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September 4, 2011
Yosemite Ravaged by Fire
I knew that Yosemite was burning before I went. I'd heard that various roads throughout the park were closed. What surprised me, however, was how much of the park was obviously burned when I got there - and the burn had obviously occurred prior to 2011. I knew that Yellowstone had burned. But I didn't know about Yosemite. Somehow I'd missed that. Turns out, back in 2009, the dimwitted bureaucrats that run the park did a prescribed burn inside the park and it got out of control. Brilliant. Repeat after me: The goal of public sektor is to stay out of the newspaper. Accidentally burning down thousands of acres of old growth redwood doesn't keep you out of the newspaper.
Posted by Rob Kiser on September 4, 2011 at 10:15 PM
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