"If people had to pay what it would actually cost to insure them in California, nobody could afford to live here."
- California Insurance Commissioner
Los Angeles On Fire
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Had to do a little research as these containment numbers weren't jiving with what people in Cali are saying. Containment means firefighters have established containment lines around 17% of the fire, not that it's necessarily 17% under control.17% contained, Big winds coming in this afternoon. Unfortunately if the winds do hit 70mph they might lose containment.
Los Angeles Firefighters Dig In for Critical Battle as 70 MPH Winds Kick Up, New Blaze in Riverside
"The worst winds are predicted today for late afternoon and into Wednesday," LAFD chief Anthony Marrone says The post Los Angeles Firefighters Dig In for Critical Battle as 70 MPH Winds Kick Up, New Blaze in Riverside appeared first on TheWrap.www.yahoo.com
Just met with a business partner from Simi Valley and he said they're still worried but for the most part the Palisades fire is completely out.
Scruddy says you are wrong. He just knows it!
Gee, I'm gone a few days preparing for the inauguration ball I'm hosting on Monday, and you guys just drop one of the greatest atrocities perpetuated on the American people by the evils of the left, democrats, wokeism, DEI and marxism? In the end, this might just come close to the stolen presidential election of 2020 for tragedy.
And just think, if the fire chief was straight, this would NEVER have happened.
**** dat! Whiskey and a barrel of brew from Titonka Brewing!!
Seems all their hires are useless. Doesn't have anything to fo with who they sleep with.
Nah man, idiots come in all forms, shapes and sizes.
It seems like you're focusing on a scapegoat. Why does incompetence, failure, or mistakes always have to be attributed to LGBTQ individuals? Are you seriously suggesting that straight, white men are incapable of making mistakes?
What are your thoughts on the issues Texas faced during the 2021 snowstorms? All the decisions made prior to and during that crisis were by straight, white men. Why didn’t you start threads about those issues in my state? Why weren't you MY advocate, I'm a straight white male.
The chief is the only one handling this situation with a modicum of class and dignity!
As far as I know Gavin Newsom is a straight white male and I've also been blaming him for his role in this incompetent display. You pivoting to make this an LGBT issue specifically is a weak attempt at defending this failure.
Me? You, and especially Rico and Champ, have posted without breath how this fire is 100% due to DEI. Do you have them on ignore?
That being a priority played a role to be sure, but I wouldn't say it is 100% the cause of this failure. Lots of bad decision making all around compounded.
Fires are still burning and Gavin already has a California Fire Facts page up attempting to make himself look better
You guys keep saying that, but have yet to provide any tangible proof of it. You can't just say it. Hell, I think it was alaska guy, who broke down the entire damn budget and found only like 100k or something that went towards anything DEI related. That was like .00000nothing%. If just one of you could provide something tangible, maybe a damn conversation could happen, but all you do is make claims. Instead it looked like the budget cut went to the police department which had nothting to do with DEI.
@Here_4_a_Day instead of hitting your cowardly laughing emoji, care to contribute something you big fvcking dicksicle! JFC, you and your butt brothers, Rico and Champ are the biggest ****ing cowards on this site--you get pwned daily and keep comeing back for more.
How big of a role? Seriously, that has been my question since the begining of all this. I downloaded the budget and searched through the entire thing and, as ghee pointed out, only found $100K used for a "DEI Cafe". The biggest budgetary culprit I found was the overall 2% decrease, after decades of increase, and a 7% PD budget increase. If funding is the gripe, then why not bring up the PD getting 7% increase rather than complaining about .000014% going to some trans homeless shelter?
And honestly, how much does DEI training detract from firefighting preparedness? I have to take DEI training and it has zero negative impact on my job performance, regardless of me personally finding it pointless. If my boss screws up, I don't try to find out if he's a Democrat or Republican, so I can blame some nefarious boogieman.
Lastly, when you read through the LA Fire Chief's bio, what are the red flags in her background that concern you?
Seems to me the mistakes that happened, could have been made by anyone regardless of political party. Taking the resevoir offline for maintence just so happen to bite them in the arse, but needed to be done. Can you calculate when would have been a better time to perform the maintenance?
At the end of the day, though, if you don't live in CA, why do you care so much? Why is this important to you?
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Any thoughts on how Bidenflation has affected this budget? Has to be some logical explanation why 100 pieces of equipment never made it out of the firehouses, no?
If he didn't you'd be saying he was trying to hide something. Y'all are so simple to figure out.
If you mean, COVID-driven inflation, then I'm sure that impacted the budget, not DEI. As I've stated before, there was a 2% decrease in the fire dept budget. There was a 7% LAPD budget increase. So it doesn't look like there was a decrease in overall funds, but rather reallocation. I've not seen a single MAGA question the justification for this. I guarantee you, though, the "100 pieces of equipment" weren't out of service because fire fighters were sitting in DEI training.
Note: That budget came into effect 6 months ago. Prior to that there was a decade+ of significant budget increase.
Idiot number 1 laid off all the civilian mechanics and idiot number 2 here.....well, let's just say supporting the FD's mission wasn't her top priority >
just a thought…
Maybe extinguish the fires, let the ash settle and then have this discussion?
Maybe if Elon and Fox News would stop spreading lies it could have waited.
Gavin Newsom Hits Back at Elon Musk With Clip of Firefighters Exposing His ‘Lies’
Gavin Newsom has taken to X to share what he believes is a gotcha clip of Elon Musk being “exposed” for lying about the California wildfires. The MAGA billionaire, along with Donald Trump, has been a vocal critic of the governor’s response to the crisis. Trump even dubbed him “Gavin Newscum,”...
Defs not as much as SemenHoleKnowItAll and her girlie sisters!
I'm sorry, but we're not able to trust anything an unqualified, "inept", DEI hire says. Right, @RicoSuave102954 ?? Right @Champ_Kind_whammy ??
"Believes?" lol Gavin Newsom has taken to X to share what he believes is a gotcha clip of Elon Musk being “exposed” for lying about the California wildfires.
Gavin Newsom Hits Back at Elon Musk With Clip of Firefighters Exposing His ‘Lies’
Gavin Newsom has taken to X to share what he believes is a gotcha clip of Elon Musk being “exposed” for lying about the California wildfires. The MAGA billionaire, along with Donald Trump, has been a vocal critic of the governor’s response to the crisis. Trump even dubbed him “Gavin Newscum,”...
Tough day for this guy and his fellow morons yesterday. The Los Angeles County Fire Department debunked a bunch of right wing BS in their press conference, exposing these MAGAt trolls in a fact-check session for all to see on live TV. I'm sure these right wing dorks have reminded Southern Californians why blue is better. So thanks to them.
Okay, so budget cuts that took away valuable resources and personnel are at least part of the issue, NOT DEI hires, training and woke policies.
Have you been able to find any information about why funds were reallocated to the LAPD instead?
