Thread by @FluteMagician

1) Now I will expose the lies of Speaker Johnson. He is repeated the lies of Trump here. Water wasn’t the problem here. Fuel load and wind is. But the biggest lie is circled there. In this thread, I will give you the facts. So let’s begin⬇️

2) There’s a number of communities that border the Santa Monica Mountains. Notice that one circled? That’s the community affected by the Palisades Fire. Let’s keep going⬇️

3) Here is a map. Circled is where Pacific Palisades is in relation to the Santa Monica Mountains. Note the location of Malibu. Let’s keep going⬇️

4) Here is the Palisades Fire. Again, note the location of Malibu. So as you see, most of what’s on fire is the Santa Monica Mountains themselves. Now we need to understand this ecosystem. Let’s keep going.⬇️

5) Here’s the Santa Monica Mountains. See all that green? That dries out and burns. Can anyone call it realistic to remove all that vegetation you see there? Because even if you could, it would all grow back quickly. That’s why wildfires occur regularly. It grows back. And⬇️

6) Here’s another photo of the Santa Monica Mountains. These are all fast-growing plants. The task of removing all this vegetation is impossible. And it would be growing back as fast as you removed it. And it grows back relatively fast after fires. Let’s continue⬇️

7) Notice the rugged terrain of the Santa Monica Mountains. If it wasn’t so rugged, obviously communities would have been built here. How would you go through here and remove all this vegetation. And WHO would pay for it? The “hard earned tax dollars” the GOP whines about? So⬇️

8) Trump lies, Speaker Johnson lies, and the GOP/MAGA lies because they actually don’t have any realistic solutions or ideas. So they must lie and blame “the Democrats” to deflect from their own ignorance of science and stubborn refusal to enact wise government policies.

9) ADDENDUM: The other reason they can’t remove vegetation is it will lead directly to massive mudslides. Which will happen to the areas these fires happened the next heavy rain. There could be flooding, too. This is far from over even when the fires are out.

10) As you see here, even when the fires are out, the dangers are not over. If there’s heavy rain, you could see mudslides and flooding into the affected areas. This could end up being one of the biggest disasters in American history.

11) Read this article. As you can see, after the fires are out, flooding will become a major danger in the areas affected by wildfires.

news.caloes.ca.gov/flood-after-fi…

12) Excerpts from the article that people need to know.

13) More excerpts from the article that people need to know.

14) It’s possible flooding could travel quite a distance if there are heavy rains after these fires. The debris flow could be quite severe if it picks up the debris from burned houses and carries it along with everything else.

15) Here is a thread on the flooding potential and necessary measures.

https://twitter.com/flutemagician/status/1878102538492277232