LOS ANGELES, Oct. 23 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President George W. Bush is to visit Southern California Thursday to view the damage caused by wildfires across the region, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's office announced Tuesday.
Schwarzenegger spoke to Bush early Tuesday afternoon and invited him to tour the fire-ravaged region, where hundreds of thousands people have been evacuated and over 1,000 homes destroyed since the weekend when over a dozen wildfires broke out in different sites, said the governor's spokesman Aaron McLear.
Two persons were reportedly killed in blazes while four others died during evacuation processes in the last two days, local officials said.
None of the spreading fires was contained more than 30 percent by Tuesday afternoon as high temperatures and fierce winds returned to the region, when firefighting resources were strained to the limit after three days of onslaught by rampant fires.
McLear said it was the third time the governor have talked with Bush in the past 24 hours.
Details of the president's visit had not yet been determined, but Bush was expected to arrive in California Thursday morning, according to the spokesman.
Bush earlier in Tuesday declared a state of emergency in Southern California in response to the raging wildfires and ordered federal officials to work with local authorities to bring aid to the fire-stricken region.
Schwarzenegger spoke to Bush early Tuesday afternoon and invited him to tour the fire-ravaged region, where hundreds of thousands people have been evacuated and over 1,000 homes destroyed since the weekend when over a dozen wildfires broke out in different sites, said the governor's spokesman Aaron McLear.
Two persons were reportedly killed in blazes while four others died during evacuation processes in the last two days, local officials said.
None of the spreading fires was contained more than 30 percent by Tuesday afternoon as high temperatures and fierce winds returned to the region, when firefighting resources were strained to the limit after three days of onslaught by rampant fires.
McLear said it was the third time the governor have talked with Bush in the past 24 hours.
Details of the president's visit had not yet been determined, but Bush was expected to arrive in California Thursday morning, according to the spokesman.
Bush earlier in Tuesday declared a state of emergency in Southern California in response to the raging wildfires and ordered federal officials to work with local authorities to bring aid to the fire-stricken region.
On a side note: Schwarzenegger called up 1,500 National Guard troops to deploy to the Southern California wildfires. According to email from a CA organization, there are about 20,000 CA Army National Guardsmen. Where are the rest of the National Guardsmen, and why are they not helping to fight these fires? Are they in Iraq? If so, how many are still in California?
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I am sorry that you must deal with that imbecile in your state, it's bad enough with the gropinator, my condolences.
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