North Carolina Senator Ted Budd drew ire for comparing Hurricane Helene's impact to the devastating California wildfires, claiming the latter 'could be controlled' with 'good government.' His comments were met with backlash, as experts emphasized the uncontrollable nature of both natural disasters and the role of high winds in exacerbating the California fires.
“You can’t control a hurricane in western North Carolina. You can’t control a hurricane that dumps up to 40 inches of rain in the mountains. So it’s absolutely different,” argued Budd, whose home state“One could have been prevented with good government; one could not. And we’re going to get North Carolina back on track, and hopefully California will as well. But again, hopefully they’ll realize the lesson of bad leadership over and over at a local and a state level,” he added.
North Carolina Sen. Ted Budd compares Hurricane Helene with the California wildfires by claiming the fires "could be controlled, but you can't control a hurricane in Western North Carolina ... it's absolutely different. One could've been preventing with good government. One could not."“I want to let you know that the specific fires that exploded last week occurred during hurricane force Santa Ana winds of up to 100 mph.
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