TCR Brief: California Wine Country Fires Continue To Burn Out Of Control; Trump Remains Silent
17 people are confirmed dead, and evacuations are expanding every hour, as winds, which subsided for a time, are picking up again today. SF Gate has continuous updates.
One of our colleagues told us about a family in Santa Rosa, who had to evacuate quickly in the middle of the night. Their entire neighborhood burned to the ground. They are safe, but homeless, with their 3rd child due any day.
Air-quality is now also an issue, with the National Weather Service warning people in most of the San Francisco Bay area to stay indoors.
The White House has granted emergency disaster relief after California Governor Jerry Brown asked for it. However Trump remains silent. As of time of publication of this newsletter: Not a Tweet. The fire has been burning since Sunday. California didn’t vote for him by and large (especially not this part of California).
So we don’t think it’s too soon to interpret the President’s lack of interest as a deliberate message: people who didn’t vote for him aren’t going to get his attention even in times of dire emergency, and they better be grateful for whatever support they do get.
(This story originally appeared in “The Chaos Report” Newsletter. Subscribe at https://thechaosreport.com/subscribe/?scr=Medium)
