Marshall Fire in Superior CO

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I have not really watched much local news the last 5 or 6 years. Local news has been leaning left for years but once Trump became politically popular they basically became local CNN affiliates. At any rate, like many in the area I watched the local channels yesterday, 4, 7, 9, 31, to try and get info and holy smokes I didn't expect to get a dose of liberalism thrown at me during an emergency situation. Lots of subtle digs at conservative ideas, blaming global warming, and clearly republicans are to blame for all this.

Weatherman Mike Nelson made sure and directly blame Global Warming and fossil fuels for this thing, while Karen's favorite soy boy Kyle Clark claims that thankfully we now have sane politicians in charge and we should rest assured that they will lead the recovery efforts.

It used to be that real news was exempt from the spin, at least in emergency situations while they were happening... Guess those days are loooong gone!

We had a wet spring / early summer, and a dry late summer / fall, making for extensive desiccated vegetarian. Dry dormant grass burns not matter who is in the White House, especially in a Colorado wind storm. Prairie fires happen, and there is not a lot you can do about it without drastic building code changes. Maybe building urban canyons out of 2x4's and particle board isn't such a good idea in dry high wind areas.