In recent days, wildfires have continued to rage in many places in the Los Angeles area of ​​southern California, USA. As of now, wildfires have killed at least 11 people, more than 100,000 people have been forced to evacuate, and tens of thousands of houses and buildings have been burned down, and the fire has not yet weakened.

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The wildfires have not been effectively controlled for a long time, and the US government's performance in disaster relief has been criticized. Lord Tan noticed that the public opinion on the island was very concerned about this: media rolling reports, titles such as "Los Angeles wildfires are out of control and burning wildly", "like being bombed the worst in history", "doomsday fire" and other titles filled the screen and pages; words such as "stunned", "outrageous", and "incompetent" frequently appeared in discussions on various political and theoretical programs. Some media people on the island said that the United States usually claims to be the world's first in national strength and military strength, but "disaster relief is a manifestation of national strength."

Mr. Tan's friend on the island said that seeing the tragic situation of the wildfire in Los Angeles, many people around him were "disenchanted" by the United States.

Government disability failure "is the same as it is"

When Mr. Tan observed, the images and pictures of the fire scene, which were like a "scene of hell", were widely circulated on the island. Some comments pointed out that Hollywood stars' mansions were swallowed up by fires, and the ruins made people feel like they were on a battlefield. Such a disaster actually happened in the most developed and rich people gathered in the United States, which was incredible. Why did it come to this point? Public opinion on the island generally believes that this reflects the disability and failure of the US government.

The most concerned public opinion on the island is that the Los Angeles fire exposed the dilapidated and backward infrastructure of the United States and the lack of effective maintenance. TVBS and other island media focused on the outrageous situation of American media reporters experiencing "there is no water in the fire hydrant" and lamented, "I don't know how long this disaster fire will last." Xie Hanbing, a media person on the island, commented that the infrastructure in the United States has reached a very bad point and can only cope with ordinary disasters. When encountering disasters exceeding the original design standards, they will be helpless.

△Screenshots of media reports on the island

The idle and chaos of the disaster relief system is also the focus of discussion on the island. United News Network quoted the experiences of National Geographic photographers, saying, "A block has burned into a sea of ​​fire, but there is no fire truck at the scene." China Times News reported that after an interview team of American media arrived at the scene, they did not see any official response measures within a few hours. Instead, the people were trying to maintain order on their own, and the people blocked were forced to abandon their cars and flee. In a political commentary program, former Taiwan foreign affairs official Jie Wenji bluntly stated that the US government failed, "This wildfire has a large proportion of man-made disasters, and the government is the same as it is."

Jie Wenji further said that there had been severe wildfires in California before, which shows that the local government has not learned lessons and has not taken preventive measures. This exposes the problem of the American democratic system. Those in power only care about their duties, and this system cannot make long-term plans. There are also comments on the island that the federal system in the United States has caused states to sweep the snow in front of their doors, making it difficult to form a joint force. Even if the fire in California is burned like this, the surrounding states still stand by and the army does not intervene, which is incredible.

△Screenshots of media programs on the island