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'Dramatic and apocalyptic': LA fire captain details obstacles allowing wildfires to ravage the city
2025-01-09
Posted by:Skidmark

#11  #10 That's good enough to steal.
Posted by: Rex Mundi   2025-01-09 19:56  

#10  Fire started as a grease fire in Newsome's hair. My word as a Biden.
Posted by: Regular joe   2025-01-09 13:19  

#9  Nero played the fiddle,
Karen plays the Bass.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2025-01-09 13:09  

#8  
Posted by: badanov   2025-01-09 12:51  

#7  See also:

California Rules Caused Insurance Companies to Cancel Policies Before Wildfires

See also: New York Post documents recriminations and finger pointing including Trump's call for Gavin Newsom's resignation

From the link: City of LA you want everyone to evacuate yet you have complete gridlock and not one traffic cop on the roads helping.

It's like I posted yesterday, the state is run by crooked morons...all Democrats. The way they've been running things, a catastrophe like this was inevitable. More of the same will no doubt follow, sad to say.

So far my family is unscathed but I can't say the same for some of our friends. Of course, the air quality all over southern California sucks but I still have hope the firestorm won't come to San Diego County. We've had our share of wild fires in previous years.
Posted by: Abu Uluque   2025-01-09 12:00  

#6   Many celebs who backed Biden are getting the treatment the common folks of western North Carolina got.

Yeah, they backed Newsom too. Karen Bass too. This is karma biting their butts.
Posted by: Abu Uluque   2025-01-09 11:58  

#5  "The nature of the wildfire problem changes a little bit from north to south… In both cases, you have the issue of air quality management districts that are under both federal and state mandate to clean up the air. That makes it difficult to have prescribed burns with the sort of frequency that needs to happen to be able to reduce the fuel load," Devore said.

What did they think would happen when they set the rules?
Posted by: Skidmark   2025-01-09 09:51  

#4  ^ Don't fart next to a wildfire
Posted by: Frank G   2025-01-09 09:38  

#3  ^ just the carpetbaggers.

Elon Musk announces SpaceX will provide free Starlink terminals in LA amid raging fires

Starlink is "the only reason we're able to hear and communicate with you guys right now because there's absolutely no cell service at all in this whole area."

Swalwell:
"This is so sad. Elon, I believe you want to help as much as I do. I'll use my post on Homeland Security Committee to have an open mind re: concerns over fire cause/response," Swalwell said when responding to the video Musk shared.
Posted by: Skidmark   2025-01-09 09:34  

#2  Many celebs who backed Biden are getting the treatment the common folks of western North Carolina got. Though I doubt there's going to be fund raising efforts among the plebeians and Amish showing up to help rebuild. Karma.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2025-01-09 07:21  

#1  Former Los Angeles mayoral candidate and real estate developer blasts decimated water supply in Pacific Palisades: 'Third-world country'
Posted by: Skidmark   2025-01-09 01:23  

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