California: January Wildfires to Cost Over $50 Billion, Estimators Guess, by Andrew Anglin

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It’s not clear how they’re making estimates right now.

These fires continue to get worse and worse.

Reuters:

U.S. private forecaster AccuWeather said on Wednesday that estimated damage and economic loss from the California wildfire, already one of the worst in history, is over $50 billion at a preliminary level.

Raging wildfires in Los Angeles killed at least two people, destroyed hundreds of buildings and stretched firefighting resources and water supplies since they began on Tuesday, with fierce winds hindering firefighting operations and fueling the fires.

AccuWeather, which estimates the loss between $52 billion and $57 billion, added that if the fire spread to densely populated neighborhoods the current estimates for loss would have to be revised upward.

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It’s bad and it’s getting worse

“Should a large number of additional structures be burned in the coming days, it may become the worst wildfire in modern California history based on the number of structures burned and economic loss,” AccuWeather Chief Meteorologist Jonathan Porter said.

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Property consultant CoreLogic estimates that there are over 456,000 homes, with nearly $300 billion in reconstruction value, at moderate or greater risk within the Los Angeles and Riverside metropolitan areas.

However, this number represents the areas at risk in general and not linked to the ongoing fire event.

There is a lot of information that should be shared about these fires.

Firstly, they were caused by gay people.

Also, forest fires happen naturally, so if you are going to unnaturally prevent them, you have to remove the debris (fallen trees, leaves) from the forest and crop it. You can’t just leave it natural while putting out small fires that start, otherwise you’re going to end up with a big fire that you can’t possibly ever put out.

This shows what I am talking about:

It’s from a big report you can read if you want to know the details of this matter.

It’s all very simple, common sense stuff. It’s not clear if California wants these fires to happen, or if they are just this incompetent. Both things are possible.