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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The fire chief in a press conference stated the electricity shut off led to pumps stopping this no water for hydrants.

Risk is not some code phrase for "it will happen".  There are varying levels of risk.  If one chooses to build in the sand when the tides in water hits your house - well that's a higher risk than building on dry land for your house to wash away.  You all get that right?  So when we say people in the Palisades (less Pasadena/Altemeda) should not be there, we mean that the fire catastrophe risk of living there is high. So when we suggest parts where nature dominates humans historically may not be suitable for homes.  The statement - well where should people live if nowhere is safe - totally misses this point.  It's about practical and logical decision making.  If the risk is really high you don't want to be there.  Period.  
That is all.  You find another place.  You just do.

You can manage risk - so living in parts of CA isn't the same as living exactly where wildfires will likely engulf your house one day given enough opportunity for the right conditions.  Talk to any meteorologist or climate scientist and they all are saying this was completely foreseeable.  Whether you want to take note of this fact is your choice.  [b]The same is true in FL and honestly anywhere in the MW as well. [/b] I personally never moved to CA as much as I love the beauty there because they will have an earthquake and I don't feel like being there.  Now of course many dumbasses will say - hah you can be in an earthquake anywhere like DC had one -  but - we all know the size and scale of what a CA big earthquake will look like.  Other dumbasses will say - you gotta live your life and can't be scared of it.  And I say to that - if you know it's coming and you do it anyway, it's totally on you.  [b]There's a lot of other beautiful places to choose to live that are much less riskier.  [/b]

So risk is real but it's variable.  People who cannot grasp that some locations are riskier to live safely than others are just plain asking for tragedy. It's not that I am not heartbroken for all who lost everything in this tragedy but just saying - there's also a reason why it's like $4M to live there - it's drop dead gorgeous every day.  But you are in danger every day there.[/quote]

Name the places that are beautiful but a much less riskier. Be specific here.

You’ve already correctly eliminated the entire Midwest and Florida. I want to know where else in the US you want all residents of the Midwest, California, and Florida to move. [/quote]

Idaho has gotten much more popular. Plenty of space there.[/quote]

You can’t truly be this stupid. [/quote]

You can't truly be motivated to argue without facts. I guess nothing can be done! Right PP?[/quote]

When the solution is “everyone in California, Florida, and the Midwest should move to Idaho,” there are no facts to argue about. And it is totally fine to say the person making that argument is a moron. [/quote]

Godo thing nobody said that! What a fantasy world you live in.[/quote]

That’s exactly what the PP who says people should not live in California, Florida, and the Midwest said. Oh, excuse me, only people who can self-insure their property should live in those places, which effectively works out to nearly everyone in practice.

And I guess everyone who can’t self-insure their property in California, Florida, and the Midwest is supposed to move to Idaho. She’s kind of vague on the specifics of that. [/quote]

DP. You’re absolutely right that’s what was suggested. Now we have a new poster who says they’re a Californian in DC saying the same. “Just move to the mid-Atlantic.”

—California native who has lived in DC for decades [/quote]

That’s gonna be awesome for the current residents of those states, when millions of people, many of whom have more assets than the good denizens of the mid-Atlantic and Idaho, but just can’t afford to self-insure their homes, descend on those locales. Surely it will work out well. 👍[/quote]

Since it's not a very attractive area, I wouldn't lose sleep worrying about that as a mass phenomenon![/quote]

You're nuts. The region surrounding DC is awesome - mountains, rivers, piedmont, the Chesapeake. It's just a different form of beauty. [b]And it's a lot less crowded here than the natural spots in California. [/b]

The people who will be leaving California will be traumatized. They will prioritize stability - resilient job market, stable weather/low preponderance of natural disasters, housing availability, school quality, etc. Perfect weather will be low on the list. The mid-Atlantic checks many of those boxes. [/quote]

The bolded will change soon if the geniuses in this thread get their way![/quote]

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