To the editor: One other devastating storm hits the American South. We all know that the elevated frequency of storms in addition to the elevated ferocity of them are as a result of local weather change. (“Supplies arrive by plane and mule to North Carolina as Helene death toll tops 100,” Sept. 30)
Nonetheless, when speaking about efforts to struggle local weather change, conservatives point out the associated fee to the economic system of shifting away from fossil fuels and such.
What about the associated fee to the economic system of those devastating storms? The price to rebuild properties and companies? The price of misplaced productiveness? It’s not low cost to airlift provides into flood-battered areas.
Murray Zichlinsky, Lengthy Seashore
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To the editor: Former President Trump went to Georgia to view injury from Hurricane Helene and made the remark that the Biden administration ignores disasters in Republican areas.
Again in December 2017, the huge Thomas hearth started close to Santa Paula, in Ventura County, and ultimately made its method to Santa Barbara. It burned greater than 280,000 acres and, on the time, was the most important wildfire in California’s trendy historical past. Two individuals died.
Trump, who was then the president, by no means confirmed his face. Maybe it’s as a result of it is a Democratic space.
When the Montecito mudflow occurred on Jan. 9, 2018, there have been 23 deaths. Trump by no means confirmed his face. Maybe it’s as a result of it is a Democratic space.
It’s despicable to make use of a catastrophe as a political weapon. My prayers are for everybody affected.
Elizabeth Brooks, Santa Barbara