Thread by @cfishman

In Oregon, a fire larger than all of NYC is burning.

'Everything is as dry as it would be if it had the whole summer to dry out.

'Think about a grass fire & how fast fire will go through grass. Imagine that with 40-foot trees.'

That's what's happening.
washingtonpost.com/climate-enviro…

2/ In the small OR towns in the path of the fire, residents say the problem isn't climate change.

'The top end of the Forest Service are a bunch of flower children. That's what the real problem is.'

Current Dir of US Forest Svc: 11 years as Deputy Director for Fire Management.

3/ Here's the bio of Vicki Christiansen.

Who filled her job as Deputy Director for Fire Management in the US Forest Service?

Another 'flower child'?

Current Deputy Director for Fire Management:

Brian Rhodes.

fs.usda.gov/about-agency/n…

4/ Who is Brian Rhodes—in charge of fire management on US forest land?

He's a forest firefighter. That's his whole job & career.

• 1990: US forest service firefighter, Cleveland Nat'l Forest
• 2001: Captain
• 2006: Battalion chief
• 2014: Fire chief, Cleveland Nat'l Forest

5/ That's 31 years fighting forest fires, managing forest fires, & people who fight forest fires.

You may disagree with how the US fights big fires & manages US forests.

But the two people in charge at the top of having doing this for decades.

(Including through Trump Admin.)