Los Angeles On Fire

[Colonoscopy]

How do you not politicize this level of incompetence and grift? >

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They're not "out of water" they just can't replenish the water supply fast enough to keep up with a city that has multiple active fires.

It would've been this way forever. City infrastructure problem. So it's odd to pin it all on her.

Stupid argument. 0/10

 

[Colonoscopy]

Katy Tur in tears as she reports on the scene from Pacific Palisades.

It’s just not fair when celebrities have to suffer! 😢😢😢

As if it's because of the celebrities

 

[Here_4_a_Day]

They're not "out of water" they just can't replenish the water supply fast enough to keep up with a city that has multiple active fires.

It would've been this way forever. City infrastructure problem. So it's odd to pin it all on her.

Stupid argument. 0/10

Defend it to the end...........

 

[Aardvark86]

They're not "out of water" they just can't replenish the water supply fast enough to keep up with a city that has multiple active fires.

It would've been this way forever. City infrastructure problem. So it's odd to pin it all on her.

Stupid argument. 0/10

exactly, this is a not a supply problem, it's a distribution problem. And as you say, no one likes to invest in distribution, even if it has been at the heart of the most significant economic leaps in the country's economic history.

 

[Here_4_a_Day]

This sounds sooooooooo familiar! Perhaps the fire fighting mechanism was sabotaged >

 

[Obviously Oblivious]

ROFLMAO at anyone that thinks there was any measure of planning or public safety infrastructure that could have averted this disaster. Brush and forest fires that are whipped along by sustained winds of that magnitude are unstoppable. I give the public safety folks a lot of credit for sounding the alarm to evacuate early, loudly and often. It seems to have limited the loss of human lives up to this point which ultimately is the most important thing in these situations.

I certainly hope that these fires were not deliberately set, that would be very disappointing but perhaps not a complete surprise either. There's a lot of shitty humans in this world.

 

[Colonoscopy]

Defend it to the end...........

Defend what? I'm saying what the problem is and isn't based on upon the evidence available to me.

The main problem in LA right now seems to be infrastructure based and it's been that way forever.

An extremely expensive and time consuming fix.

Tell you what, I'll blame the people that were presented with proposals to fix this problem but declined to do so.

All of them over the years. Go find them and bitch them out.

 

[Joes Place]

Defend what? I'm saying what the problem is and isn't based on upon the evidence available to me.

The main problem in LA right now seems to be infrastructure based and it's been that way forever.

An extremely expensive and time consuming fix.

Tell you what, I'll blame the people that were presented with proposals to fix this problem but declined to do so.

All of them over the years. Go find them and bitch them out.

There are probably zero US cities (or any around the world) who would have the infrastructure in place to deal with anything close to this.

Louisville & Superior CO certainly didn't when the Marshall Fires hit them w/ 80+mph winds and flames a few years ago. I got the first-hand videos from people who were handling those blazes.

 

[pink shizzle]

The fires never get close to me.

 

[Colonoscopy]

There are probably zero US cities (or any around the world) who would have the infrastructure in place to deal with anything close to this.

Louisville & Superior CO certainly didn't when the Marshall Fires hit them w/ 80+mph winds and flames a few years ago. I got the first-hand videos from people who were handling those blazes.

I agree it would be pretty uncommon.

That said, depends on the perceived level of risk for this sort of catastrophic event for your location.

That said II, I'm not sure how much of a difference more operational hydrants would've made.

 

[DeangeloVickers]

I haven't been this pissed off at Trump in quite a while. Fires are consuming entire neighborhoods. Cali looks like a hellscape. The videos are shocking in their magnitude.

And Trump spreads lies and plays politics in the most juvenile way possible. It's sickening what he's doing.

The next time you and the left wait for facts before playing politics after a disaster/mass shooting etc... will be the first. Save your fake outrage for the next disaster you can blame on repubs.

 

[MichaelKeller99]

As if it's because of the celebrities

You’re probably right. Now that you mention it I think I remember her being on scene in Asheville, crying over the loss of mobile homes belonging to random hillbillies.

 

[BelemNole]

Always nice to start the day by seeing the resident MAGA morons talk out their ass for 4 pages.

 

[BonzoFury]

Remind me which party has denied climate change has been a "thing" for the past 3 decades?

That’s a long time. I wonder how many of the climate change predictions have come true. Maybe there’s a way one could check.

 

[SI_NYC]

The fires never get close to me.

Just a little comic relief.

 

[BelemNole]

That’s a long time. I wonder how many of the climate change predictions have come true. Maybe there’s a way one could check.

Yeah, but it would require a reading level of a highschooler, so most of you couldn't understand it.

 

[Joes Place]

That’s a long time. I wonder how many of the climate change predictions have come true.

Nearly all of them.
In fact, warming has been exceeding the projections.

 

[tjwallace]

Without logging in, I could read the 'Ignores' in this thread.

There are some DEEPLY DISTURBED people posting in this thread.

 

[mnole03]

You’re probably right. Now that you mention it I think I remember her being on scene in Asheville, crying over the loss of mobile homes belonging to random hillbillies.

She cried when her childhood neighborhood burned down?

What a bitch.

 

[binsfeldcyhawk2]

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'We have seen individuals burglarizing and looting homes': L.A. County Board​

The L.A. County Board of Supervisors Chair Kathryn Barger said at a news conference that officials have witnessed looting and the burglarizing of homes in vulnerable communities during the wildfire crisis and assured that those responsible are being brought to justice.

'We have seen individuals burglarizing and looting homes': L.A. County Board

The L.A. County Board of Supervisors Chair Kathryn Barger said at a news conference that officials have witnessed looting and the burglarizing of homes in vulnerable communities during the wildfire crisis and assured that those responsible are being brought to justice.

www.nbcnews.com

 

[Joes Place]

...Speaking of "lack of infrastructure investments"....(which are possible thru local property taxes)...

'Capitalist dystopia': L.A. investor who boasted about not paying taxes savaged over private firefighter plea

The entrepreneur is asking for private firefighting companies to save his home.

www.dailydot.com

 

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...Speaking of "lack of infrastructure investments"....(which are possible thru local property taxes)...

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'Capitalist dystopia': L.A. investor who boasted about not paying taxes savaged over private firefighter plea

The entrepreneur is asking for private firefighting companies to save his home.

www.dailydot.com

I don't get it. He asked for private -- not public -- firefighters. That would be consistent with his position.

Crying for public help would've been hypocritical.

 

[Joes Place]

 

[Joes Place]

I don't get it. He asked for private -- not public -- firefighters. That would be consistent with his position.

The only reason he'd need "private" firefighters is because there aren't public resources in place... (which wasn't gonna make much of a difference here, anyway).

"Will the lifeboats be seated according to class?"

 

[Aardvark86]

ROFLMAO at anyone that thinks there was any measure of planning or public safety infrastructure that could have averted this disaster. Brush and forest fires that are whipped along by sustained winds of that magnitude are unstoppable. I give the public safety folks a lot of credit for sounding the alarm to evacuate early, loudly and often. It seems to have limited the loss of human lives up to this point which ultimately is the most important thing in these situations.

I certainly hope that these fires were not deliberately set, that would be very disappointing but perhaps not a complete surprise either. There's a lot of shitty humans in this world.

well, there were things that could have helped, like (more) giant pipes from the outflows and inflows of the water facilities to facilitate faster replenishment, but who in the last 50 years wants to invest in that sort of thing? I mean, seriously, just go over to the football board and see how many people talk about improving the defense.

 

[Aardvark86]

Redevelopment here will be interesting. Honestly, when it comes to the check they'll be writing, if the feds had brain one, they tell CA to **** off and send in USAID redevelopment types to run the projects. Especially since it (wait for it) "like a war zone".

Side note, was reading a piece in Hollywood Reporter that quoted Mark Hamill describing things as being like a war zone ... after the 1993 wildfires.

 

[Obviously Oblivious]

well, there were things that could have helped, like (more) giant pipes from the outflows and inflows of the water facilities to facilitate faster replenishment, but who in the last 50 years wants to invest in that sort of thing?

Maybe if it had been caught at the very earliest stage of ignition. I think anything short of a record breaking tsunami would have been like pissing into the wind once it gained momentum.

 

[MichaelKeller99]

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“The science on climate change and global warming is SETTLED!!!”

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[ottumwan in tx]

Communists who hate capitalism…this is a great way to wreck insurance companies and to destroy humanity which is what they are all about, but they do not believe in god and this was an act of god, so they are clearly conflicted which shows in their tweets.

 

[soonerinlOUisiana]

The delta smelt is ok though, right?

 

[Joes Place]

The science on climate change and global warming is SETTLED

It indeed is.

If you have any alternative "theory" for the warming trends, why don't you post it?

 

[Phenomenally Frantastic]

Smoking 🔫

DEI needs to go.

 

[BelemNole]

Smoking 🔫

DEI needs to go.

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Tell us, is retweeting numpties from twitter your full time job?

 

[Phenomenally Frantastic]

Tell us, is retweeting numpties from twitter your full time job?

No, it is laughing at your unending stupidity.

 

[Flie]

“The science on climate change and global warming is SETTLED!!!”

This message brought to you by BlueSky Karen.

🤡

Chemtrails are real!

 

[Joes Place]

Chemtrails are real!

As is WWE!!!!

 

[BelemNole]

No, it is laughing at your unending stupidity.

That's too bad, was hoping for your mom's sake that you were getting paid for something.

 

[95Hawk]

It indeed is.

If you have any alternative "theory" for the warming trends, why don't you post it?

Well shit. Prepare thy anus for the onslaught.

Mike likes nothing better than sinking his teeth into alternative theories.

 

[BelemNole]

Looks like the Eaton fire has reached the Mt Wilson Observatory.

 

[ottumwan in tx]

I am learning a lot about LA geography, I have never been there to LA proper, been to San Diego and Torrence