08/01/2011
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"I see these fires and I see what can happen, and I really don't know what we can do to give you the resources to put up those--the ability to stop big massive fire in our state."
"We have got to hire enough people to handle what is going to happen with global warming? And that particularly goes for my state. And I am very concerned."
"The agencies have been chronically understaffed, many Federal wildland firefighters are moving to state jobs, particularly in my state because the pay is better."
"I would be most interested in helping with a plan if you have one, to see that we can provide what we need to provide. I am really very worried because California is extraordinarily dry, and fire is a..."