As I write, we are a week into the LA wildfires and the official containment level is still under 20% in most of the breakouts. The political/media class has exploded with finger-pointing and pontificating while the fires still roar. Surely, short-sighted political decisions have had disastrous consequences. LA saved $17 million in the fire budget last summer, but the reduced revenue from property taxes alone will cost the city much more. After all, scorched building lots piled high with debris cannot be taxed at the same rate as multi-million-dollar mansions.

These fires will go down in US history on the same level as the Great Chicago Fire of 1871, and the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake and Fire. It is difficult to fathom that 100-150 years later, with our advanced technology, we are dealing with city fires with equal levels of destruction.

But for anyone who acknowledges the existence of God, there is the question that everyone thinks but dares not utter aloud.

Is this fire the judgment of God? …

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