“Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is urging residents who live near the massive Los Angeles-area wildfire to listen to authorities and evacuate if ordered,” according to the AP.
Three people were burned when they ignored evacuation orders – they are receiving medical care and their condition is unknown.
At least 6,600 homes have been evacuated near the four-day-old fire, which is burning in the San Gabriel Mountains north of Los Angeles.
“When California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger finally signed the state’s hotly-contested budget for the 2009-2010 fiscal year last month his fire-fighting agency suffered a severe blow. Millions of dollars were suddenly removed from the new operating budget for Cal Fire, the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. And the final year of a three-year contract for use of a valuable aerial firefighting tool was canceled,” according to an online source.
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Is it just me or is Schwarzenegger a complete disaster of a Governor?
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I think all of Southern California should move to the vacated areas of New Orleans due to Katrina.