Friday, 9 November 2018 and it is happening Again with the "camp" Paradise "Butte Country" Wildfire and the Ventura Wildfire!! No accurate map of the size of the fire.
It happened with the Sonoma Wildfire. Just a tiny campfire symbol to mark the general location. No map specifics.
The huge gigantic "Carr" fire in... Redding!! No accurate tv news broadcast mapping of that fire progress. Super expensive losses. And California fire insurance policies are intentionally vague on coverage!, Instead of one page summary, in English, clear and concise, "You house is only 80% covered and none of your belongings, furniture, or cars." Simple, but there is so much fraud and corruption.
And Today MALIBU very very very expensive 'hood is being evacuated!!
And the large city of Santa Rosa suburban wildfire. It wasn't till weeks after the start that helos and drones showed just part of the aerial widespread damage. Zero sirens at midnight because the police didn't want to start a panic!, so some people burned to death in their suburban beds. To this day, California rural residents and authorities have severely underestimated the danger of the Smokey-the-bear fuel load!
It happened year after year with the North Bay fires that burned South and West of Clear Lake with narrow 2 lane county roads. The Napa Valley fire on the East mountains. 1000s lost their houses.
It even happened in San Francisco in October 1989 in the earthquake liquifaction on landfill, 3 story bldgs collapse, in the big Marina District fire. Not one tv new service showed the fire from a mile away for perspective, from the Golden Gate Bridge or Pacific Heights. Not one. They all like moths got as close as they could to the flames.
When will California Wildfire reporting by tv news be truly professional and show by helpful and accurate maps the true growing size of these very common and very expensive Wildfire public emergencies?"
ENOUGH "MaSs HySteRiA" to make more money off annoying tv commercials!!
At least the local Bay Area newspapers got the 1987 Golden Gate Bridge 50th birthday party , middle SAGGING SPAN right with front page photos from the far E. side! If anyone tells you it only went flat or it never snows in sf, they are lying.
And ENOUGH with "acres"!!
Not informative!!
99% of American adults don't know the square footage of an "acre"!!
Use "square MILES"!!
Why not tv news show split screen ,before and after? Google Map has the Before of every street in California.
Isn't informing their primary job, or just ratings and profit?
