The politicians using this for their own gain *disgust* me, though I can't say I'm exactly surprised.

And yes, a decent relief infrastructure and sufficient firemen are lacking here. There's fires every single summer, but the bastard governments never give enough funds to the firemen.

I hope it rains too, though it's not looking lightly. Olympia being spared (mostly. A thousand year old forest on the same grounds was burned down) is definitely a relief, but all those forests, and people, and animals...I can't even think about it.