by Lee Fang at Lee Fang Substack
The U.S. Forest Service, National Weather Service, others warned over a week ago that fires would strike Los Angeles on Tuesday. They were right.
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass was nowhere to be found on Tuesday, January 7th, as multiple fires raged through her city, destroying homes and forcing an unprecedented evacuation that has become a catastrophe of unprecedented proportions.
Bass’s disappearance was related to her decision to leave for a diplomatic trip in Ghana to attend the inauguration of President John Dramani Mahama.
Her late arrival back to the city on Wednesday afternoon was met with outrage by residents and reporters. A two-minute video of a Sky News reporter quizzing Bass’s decision to leave the city and her cuts to the Los Angeles Fire Department last year has gone viral. In the video, the mayor remained seemingly stunned and silent as she was peppered with questions about her disappearance and decision to cut funding from the LA Fire Department last year.
Evidence has emerged that the mayor’s office had ample warnings about the potential extreme weather, with agencies forecasting strong Santa Ana winds and warning about a potential fire risk in the LA region days before Bass left town. Many pointed to a wind-fueled fire event on Tuesday, the exact day the fires began.
Last Thursday, January 2nd,…
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