Subject: Re: My score
Debate moderators would hate the answer on climate change, so they'll throw this pitch out over the plate in an attempt to play emotional gotcha:

"What do you say to the people of Maui whose homes were lost to devastating, climate fueled wildfires?" <-- that's how it will be framed to the Republican candidate next year. Note the flawed premise buried within (that the fire was fueled by climate change; it wasn't).

And the answer is:

Lahaina wasn't lost due to climate change. It was lost due to a series of failures by the local government and utility that ultimately resulted in the worst and deadliest wildfire the United States has seen in decades. Instead of maintaining critical infrastructure to keep power lines from falling down in windstorms - which are quite common there - the utility thought it was better to spend money on other things instead of doing its job. Instead of caring for the land and recognizing that invasive grass dries out and becomes excellent fuel for any fire, nothing was done. And when the citizens desperately needed help it took five hours for the bureaucracy to decide to release water to fight the fire.

This wasn't climate change. This was a failure to plan for the obvious and a failure to act decisively. The citizens of Maui deserve better and should be asking tough questions from their elected officials.


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