This comes off as really immature and weirdly defensive. Of course places that hardly ever get wildfires are taking it extremely seriously. If Los Angeles got 3 feet of snow it would be a really big deal, but in Buffalo that's just winter.

> California (often mocked and judged by the rest of the nation)

Being this defensive about your state is ridiculous. And don't pretend people in California never mock people from the "flyover" states.