Boxer was straight-faced lying, however. Cali has all the national guard troops they need, plus extra, and are not lacking in supplies, according to those in charge of the situation. And from what I've seen on news interviews with people out there, despite the fact that they've lost their homes (some of them anyway), their stadium experience has been more like an extended vacation and carnival. Some even expressed having "fun" despite the tough situation.

Hobodeluxe [TotalFark]

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The North County Times in Escondido hinted at some blame, but focused on the positive reaction by residents and emergency crews. "It's too early to tell whether the actions taken by the county and other government agencies in the three years since the last conflagration made a difference this time around," an editorial stated. "We'll leave that analysis for the days and weeks to come. What we can say without reservation is that the response to the fires by regular folk has, once again, been remarkable."

A North County Times story, however, cited examples of a lack of manpower for the fire resistance, using the same source as a Los Angeles Times story, Fire Chief Chip Prather, who told reporters that firefighters' lives were threatened because too few crews were on the ground.

The Los Angeles Times included a quote from the governor in a TV interview denying a poor aerial response: "Anyone that is complaining about the planes just wants to complain, because there's a bunch of nonsense. The fact is that we could have all the planes in the world here -- we have 90 aircraft here and six that we got especially from the federal government -- and they can't fly because of the wind situation."

The second Union-Tribune editorial observed: "From rural Ramona to the heavily populated coastal zone, hundreds of thousands of residents fled their homes, most carrying just a few hastily packed valuables and many others with precious pets in tow. Remarkably, this broad exodus was carried out in orderly fashion, with tens of thousands of reverse 911 calls providing advance warning to residents and helping to keep the loss of life mercifully low."

Perhaps you should actually read the local news

The only thing they seem to needing lacking is firefighter manpower. Not national guard. Like I said, they have all the national guard they need.