It's pretty hard to deal with when it's dry brush and dry fuel. There's not a lot you can do to stop it," said Paul Shakstad of the Los Angeles Fire Department

Uhm, how about removing the brush and dry fuel BEFORE the dry season occurs. oh wait, environmentalists won't let you,. Ok then, burn, burn, burn - not my problem. To get back at the environmentalists - I'm going to poor a bottle of motor oil in the lake today just for the hell of it.

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