To clearfiy I did not write a 'Round 1', you wont find it, lol.
There is little actually conveyed on the true scope of the sociological and political situations surrounding the two events. The facts are skewed at best and outrageous at worst. Blame lies in multiple directions and fellow locals knowingly discuss the unreported death counts; lack of general organization, and oversight.
As a former trail worker and wildland firefighter I can boil down the whole issue of management and responsiblity to a few points.
Local agencies are blocked by extremely restrictive laws and regulations in certain aspects of fire reduction and management. This is especially true when dealing with areas where county, state, and federal overlap. If the agency responsible for the vegetation alongside highways and freeways did their jobs properly then a fire likely wouldn't have started.
Well the fire started anyways but now our local reports show firefighters taking over 40 minutes to arrive to the first civilian call-in at about 40-65 acres. The fire was left to burn unattended overnight and increased tenfold in size by morning. (Big giant injustice and negligence rant, might be another post.)
Alright the first wave of responders didn't work as well and the next couple were in the same boat until later when more resources were assigned to the incident. This could have been much less of a loss of life and property if the county and city zoning and planning departments had done their perspective job. If they had not allowed expansion to bump up against and into the unkept federal forests.
This in turn raises a question that has long been debated and would turn back certain forest management laws to that of the 1960s and 70s. That, amongst retro 'good neighbor' laws would revitalize good stewardship and prevent future disasters from being this bad.
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There was a fire tornado that had a base over a mile wide in west Redding. I honestly couldn't believe it but the radar in Sacramento went off signaling a county-wide evacuation warning.
The Carr fire burned for over a month with very little initial containment with control slipping as fast as it was gained. The Delta fire has followed a similar pattern of 50-100 acres to 500, to 5000 to 15000 in less than 36 hours. The Delta is far more removed and demonstrates a general lack of forest maintenance instead of a poor response and initial assessment.
Luckily the California State legislation is seeing fit to overhaul outdated and now harmful forest regulation. Hopefully the fed will do the same but not until an act of Congress.
Jokes aside I hope this Campbell Soup of a local and fire experienced perspective sheds light against the murkiness of conventional reporting and exposes the extent of damage that un-checked hard-left conservation efforts do in the long-run.
Note: ln the face of Net Neutrality loss, GOP backed policy allowed Verizon to throttle, and extort firefighting and state responders during an emergency...."in order to resume high speed services you need to uograde to our premium package...." Or something like that, the articles are out there. Google it.