At least 17 people have died and one child remains missing after parts of California were hit by severe storms that caused flash flooding and felled trees, as the National Weather Service warned the inclement weather is expected to persist over the next few days.
It turns out that California’s bureaucrats bought hook-line-and-sinker into the “climate crisis” narrative. So, they failed to budget for theThe state government has historically spent more on fire and earthquake safety. But a current deluge of rainfall makes it clear that planning for disasters needs to be broader and more proactive.
Climate nonsense meant fewer funds for flood-control measures, and “experts” wanted to do away with dams and have a more “natural” approach to“We have to let our rivers flow differently, and let the rivers flood a little more and recharge our groundwater in wet seasons,” Peter Gleick, a climate scientist and co-founder of the Pacific Institute in Oakland, told CNN. “Instead of thinking we can control all floods, we have to learn to live with them.