Spokane City Council Member on Washington State Wildfires: ‘This Is Becoming the New Norm Because of Climate Change’

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KLITZKE: “But I think that the Western states lack enough fire bosses, those big planes that hold a lot of liquid to help fight fires. There are so few of those in existence. I think that‘s something that further in the future, because this is becoming the new norm because of climate change and because of the way that we have sprawled into rural areas and have dense populations right next to forests and farms, I think we need to think about those kind of resources because this is going to be a every year, every other year occurrence in the American West."