Just ONE MORE DISASTER while Nero, I mean Bush, fiddles!
"As fires rage, some choose to stay; Calif. residents scramble to save homes, businesses" by Amanda Fehd, Associated Press | July 4, 2008
BIG SUR, Calif. - Piles of charred rubble smoldered along California's scenic coastal highway yesterday as a ferocious wildfire descended on the storied tourist town of Big Sur, destroying vacation homes and sending forest creatures running toward the sea for cover.
So much forest has burned near Big Sur that animals have been forced out of their habitat and onto the roads. Buzzards flew overhead to snatch up dead rodents and squirrels, and residents reported seeing bear, deer, and other big animals migrating toward the Pacific Ocean.
Yeah, the only ones that aren't are the stoo-pid humans!
The stubborn blaze, which has burned more than 100 square miles in the Los Padres National Forest, was just one of hundreds raging around the state. Officials reported California's first firefighter death this year - a volunteer who collapsed on the fire line in Mendocino County.
Yesterday, volunteer firefighter Robert Roland, 63, died in a Mendocino County hospital after collapsing while battling lightning-sparked blazes north of the San Francisco Bay region.
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No one younger wants to fight the fires?
