The Tucker Carlson Show
Tucker Carlson and Michael Shellenberger Break Down the California Fires
14 Jan 2025
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So I guess the first question is, thank you for doing this. Are we rolling? We're rolling. Okay. Let's roll, shall we? Good to be with you, Tucker.
Nice to see you.
As I've said to you privately, and I mean it, I think you're maybe the best reporter working. I know you don't even think of yourself as a reporter, but a gatherer of facts and an explainer of what they mean, I think you're the best. Thank you. Welcome to the Tucker Carlson Show. We bring you stories that have not been showcased anywhere else.
And they're not censored, of course, because we're not gatekeepers. We are honest brokers here to tell you what we think you need to know and do it honestly. Check out all of our content at TuckerCarlson.com. Here's the episode. So where do these fires, first of all, how many fires are there and where do they come from?
believe there's five active fires right now and these are ignition driven fires meaning that this these are all this is all shopper all or you know uh scrubland you know brush area so this isn't this is different than the sierra forests right these are not forest fires Yeah, these are not forest fires.
And that doesn't mean that you're doomed to them, but it's not the same problem that we get in the Sierras. So they're ignition-driven and they're obviously wind-driven, but there's nothing unusual. I just interviewed a climate scientist about this, or rather an environmental forest scientist about this. There's nothing unusual about this. I mean, it is somewhat unusual to get...
You have a dry period and then the Santa Ana winds in January, but it's not like that never happens. I'm working my way there. Of course. The important thing to know is that the National Weather Service put out a fire warning on January 2nd and a local weatherman actually forecasted on January 1st.
they said we're headed towards a super dangerous moment um the next day the national weather service los angeles held a briefing to underscore that point the day after that the mayor flew to ghana i mean it's crazy like you would have public press conferences yeah these were oh i mean it's absolutely public and it goes to the politicians first but it's all said publicly it's the national weather service so
So that was like literally on the first or second, the governor should have called out the National Guard. He should have called all of our neighboring states. He should have called Canada and Mexico, asked for all their backup help. They should have started circling C-130s that are especially retrofitted that can dump the fire retardant or water.
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