Oh California

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Anonymous wrote:It has been established that the budget was cut and the fire chief was not happy about it. This is not up for dispute. There is a reason why the fire chief said what she said during an interview. Whether the fire started by global warming or arson or the Santa Ana winds that happen this time is another discussion. The reality is they were not prepared and if you know that you have issues with global warming all the more reason not to cut off water from the north, make sure you are prepared in areas that are vulnerable, have a go to plan with planes etc-some of this stuff took all week. Why are they forcing fireworks from out of state do emissions testing first? This is an emergency just let them in. This has to not happen again. The concern is the progressives not willing to address some of the things that can mitigate fire if it happens. California is a liberal state but even liberal people are agreeing something needs to be reimagined. It is amazing how feelings change when you not only not have a house but no insurance or schools. It is a lot.

It has absolutely not been established. It is absolutely up for dispute.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/lafd-chief-slams-budget-cuts-says-department-was-let-down/vi-BB1rfd5y?ocid=BingNewsSerp

I don't know Chief Crowley personally; but she comes across as a very intelligent, sincere, and honest person. I believe her and think she's telling the truth.

I agree. And she could easily have been fired for speaking the truth here.

I believe her AND she has receipts. She wrote a memo complaining about budget cuts prior to this. Why would she do that if it isn't true?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:the fire has nothing to do with bureaucracy and everything to do with climate change. Less than a half inch of rain since last spring and other variables from there.

Oh and the whole lie about Mayor Bass cutting LA FD budget? Fake news. It was increased by $50m under her leadership.

They should have done controlled burns and filled the reservoir after two year of history rain in 23-24. Instead they were incompetent and drunk on good vibes.

Reservoirs were full

No!!! Empty.

Investigation into why Palisades reservoir was empty for so long.

Read the facts. LA Times article.


https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-01-10/as-flames-raged-in-palisades-a-key-reservoir-nearby-was-offline

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I grew up in California. There have always been fire stops, mandatory clearing of brush around rural properties, and the reservoirs were full for the last several years due to above average rainfall. But Conservatives don’t like to hear that.

Not our bat, not our ball. This is a blue state and has nothing to do with conservatives at all.

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Anonymous wrote:I grew up in California. There have always been fire stops, mandatory clearing of brush around rural properties, and the reservoirs were full for the last several years due to above average rainfall. But Conservatives don’t like to hear that.

Careful. There will be a full public accounting of whether the reservoirs were full and whether brush was cleared in the wooded areas. If you want to make bold statements like "the reservoirs were full" when even California officials are saying otherwise, it's going to look bad. The left cannot just create reality. No one is going along with it anymore.

The irony, given that your MAGA leader lies constantly.

Biden is a known liar and he is the one president today.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:the fire has nothing to do with bureaucracy and everything to do with climate change. Less than a half inch of rain since last spring and other variables from there.

Oh and the whole lie about Mayor Bass cutting LA FD budget? Fake news. It was increased by $50m under her leadership.

They should have done controlled burns and filled the reservoir after two year of history rain in 23-24. Instead they were incompetent and drunk on good vibes.

Reservoirs were full

Just one example from LA Times: “The Santa Ynez Reservoir was out of use and closed for repairs to its cover, leaving a 117-million-gallon water storage complex empty in the heart of the Palisades, my colleague Matt Hamilton reports.

The large reservoir, had it been operable, could have helped with extending water pressure in the Palisades on Tuesday night, but only for a time, a former DWP general manager told Hamilton.”

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:the fire has nothing to do with bureaucracy and everything to do with climate change. Less than a half inch of rain since last spring and other variables from there.

Oh and the whole lie about Mayor Bass cutting LA FD budget? Fake news. It was increased by $50m under her leadership.

Don’t be absurd. This has been a wildfire hot spot for over a hundred years. The difference is the amount of people living in the area, the value and amount of properties being built, and poor wildfire management. It’s not climate change’s fault that the power lines were kept on in the middle of wind gusts, that the number of firefighters has dropped, that the water reservoirs were out of operation, that people have been caught deliberately starting and trying to start more fires.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It has been established that the budget was cut and the fire chief was not happy about it. This is not up for dispute. There is a reason why the fire chief said what she said during an interview. Whether the fire started by global warming or arson or the Santa Ana winds that happen this time is another discussion. The reality is they were not prepared and if you know that you have issues with global warming all the more reason not to cut off water from the north, make sure you are prepared in areas that are vulnerable, have a go to plan with planes etc-some of this stuff took all week. Why are they forcing fireworks from out of state do emissions testing first? This is an emergency just let them in. This has to not happen again. The concern is the progressives not willing to address some of the things that can mitigate fire if it happens. California is a liberal state but even liberal people are agreeing something needs to be reimagined. It is amazing how feelings change when you not only not have a house but no insurance or schools. It is a lot.

It has absolutely not been established. It is absolutely up for dispute.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/lafd-chief-slams-budget-cuts-says-department-was-let-down/vi-BB1rfd5y?ocid=BingNewsSerp

I don't know Chief Crowley personally; but she comes across as a very intelligent, sincere, and honest person. I believe her and think she's telling the truth.

Same here. Compare her to Bass who was blaming everyone else. Politicians have to make tough decisions and there are always chances they will be wrong. When you make a mistake, admit it, explain the reasons n if you like, but ultimately you are responsible for the decision even if you knew it was bad.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Facts:

https://gavinnewsom.com/california-fire-facts/

This is a politician’s argument, not facts. For example, he cut wildfire and forest resilience by $101 million in the 2024 budget.

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Anonymous wrote:Something that is not being discussed is this mess will create millions upon millions in property tax loss to LA County. All those burned houses will now not be able to be taxed for what the houses were worth pre fire -a house that was millions of dollars is not worth a lot when it is burned to ground. Will take years to get permits and rebuild. This fire is going to hurt people not even initially affected because this loss will affect all sorts of programs with funding. California is notoriously difficult with building permits. There will be zero appetite to pay more taxes to make up for this and progressives will continue to be blamed. Hoping there are lessons learned but have yet to hear any Democrats agree that you have to prioritize people over little fish. You have to allow fire stops and brush clearing. There has to be a way to have balance. Also all those fire fighters fired for. it taking Covid Vax need to be hired back asap. Also need to allow help with trucks to go directly to fighting fires and not have to do emissions testing first. Wishing the best for California!!!

Due to the massive amount of damage, I suspect the building requirements may be suspended for awhile.

I thought the same. I honestly don’t know how they can proceed otherwise. The scale is too vast.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think California is screwed.

Born and raised is the shithole of Lancaster and I am sure climate change has some role - and politicians too.

Like 1% climate; 99% politicians.

It’s politicians’ job to cope with climate change and to protect the population as best they can. You can’t just work to prevent it in the future, cutting emissions etc - you have to mitigate today.

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California has a $68-73 billion dollar deficit depending on the news source. Where is the money going to come from to rebuild? The population is taxed out. Insurance companies were already paying more out than they were collecting in premiums, and those were set to go up 40-60 percent before the fires.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:the fire has nothing to do with bureaucracy and everything to do with climate change. Less than a half inch of rain since last spring and other variables from there.

Oh and the whole lie about Mayor Bass cutting LA FD budget? Fake news. It was increased by $50m under her leadership.

They should have done controlled burns and filled the reservoir after two year of history rain in 23-24. Instead they were incompetent and drunk on good vibes.

Reservoirs were full

No!!! Empty.

Investigation into why Palisades reservoir was empty for so long.

Read the facts. LA Times article.


https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-01-10/as-flames-raged-in-palisades-a-key-reservoir-nearby-was-offline

Was being repaired during “rainy season”
Except climate change, changed that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It has been established that the budget was cut and the fire chief was not happy about it. This is not up for dispute. There is a reason why the fire chief said what she said during an interview. Whether the fire started by global warming or arson or the Santa Ana winds that happen this time is another discussion. The reality is they were not prepared and if you know that you have issues with global warming all the more reason not to cut off water from the north, make sure you are prepared in areas that are vulnerable, have a go to plan with planes etc-some of this stuff took all week. Why are they forcing fireworks from out of state do emissions testing first? This is an emergency just let them in. This has to not happen again. The concern is the progressives not willing to address some of the things that can mitigate fire if it happens. California is a liberal state but even liberal people are agreeing something needs to be reimagined. It is amazing how feelings change when you not only not have a house but no insurance or schools. It is a lot.

It has absolutely not been established. It is absolutely up for dispute.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/lafd-chief-slams-budget-cuts-says-department-was-let-down/vi-BB1rfd5y?ocid=BingNewsSerp

I don't know Chief Crowley personally; but she comes across as a very intelligent, sincere, and honest person. I believe her and think she's telling the truth.

Same here. Compare her to Bass who was blaming everyone else. Politicians have to make tough decisions and there are always chances they will be wrong. When you make a mistake, admit it, explain the reasons n if you like, but ultimately you are responsible for the decision even if you knew it was bad.

👆The posters were blaming Chief Crowley and calling her a DEI hire in the other thread.
But over here she’s 👍
You people are literally the worst.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I am here in the thick of it. It was the perfect combo of the WIND, the DROUGHT (climate change) and a coordinated attack of arsonists which we will know more about as we learn more. LA seems to be under attack. There are fires popping up within burn scar lines and none of it makes sense.

The Santa Ana winds have been around for millennia and so have the droughts. Stop blaming cLiMaTe ChAnGe on poor planning and the need to amass gobs of people into small spaces.

I agree with the arson, it seems very deliberate.

January is the rainy season. This is not normal or else January wouldn’t have been known as the “rainy season”.

According to the Los Angles Almanac for Pasadena: since 2000 rainfall in January has been below the seasonal average by as much as 12%.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am here in the thick of it. It was the perfect combo of the WIND, the DROUGHT (climate change) and a coordinated attack of arsonists which we will know more about as we learn more. LA seems to be under attack. There are fires popping up within burn scar lines and none of it makes sense.

The Santa Ana winds have been around for millennia and so have the droughts. Stop blaming cLiMaTe ChAnGe on poor planning and the need to amass gobs of people into small spaces.

I agree with the arson, it seems very deliberate.

January is the rainy season. This is not normal or else January wouldn’t have been known as the “rainy season”.

According to the Los Angles Almanac for Pasadena: since 2000 rainfall in January has been below the seasonal average by as much as 12%.

Yep. That’s why democrats have been pushing policies to address climate change.