#california fires
I just made the choice to sit on a deck lightly coated in ash and breath the smoky air, just because the AC indoors is too cold.
At over 100F with tens of thousands of acres of forest on fire in Southern California, it sure feels like Armageddon.
Boycott Arrowhead Water. Boycott Nestle. Stop them from sucking water from our drought stressed forests.
http://abc7.com/news/2-fires-rage-through-angeles-national-forest-with-no-containment/1394520/
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Nestle Sucks. Our Aquifers. Literally.
A week ago I was in the US Federal Court in Riverside, CA to sit in on a hearing brought against the Forest Service to get Nestle to stop pumping water on an expired permit until an environmental impact study is conducted. Today, as wildfires rage around the Southland and we experience a record setting heatwave –102F in the shade in downtown LA– I have to wonder at the fact that no law currently exists prohibiting a private company from removing undisclosed amounts of water from our land.
Nestle is paying nothing, drawing on a permit which expired in 1988. There is no oversight. The Forestry Service supervisor who oversaw the original permitting went on the work as a consultant at Nestle.
Their CEO is on record stating that water is not a human right, and should best be regulated to corporation. Uh-oh. This points to a very scary end game. We can all get along without oil. But water? Not so much, it’s pretty well game over. Aside from being thirsty, you can’t grow food without water. Or trees or bees or support any wildlife at all. Be afraid. Be very, very afraid.
I sat quietly outside the courtroom before we it was open, and heard the two Forestry Service employees (one of whom, Judy Noiron, the SB Forest Supervisor, was named in the suit) joking with their lawyer about the poor public turnout in support of the environmental review. They were so cynical and disgusting in their disdain, I had to say, “You know, a tree can’t go to the 7 Eleven for a bottle of water. I wonder what sort of job Nestle must have promised you to make this worthwhile?”.
Please rally for your right to access water. Demand protection from your Government, wherever you are, from this corporate greed which seeks to control water rights around the world. Educate yourself and consider the kind of world you wish to live in. Make a noise.
Oregon voters kicked them out by getting a popular initiative put on the ballot last month.
Boycott Arrowhead Water.
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From the Cal Fire Facebook page:
A#RedFlagWarning has significantly increased in size, now spanning across California through Monday, due to gusty winds and low humidity. This is #CriticalFireWeather and precautions should be taken when outdoors to avoid any potential sparks. [Link]
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Sept. 9th 2020. It seemed that all of California was seeing orange or blood red skies due to the many fires happening at the same time. I figured it would be a good time to do a little photowalk around Levi’s Stadium to capture such a rare occurrence. No matter where I snapped a photo, I was always getting this orange tint. You can see the difference in colors with the LED signage of the stadium.
The smoke is still thick, and i’m hoping we can get rain really soon to wash the fires away…
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