California wildfires continued to blaze on Monday as people spoke out about the devastating damage.
As of Sunday evening, at least 31 people — 29 in Northern California and two in Southern California — are dead and at least 228 people are missing as three fires rage across the state, theAssociated Pressreported.
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Miley Cyrusrevealed on Twitter that she is among the Californians who have lost homes.
Cyrus linked to organizations that would benefit from donations and signed her post, “I love you more than ever.”
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Neil Young, whorecently married Daryl Hannah, announced that he has lost his home and criticized PresidentDonald Trump‘s response to the fires on his website,Neil Young Archives.
“California is a paradise for us all. A gift. We are sad to not be able to defend it against Mother Nature’s wrath. We love California. We are not ill-prepared. We are up against something bigger than we have ever seen,” he wrote. “Firefighters have never seen anything like this in their lives. I have heard that said countless times in the past two days, and I have lost my home before to a California fire, now another.”
He pushed back against Trump’s controversial tweet thatcriticized California’s forest management. “There is no reason for these massive, deadly and costly forest fires in California except that forest management is so poor,” Trump tweeted on Saturday. “Billions of dollars are given each year, with so many lives lost, all because of gross mismanagement of the forests. Remedy now, or no more Fed payments!”
“California is vulnerable — not because of poor forest management as DT (our so-called president) would have us think,” Young argued. “As a matter of fact this is not a forest fire that rages on as I write this. We are vulnerable because of Climate Change; the extreme weather events and our extended drought is part of it.”
“Our temperatures are higher than ever here in our hottest summer on record. That has not helped. DT seems to be the Denier. (I’m holding back and not using the word liar just because it rhymes with denier). It really is time for a reckoning with this unfit leader. Maybe ournew Congresscan help. I sure hope so,” Young added.
Celebrities and firefighters alike expressed their opposition to Trump’s analysis of the situation.Leonardo DiCaprio,Zach Braff,Katy Perry,Judd ApatowandAlyssa Milanowere some of the famous names critiquing the tweet.
“Honestly thought this one was from a parody account. The city is on fire and people and animals are dying,” Braff tweeted.
Brian Rice, president of California Professional Firefighters, issued astatementrefuting Trump’s words. “The president’s message attacking California and threatening to withhold aid to the victims of the cataclysmic fires is Ill-informed, ill-timed and demeaning to those who are suffering as well as the men and women on the front lines,” Rice said.
“At a time when our every effort should be focused on vanquishing the destructive fires and helping the victims, the president has chosen instead to issue an uninformed political threat aimed squarely at the innocent victims of these cataclysmic fires,” he continued.
To help victims of the California wildfires, visit theAmerican Red Cross, theLos Angeles Fire Department Foundationand theCalifornia Fire Foundationfor more information.
source: people.com
