water-wise, and make note of efforts that were/are already underway to hold onto water from winter storms. CA has NOT been sitting on its hands when it comes to dealing with wildfires...the big problem is that the Sierra and Colorado Rockies snow packs are dwindling as Climate Change/Global Warming dries out the West/South West.
Take a peek at what's happening to the Colorado River and the 7 states that border it....
Look, this is truly an 'existential challenge' for us, but more so for our kids and grandkids...let's not make it harder for them by denying CC and its obvious effects...not just with drought and wildfires out West, but flooding and hurricane wind damage to FLA, GA, SC, NC, et al. With all the CO2 that's already in the Troposphere, its not going to get better for several decades...our goal needs to be getting it to stop increasing before 2050.