Get used to it, California. Devastating wildfires are here to stay. At least according to California Gov. Jerry Brown (D).
Declaring wildfires “the new normal,” Brown on Saturday combined natural events — sustained Santa Ana winds, a dry fall, and low humidity — with an observation that California is “getting hotter,” to arrive at an overall cause of the massive wildfires.
As reported by KTLA, Brown spoke at a news conference in Ventura, where the largest of the wildfires, the Thomas fire, has destroyed 231 square miles and burned down at least 537 structures:
We have to have the resources to combat the fires and we have to also invest in managing vegetation and forests, and all the ways we dwell in this very wonderful place, but a place that’s getting hotter.”
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