In today’s entry of The Lede, John Holusha pointed out that the Florida ‘controlled fire that was out of control’ is not surprising at all. Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd was quoted to say “It happens every year.” While state officials claimed that a sudden change in weather caused the fire to spiral out of control, it seems clear that it was more of a careless or lazy mistake. Fog was expected in this type of weather, and in addition to the smoke resulting from the burning of downed timber, created a the thick haze that caused a 70 car pileup and 4 deaths.
It seems to me that this event was the result of human error, as the burning of the timber could be rescheduled for another date because of the weather, but I also believe that the current priority should be to control the fire and to clear up the highway as soon as possible. However, the state has put its priority in “start[ing] an investigation to figure out who is to blame for the epic pile-up.” And the brushfire? “The brush fire is still burning and may continue to do so for weeks, Florida officials said.”
Come on, shouldn’t we be more concerned about the forest fire spreading? While the fire is still going, fog will mix with the smoke and cause terrible visibility. Shouldn’t the state government be more concerned about that type of condition and try to put out the fire as soon as possible? Why are we so concerned about who is the blame before the issue is even resolved? It’s almost like your house is on fire and the whole family is standing in the middle of it debating who knocked the candle over.
Sometimes, the inefficiency and stupidity of the government is beyond me.
1 comment:
I do not understand where the government is coming from at all. But, this is the first time I've heard something like this. Fairly recently, when there were fires in California, all I saw on television were fire fighters trying to stop the fire, not government officials debating on who or what started the fire. What is this world coming to?!
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