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From: etchmeister	9/7/2011 10:55:58 PM
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Ashes, ashes all go down - living in the sierra foothills I've seen my fair share of wild fire first hand - the mushroom cloud formed is like an atomic bomb - CDF - now Calfire is probably the best of breed in battling wild fires. Only an idiot would cut funding considering TX suffered from several years of drought: Nation Science/Tech Biz/Money Political Satire/Parody Culture Say What? Texas cut fire department funding by 75 percent this year Posted on 09.6.11By David EdwardsCategories: Featured, Nation Under Gov. Rick Perry (R) this year, Texas slashed state funding for the volunteer fire departments that protect most of the state from wildfires like the ones that have recently destroyed more than 700 homes. Volunteer departments that were already facing financial strain were slated to have their funding cut from $30 million to $7 million, according to KVUE. The majority of Texas is protected by volunteer fire departments. There are 879 volunteer fire departments in Texas and only 114 paid fire departments. Another 187 departments are a combination of volunteer and paid. For that reason, aid from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) could be more important than ever to the state where wildfires have recently been raging. At a press conference Monday, Perry promised to seek federal disaster relief and said that FEMA would be in the state by Wednesday. While the Texas governor has been highly critical of FEMA in the past, he told CBS’ Erica Hill Tuesday that now was not the time to worry about reforming the agency. “The issue is taking care of these people right now,” Perry insisted. “We can work our way through any conversations about how to make agencies more efficient, how to make Department of Defense equipment, for instance, more available. There are a lot of issues we can talk about, but the fact of the matter is now is not the time to be trying to work out the details of how to make these agencies more efficient. Let’s get people out of harm’s way.” d

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