, officials said, while thick smoke slowed freeway traffic. Stockton is about 50 miles south of Sacramento (AP)."
Better call the fire trucks!!!
"Water District in Southern California Issues an Alert on Use"
LOS ANGELES — The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California issued a water alert on Tuesday, asking communities to modernize and toughen their water conservation rules.
The district, the wholesale supplier of water to urban centers in six counties in Southern California, warned that mandatory rations could go into effect throughout the district next summer if the region’s 19 million or so urban residents did not cut back on water use....
Uh-oh! The beginnings of MARTIAL LAW!!!
Richers gonna be fine though, right?
Tuesday’s alert follows the governor’s declaration of a drought last week and is the last step before water rations and fines for noncompliance, said Bob Muir, a spokesman for the water district....
Aaaah, FREEDOM!!!
Mr. Muir said. “If dry conditions continue, we could move to rations by next spring.”
How you gonna put out the fires then?
