Climate Change Gets a Bad Rap

Turns out that Government bungling is far more dangerous to the planet

Los Angelenos discovered this week that fires don’t care about "cultural competency."

They learned that flames don’t pay any attention to "implicit bias."

And the realised, all too late, that natural disasters are undeterred by a "diverse and inclusive workforce."

As wildfires ravage Los Angeles, forcing Hollywood stars to flee for their lives, there are two emerging theories as to how things got so bad.

The scientists amongst us - I count myself as one - have accurately assessed that these fires are a result of poor land supervision, poor water management, an underfunded and ill equipped fire department, wind, and an ignition source that was likely human in origin.

The non-scientists believe, with religious zealotry befitting members of a doomsday cult, that the devastating fires are due to climate change.

Our Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said of the US fires today …

“This is not a normal event. But more and more we are seeing a pattern where there is a new normal of more extreme weather events and more intensity to them.”

Greens Senator for South Australia Barbara Pocock tweeted …

Winter in America. Malibu is on fire. Message to the big parties: stop authorising new fossil fuel projects - and burning down our kids future.

Ah yes, climate change.

That global phenomena that ensured LA’s water reserves ran out before the fires would be brought under control.

Residents were reduced to shovelling dirt in order to douse flames after the hoses they were holding literally ran dry.

Firefighters who arrived to save houses were left with nothing to do as the fire hydrants they hooked hoses to coughed and spluttered with nothing to give.

But wait a second. That wasn’t climate change Prime Minister. That was Woketard Governor Gavin Newsom who ignored calls to pump more water to Southern California to boost supplies …