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To: Sdgla who wrote (1051958)	2/1/2018 12:29:44 AM
From: Wharf Rat	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1577194

"You claim the fires in your post are the exception ?" Well, comrade, having the largest fire in our history occur during our rainy season is rather unusual. So is this: "The staggering number exceeds the total insurance claims from the top 10 previously most costly wildfires in California (combined)"

To: Sdgla who wrote (1051958)	2/1/2018 8:42:24 AM
From: Mongo2116	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1577194

Trump claims record viewership for first State of the Union — even though Obama, Bush and Clinton had more Tweet email Nielsen said earlier this week Trump's first State of the Union address had 2 million fewer viewers than Obama's first speech eight years earlier. (WIN MCNAMEE/GETTY IMAGES) BY TERENCE CULLEN NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Updated: Thursday, February 1, 2018, 7:40 AM President Trump still has a problem with audience size. The commander-in-chief erroneously touted Thursday that the 45.6 million people who watched his first State of the Union was the most-watched ever. “Thank you for all of the nice compliments and reviews on the State of the Union speech,” Trump tweeted, noting his favorite Fox News lead with 11.7 million viewers. “Delivered from the heart!” But television ratings tracker Nielsen Company announced Wednesday that Trump’s State of the Union had 2 million fewer viewers than President Obama’s first State of the Union address eight years earlier. Far more people viewed Obama's first SOTU than Trump's The notoriously ratings-focused President’s first State of the Union had 2 million fewer TVs tuned in than his joint address to Congress in February 2017. Trump’s first State of the Union address also came in lower than Bill Clinton’s first State of the Union, when 45.8 million viewers tuned in, according to Nielsen. Fox News wasn’t on the air when Clinton made the 1994 speech.