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Lake Fire threatens Jackson’s Neverland Ranch

July 8, 2024

By KAREN VELIE

Michael Jackson’s Neverland Ranch is in the path of the fast burning Lake Fire, which has burned more than 20,000 acres in Santa Barbara County.

Jackson owned the ranch located on the 5,000 block of Figueroa Mountain Road from 1988 until his death in 2009. Officials have issued evacuation orders for all areas from Figueroa Mountain Road at Junction Camp to Chamberlin Ranch and all areas from Zaca Lake Rd at Foxen Canyon Road north to the Sisquoc River including east of Foxen Canyon Road to the 9000 block.

The fire has damaged one structure, burned 20,320 acres and is 8% contained, according to Cal Fire.

Shortly before 4 p.m. on Friday, callers reported the fire burning in rugged terrain near Zaca lake, according to the Santa Barbara County Fire Department. The fire continues to grow rapidly in dry grasses.

On Sunday, aviation resources were able to limit the fire’s spread, but were limited by poor visibility because of smoke.

Overnight, firefighters continued to construct containment lines along the southern fire perimeter. Most of the fire growth continues along the southeast portion of the blaze. The fire continues to burn in dry grass, brush and timber.

 


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Fires like this occur during fire season. Climate change has nothing to do with it as anybody with two brain cells to rub together should know.


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Climate change is obvious, completely, totally, thoroughly obvious. You would have to live your life in an ideological paper sack not to see it.


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It seems anytime we dont have perfect weather……..


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Agreed, but not man made. The 1991 eruption of the stratovolcano Mount Pinatubo released more greenhouse gasses than all human activity from the beginning of humankind and changed the world average temperature by up to 3 degrees over several years.


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Please, inform us all, which human climate changing endeavor was responsible for the melting of the mile thick glaciers across most of North America?


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“human climate changing endeavor was responsible for the melting of the mile thick glaciers across most of North America”


Said no one, that’s all you.


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The average lifespan of human beings is not long enough to definitively state that changes in weather represent proof of existential climate change. You are simply witnessing the weather. If you think warm temps and wildfires are unusual in California and proof of global warming, you just haven’t lived very long or haven’t been paying attention. Come back in a thousand or ten thousand years and then make your assertions about changes in the climate.


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So science can’t know anything because “The average lifespan of human beings is not long enough to definitively state” and they have to “Come back in a thousand or ten thousand years ” Lol,


See here is the thing, we did come back (it’s 2024 now) and we have been paying attention all along.


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