It is a completely absurd conundrum. You can’t on one hand be a libertarian turd living in the fire interface demanding independence from taxation and government and on the same hand demand support from the government when you have to deal with the realities of the situation you created for yourself.

I have sympathy for anyone who has lived through a disaster because I have as well.

The only feeling I had after my disaster was that I wish my government was better funded and more well run because the haphazard mess we have now is wildly dysfunctional. That and a little anxiety but it gets better.

Don’t live in the west in the mountains if you aren’t prepared for wildfires. It’s beautiful, sure, but it is wildly unsustainable. You are more or less on your own.