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U-T Uses Fire to Smear Aguirre -- Inaccurately, As Always
To poster #18: Lansdowne was quoted in the UT as saying an evacuation of the type described by Aguirre (a voluntary evacuation of people with respiratory health issues) would lead to looting. This is the same police chief who proudly issued mandatory evacuations to over 500,000 people, hundreds of thousands more than necessary. Also, Aguirre did not call a press conference to insert himself in this situation. Lansdowne, Sanders and Jarmin made the UT aware of the request. I would have thought they had more important things to do. I smell BS.— October 25, 2007 11:09 a.m.
Watch for Fire Hoopla at Chargers Game Sunday
To the poster above: The fire fighters, both civilian and military, have been awesome and deserve nothing but long and loud praise. The politicians, on the other hand, are the ones that have been patting each other on the back over and over. They don't deserve the praise. We were inexcusably underprepared just four years after the Cedar fire. There were three main differences I could see between this fire and the Cedar fire: 1) In the Cedar fire, another large fire was already burning near LA, and most of the Southern California resources (including some San Diego County resources) had already been committed there. In this fire, all of our resources were here, and resources out of the area could quickly come here because they weren't already locked up. 2) The reverse 911 system helped coordinate evacuations, whereas in the Cedar fire they had to go door to door. 3) Cell phone coverage and internet forum use added a tremendous amount of information that the media picked up and helped disseminate. Our politicians did very little, if anything, to help in those areas. The San Diego County emergency website was one of the worst places to go for info. It immediately went down when traffic was high. Our number of firefighters is still appallingly low. We still had problems getting air resources from the navy and national guard, which took days longer then were supposed to. The outpouring of support from the community at the evacuation centers was mostly spontaneous from the community with the help of the media getting the word out of what was needed. The pols didn't plan it, but they sure showed up to take the credit. The firefighters are heroes. The politicians haven't done a damn thing since 2003 and I am sick of seeing them pat themselves on the back over and over.— October 25, 2007 10:59 a.m.
Aguirre on Emergency Committee; Governor Sought Advice
I was watching Herb Klein on KUSI as well. The only clear thought he seemed capable of communicating was his hatred of Aguirre. it was disgusting. What was more disgusting were the two anchors egging him on and agreeing with him. I was particularly annoyed, because up to that point I have been watching them a lot, since John Coleman has been one of the calmest and most reasoned voices on what is happening with the fire.— October 24, 2007 8:43 p.m.