What fascinating behavior. I just said how terrifying and awful this must be for those people last night. You need to calm down. Why are you so angry?
Los Angeles On Fire
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I didn’t submit an ‘idea’. I submitted an article.
Yes, the CA is 444 miles long (congrats on pulling that figure from the article, I guess) and 2/3 of it is uphill, a direction in which water tends NOT to flow, in case you are unfamiliar with the laws of physics.
Do you have anything relevant to say in response to the very prescient point the author made in his meticulously referenced article 12 years ago, that ‘We have built major cities in response to the engineered availability of water, and we did so in an era when energy was cheap and apparently plentiful. But ultimately the price of energy might be as destructive to our public water supplies as invading barbarians were to Rome’s’…or are you again just being a partisan little bitch for the sake of being a partisan little bitch? 🤷♂️
LMFAO, yes some parts are uphill. That's why God made pumping stations and placed them along the aqueduct.
Brilliant as usual!
How is it even up for debate that this entire debacle has been greatly exacerbated by leftist incompetence?
Mike Alfred
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I left California in 2017 in part because of the outrageous mismanagement and political ineptitude that we are witnessing in Los Angeles right now. When you factor in the taxes and cost of living as well, it’s completely untenable. California is a failed state and it’s very sad.
Mike Alfred
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I left California in 2017 in part because of the outrageous mismanagement and political ineptitude that we are witnessing in Los Angeles right now. When you factor in the taxes and cost of living as well, it’s completely untenable. California is a failed state and it’s very sad.
If the Libs would have listened to Trump and raked the Forest back 7-8 years ago none of this would have happened.
I mean I can buy 40 packs of bottled water at Costco for like $2-3 but California can’t put water in their hydrants??? C’mon libs!
CA has about 1300 reservoirs with 27320 kaf of capacity.
Tell me, do you believe trump when he says rain comes from heaven too?
Couple that with fire hydrants that don't work thanks to city and state leadership, cutting the LA fire departments budget by 17+ million and redirecting it to green initiatives that don't work. The Mayor of LA is on some vacation to Ethiopia or some other shit hole while her city burns to the ground.
The Governor is just as responsible for this debacle as he filed a lawsuit against Trump when Trump was going to divert water from Northern Cali to Southern Cali.
The same Governor has built zero (0) new reservoirs to capture rainwater all the while California has seen the largest rainfalls in history.
Diapers Joe did show up only because he wanted to be on hand for the birth of his newest grandchild, surprisingly Joe seems to have acknowledged this latest addition to the family tree, unfortunately he hasn't acknowledged all his grandchildren.
It’s indicative of this forum, to be honest. I don’t know why I even come here anymore to be honest. There’s rarely anything interesting being discussed. And if there is, it’s quickly bogged down in bullshit.
Coop
@FD_coop_NY
As a NYC fireman, im a part of a dept that’s 10k men deep, I can tell that while we fight more structural fires and deal with more densely populated square miles, we do NOT deal with wildfires that can destroy whole towns! We ride with 5 to 6 men per rig. Out there they ride with 3 to 4! CA Fire is grossly understaffed and under equipped. To have only 1400 fighting this fire (as reported this morning) is a reflection on the failure of their government for misusing their tax dollars to properly defend against a worsening issue. Here in NYC, we’d have a “total recall” with 5x the amount of FFs and the rigs and hoses to support that. CA politicians have failed its people in the corrupt misuse of tax dollars going towards DEI initiatives and the like. They should be protecting its tax payers with so much more resources to defend against these yearly disasters- which wind up costing the state so much more then if they just properly funded the Fire departments in the state.
LA Times owner blames mayor for cutting fire department budget ahead of wildfires: 'Competence matters'
Los Angeles Times owner Dr. Pat Soon-Shiong remarked how Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass cut the fire department’s budget prior to the ongoing Palisades fires.
This dude is way off base. Wildland firefighting is a completely different animal.
Coop
@FD_coop_NY
As a NYC fireman, im a part of a dept that’s 10k men deep, I can tell that while we fight more structural fires and deal with more densely populated square miles, we do NOT deal with wildfires that can destroy whole towns! We ride with 5 to 6 men per rig. Out there they ride with 3 to 4! CA Fire is grossly understaffed and under equipped. To have only 1400 fighting this fire (as reported this morning) is a reflection on the failure of their government for misusing their tax dollars to properly defend against a worsening issue. Here in NYC, we’d have a “total recall” with 5x the amount of FFs and the rigs and hoses to support that. CA politicians have failed its people in the corrupt misuse of tax dollars going towards DEI initiatives and the like. They should be protecting its tax payers with so much more resources to defend against these yearly disasters- which wind up costing the state so much more then if they just properly funded the Fire departments in the state.
And then there’s DEI:
Then there’s Los Angeles Fire Department Chief Kristin Crowley, whom local ABC7 celebrated as “the first LGBTQ+ person to the lead the department, [and] also the first woman.” Her focus seems to have been less on fighting fires and more on launching the “Los Angeles Fire Department’s first-ever Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Bureau (DEI) focused on ensuring a safe, diverse, and inclusive workplace for all.”
Crowley can fiddle with DEI while Pacific Pallisades burns.
Both of those previous links are courtesy of FrontPageMag’s Daniel Greenfield, who wrote, “Right now, I think even the most die-hard woke in LA would take competence over diversity.” The problem, of course, is they didn’t choose competence over diversity when it mattered most. By the time the fires start and the winds whip up, it’s too late.
Fire hydrants ran dry as Pacific Palisades burned. L.A. city officials blame ‘tremendous demand’
https://www.latimes.com/california/...es-fire-is-hampering-firefighters-caruso-says
Well if "Coop" says it, it must be true....thanks Coop
Coop
@FD_coop_NY
As a NYC fireman, im a part of a dept that’s 10k men deep, I can tell that while we fight more structural fires and deal with more densely populated square miles, we do NOT deal with wildfires that can destroy whole towns! We ride with 5 to 6 men per rig. Out there they ride with 3 to 4! CA Fire is grossly understaffed and under equipped. To have only 1400 fighting this fire (as reported this morning) is a reflection on the failure of their government for misusing their tax dollars to properly defend against a worsening issue. Here in NYC, we’d have a “total recall” with 5x the amount of FFs and the rigs and hoses to support that. CA politicians have failed its people in the corrupt misuse of tax dollars going towards DEI initiatives and the like. They should be protecting its tax payers with so much more resources to defend against these yearly disasters- which wind up costing the state so much more then if they just properly funded the Fire departments in the state.
I was just told an old friend from IC lost their house in the LA fires today. Horrible.
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Please. I have plenty of conservative views. As well as progressive. I’ve been attacked plenty around here by far leftists and folks like yourself.
Understandable. Systems just aren't designed for that kind of demand.
I guess they should have been designing firefighting systems rather than DEI, fight Trump and protect ILLEGALS systems, huh?
These people should be going to ****ing prison:
"Los Angeles mayor slashed fire budget last year, prioritized homeless population"
Los Angeles mayor slashed fire budget last year, prioritized homeless population
Los Angeles slashed its fire department's budget last year while prioritizing spending for its homeless population, a move that has fallen under scrutiny as wildfires rage.
www.foxbusiness.com
Los Angeles mayor slashed fire budget last year, prioritized homeless population
Los Angeles slashed its fire department's budget last year while prioritizing spending for its homeless population, a move that has fallen under scrutiny as wildfires rage.
A guy who lost an election blames the current officials? Color me shocked?
Hydrants lost pressure when the local water tanks were depleted. It's almost like this is outlier event that republicans would say you can't afford to plan for. Like climate change.
Sad truly sad they have let these people become in charge of the LAFD.
They choose to spend their budget on other things, asshole!
Nailed it.
Coop
@FD_coop_NY
As a NYC fireman, im a part of a dept that’s 10k men deep, I can tell that while we fight more structural fires and deal with more densely populated square miles, we do NOT deal with wildfires that can destroy whole towns! We ride with 5 to 6 men per rig. Out there they ride with 3 to 4! CA Fire is grossly understaffed and under equipped. To have only 1400 fighting this fire (as reported this morning) is a reflection on the failure of their government for misusing their tax dollars to properly defend against a worsening issue. Here in NYC, we’d have a “total recall” with 5x the amount of FFs and the rigs and hoses to support that. CA politicians have failed its people in the corrupt misuse of tax dollars going towards DEI initiatives and the like. They should be protecting its tax payers with so much more resources to defend against these yearly disasters- which wind up costing the state so much more then if they just properly funded the Fire departments in the state.
Wouldn’t have happened if Newsom hadn’t prevented LA from getting the water that pours into California from Canada (according to Trump.)
You know, we already ship water from essentially Pennsylvania to Florida, but if we'd only opened up a few tunnels before they could be built LA would be hip deep in water!
So you have nothing relevant to say. That’s what I thought.
Does this thing in LA have anything to do with climate change?
