Fire Hazard
My reaction to Joanne Rife’s article (Editorial Pages, Oct. 16), “Life on the Brink in Fire Season,†is simply, “What an idiot.†She acknowledges that her house is a firestorm waiting to happen and then rambles on in a semi-coherent observation of “California living.â€
She cannot bear to think of cutting down the trees that touch her wood shingle roof and is apparently unwilling to replace the wood shingles with asbestos.
Well, I am unwilling to spend my tax money to replace her house when, not if, it burns to the ground. Unfortunately I will, because to withhold it would result in prosecution by the state.
This is California living. These are thoughts from reality.
JIM HODGE
North Hollywood
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