Climate Change Is Making California's Wildfires Worse, Newsom Says

Helicopters flew through dense smoke Tuesday to rescue scores more people from wildfires as wind-fanned flames kept chewing through bone-dry California after a scorching Labor Day weekend that saw a dramatic airlift of more than 200.

Rescue choppers pulled another 164 people from the Sierra National Forest through the morning and were working to rescue 17 others, said Gov. Gavin Newsom, who described pilots wearing night-vision goggles to find a place to land.

"It's where training meets the moment, but it always takes the courage, the conviction and the grit of real people doing real work," Newsom said.

California has already set a record with nearly 2.3 million acres (930,776 hectares) burned this year, and the worst part of the wildfire season is just beginning.

"As it relates to the issue of climate change, we are experiencing unprecedented confluence of issues this year," Newsom said in a briefing from Sacramento.

The previous acreage record was set just two years ago and included the deadliest wildfire in state history, which swept through the community of Paradise and killed 85 people.

Over the weekend, the company cut power to 172,000 customers to try to prevent more blazes.

More than 14,000 firefighters are battling more than two dozen fires around the state. Two of the three largest blazes in state history are burning in the San Francisco Bay Area.

One fire in particular gained attention over the weekend after reports emerged that a couple's plan to reveal their baby's gender went up not in blue or pink smoke but in flames when the device they used sparked a wildfire that burned thousands of acres and forced people to flee from a city east of Los Angeles.

The fire prompted evacuations in parts of Yucaipa, a city of 54,000, and the surrounding area. Water-dropping helicopters were brought in but the fire has proven stubborn and more than 500 firefighters on the scene only had minimal containment. No homes have burned and no injuries reported.

The fires burned as California sweltered under a dangerous heat wave over the weekend that spread triple-digit temperatures over much of the state.

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[iyeztv]

FAM!! WHAT THE HECK ARE WRONG WITH HIS EYES?!!!

[theinternetexplorer]

This guy is the type of guy to blame a gender reveal gone wrong on climate change 😂

[nedlabarbara]

Remember to social distance while screaming and running from the fire or you will be locked up.

[michaelohara]

Improper land management. Improper everything management.

[drewroger]

Does anyone notice his pupils go vertical like a reptile? Saw this on TikTok and had to watch it on a big TV to see it. It’s REAL! His pupils change at times.

[bobbyb.]

Overpopulated with poor or no long range planning! At least the ground isn’t shaking?🤔

[shoelessb]

Except for the wildfires, the majority of the hot air is coming from you.
There are plenty of issues that need your attention.
Prioritize.

[dali]

This governer is a tool, he closed our beaches also. I bet this clown drives a Prius too.

[jesusistheonlyway]

No one and I mean no one blinks this much

[philipschoen]

In NJ 10 years ago the summer usto stay at around 85 now the norm is 95

[deadname...]

Ya know how thet one sock is always missing after you do laundry ?

Yup, it's because of climate change.

[barbarablack]

The planet goes thru changes shifts that occurs in various cycles. Earth is alive and needs to rollover every so often as parts of her body gets depleted she then needs to put it under water to heal ad she brings up replenished soil.

[holdegardknef]

"climate"? Codeword for CALFIRE. CALFIRE IS setting California in flames.

[small_ed]

How does global warming only affect regions starting immediately south of the Canadian border, Mr. Newsom?

[SH-knut]

Sacramento Democrat malfeasance is the sole reason wildfires are worse in California (Oregon and Washington to a lesser extent also). It's time for Gavin Nuisance and the entire Democrat legislature in Sacramento to resign. Allowances should be made furthermore, for law suits against Sacramento Government officials (personally) as well as for class actions against the State itself. This mismanagement and malfeasance in California HAS TO STOP.

[TheKyubiisaan]

I mean he’s right. Hotter temperatures means dry brush. It’s basic common sense. But he’s a Democrat so let’s just mindlessly bash what he says. If he was telling you 2+2 is 4 the right would say he’s politicizing math

[TheQuagmireful]

Oh but totally not the fact that California hasn't been logging for a long time to get rid of the dead brush is not contributing to it is it? (Satire)

[wutzis]

please link to the irrefutable data and set up a nationally televised debates of actual scientists

[djupsman]

Earth can't stay the same. Gotta migrate outta that hell hole.

[AllHandlesRTaken]

He is correct with, the confluence of factors equate to the perfect storm.
In California terms, a firenado storm!

Climate (the Earth) has no political affiliation. Regardless of Your politics, we live in the confluence of a perfect storm!