Time: President Biden Faces Residents' Fury Over Wildfires in New Mexico Visit.
SANTA FE, N.M.) — President Joe Biden is focusing on his administration’s efforts to tackle wildfires during Saturday’s visit to New Mexico, where residents are enraged that federal officials allowed planned burns to spread out of control, leading to the largest blaze in recorded state history.
The fire has been contained on several fronts, but is still burning and conditions are dangerously hot and dry. It has destroyed more than 430 homes across 500 square miles (1,300 square kilometers) since early April, according to federal officials.
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In New Mexico, investigators have tracked the two source fires to burns that were set by federal forest managers as preventative measures. A group of Mora County residents sued the U.S. Forest Service this past week in an effort to obtain more information about the government’s role.
Reuters (Yahoo, Archived): Biden says federal government will fund New Mexico wildfire recovery.
So far the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has given over $3 million to more than 900 households. But maximum FEMA payouts of around $40,000 for destroyed houses are in some cases not enough to cover the loss of farm equipment that burned alongside homes, which at one house was likely worth hundreds of thousands of dollars.
If New Mexico was Ukraine, they would have received billions of dollars from Biden for the devastation.
Well, New Mexico, you voted for Biden in 2020. Hope you're happy with him. Elections have consequences...maybe you're taking notice. Too bad it took a massive fire to catch your attention.
Background on the fires Here.
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