The Onion, a satirical magazine, has created a video that pokes good-natured fun at the annual tradition of shock and awe displayed by California residents, politicians, and newscasters when the brush fires burn thousands of acres.
We will go on the record as being sympathetic to the plights of the hundreds of residents who lost their homes, and, of course, the injuries and deaths of the firefighters are indeed tragic. But we can still see the humor in this video:
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