By Charles A. Coulombe, OnePeterFive - In one night, Tuesday, January 7, 2025, another light transformed the mellow afterglow of Christmas to a horrible inferno which killed at least 27, and possibly 31 more. Thousands of homes were destroyed, as well as a number of irreplaceable historic buildings – and two weeks ago, as I write, none of this had happened... Almost immediately the finger-pointing began: the Mayor had been informed of the fire danger due to unprecedented weather conditions a week before, but chose to go to Ghana anyway; Democrat policies in Sacramento had hindered water storage; the Palisades reservoir was mysteriously empty; and on and on. ...