But again they must have had way too many firefighters on hand if they were going from empty hydrant to empty hydrant.
Here's the specifics you're looking for and it's obvious: get rid the the deadwood in the LAFD, not from the hillsides.
Los Angeles On Fire
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Here's the specifics you're looking for and it's obvious: get rid the the deadwood in the LAFD, not from the hillsides.
No, it was simply too many straws sucking at the same time. No one planned the system for 10,000 homes buring at once.
How would you have managed that better?
What deadwood? Which agencies? Please be specific as you have strong opinions so I'm sure that's based on detailed knowledge.
Another favorite MAGA archetype of mine are the guys too embarrassed to admit they like and voted for Trump on message boards while they attack only Democrats, always defend Trump, try to blame democrats for his nomination thrice / winning of the election twice, and are always, and I mean always, up for a game of “both sides”.
Where we are at as a country is not a both sides thing.
Yep, there's only one view of the world. Yours. Everybody fits into box A or box B. Period.
Oh my God, do you really think all 10,000 homes went up at once?
I'm done wasting my time with you.
Before I go I'll concede one thing however, the thermos joke was pretty dang funny. You can go ahead and feel good about that, btw👍.
Be careful, man. That poster is NOT afraid to put people on his ignore list.
And then announce to his fellow libs - sometimes more than once - that you have been ignored.
Psychologically, it can be quite devastating.
The point there was correctly illustrated with the too many straws sucking at once comment. The exact amount of concurrent house fires doesn't really matter.
I'm not sure about mismanagement, but I am positive management will review what went well and what didn't, and be better prepared for the next emergency event.
How many homes were burning at once?
State to probe why Pacific Palisades reservoir was offline, empty when firestorm exploded
A reservoir in the Palisades that holds 117 million gallons of water was offline this month for previously scheduled maintenance.
www.latimes.com
Do you really need an indeterminable number to assure you all 10,000 homes didn't go up at once?
Were there 10? 20? 60? 100? Shirley you have an idea. Could the distribution system handle 100 or 500 home fires at once?
Yeah, would've had more in the tank, extended capabilities to some degree. Incredibly bad timing to be offline for repairs.State to probe why Pacific Palisades reservoir was offline, empty when firestorm exploded
A reservoir in the Palisades that holds 117 million gallons of water was offline this month for previously scheduled maintenance.
It's not clear how widespread the dry fire hydrant problem was, and how far below capability the water system was.
(and how much that prevented homes from being saved)
Guessing we'll find out in time
Vote Republican in '26 like your life depends on it......because it does.....
The Unfightable Fire
The many fires burning around Los Angeles are pressing the limits of firefighting.
They all burned the same day.
Again, for having very strong opinions on 'mismanagement' all you can provide are fox news talking points.
Glad we're done wasting our time on one another as you seem as informed as the thermos guy.
"State Prope"??????State to probe why Pacific Palisades reservoir was offline, empty when firestorm exploded
A reservoir in the Palisades that holds 117 million gallons of water was offline this month for previously scheduled maintenance.
I can save California a ton of money. "The Santa Ynez Reservoir had been closed for repairs to its cover."
Would you prefer they scheduled the maintenance during fire season instead of the rainy season? Or should maintenance just not be done?State to probe why Pacific Palisades reservoir was offline, empty when firestorm exploded
A reservoir in the Palisades that holds 117 million gallons of water was offline this month for previously scheduled maintenance.
Maybe they should have more reservoirs.
This reservoir on the Sacramento River has been planned for decades. What’s taking so long?
The Sites Reservoir — a $4.4 billion system to add dams and store more water to be sent south — is still years away from completion.
calmatters.org
Does Karen Bass have anything to do with the Santa Ynez Reservoir?
She's the mayor of LA; the reservoir is 30 miles aways northwest of Santa Monica. Not Los Angeles.
...they'll exacerbate the climate change problems and make things 100x worse
Lest we not forget the individual they re-elected "Loves the Uneducated!"
I don't care if he puts me on ignore or if you do. I'm not here to please either one of your teams. I know that just drives you guys nuts that want everybody neatly divided into two camps. I don't see the world that way.
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Was just yanking your chain. I don’t ignore people cuz I’m not a pussy.
I don’t vote so I’m probably not allowed on any teams.
The sheer magnitude of the damage, lost lives, lost property.. should make the powers to be realize these events are the biggest threat out there and engineer solutions accordingly. 100 billion dollars of losses, probably more. So why not spend another 100 billion to insert half a mile wide fire proof barriers along the perimeter of any new and existing subdivisions construction with a flood gate to allow the barrier to be pumped full of ocean water in these types of events; sure costly, requires extreme engineering and overkill, but frankly, if it guarantees these fires stay in the mountains, it is invaluable.
We have more than 1300 reservoirs, how many is enough?Maybe they should have more reservoirs.
This reservoir on the Sacramento River has been planned for decades. What’s taking so long?
The Sites Reservoir — a $4.4 billion system to add dams and store more water to be sent south — is still years away from completion.
Yeah, even better we could build a giant dome over the city!! Who knows the formula for transparent aluminum?
It’d probably be better than your entire neighborhood going up in flames
I’m saying $100 billion dollars can go along way to prevent things new innovations come along with that.
Tell me that any state in the country or federal govt could successfully argue to raise/spend that sort of money on a once a 1000 year disaster.
