Part 8/11:
Discussing the recent debates surrounding funding levels for fire response and water management, Woodhouse expressed skepticism about their potential impact. Increased funding may save homes on the margins or improve immediate response, but he suggested that the fundamental nature of the disaster would likely remain unchanged. More pressing, he identified a lack of preparedness around the basic realities of the California geography, which is prone to wildfires, raising the question of why development continues in such high-risk zones.