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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The reservoirs were filled.
https://www.verifythis.com/article/news/verify/extreme-weather-verify/palisades-los-angeles-fire-hydrants-water-fact-check/536-87045971-aacb-4319-9b39-8d999675eae1[/quote]

No, they were not. Again, nice try.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/pacific-palisades-reservoir-was-offline-and-empty-when-firestorm-exploded/ar-BB1reKjC?ocid=BingNewsSerp
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Did you read the article? The reservoir is closed for repairs - they do the repairs in the winter when demand is lower for water. Even if it was fully functional, the water level is kept low in the reservoirs due to low seasonal demand and not wanting to waste the water. And, finally, the experts in the article state that in their professional opinion it would not have mattered if the reservoir was full because nothing could negate 100mph Santa Ana winds and no aerial support.

This disaster is no individual's fault. It's not the government's fault. It's a collective action problem of building dense housing in a chaparral landscape. [/quote]

If you're absolving everyone, you should definitely include absolving homeowners in well established areas there for decades. And if your issue is building permits being granted, then back to yes, it's actually the government's fault. [/quote]

Can you imagine the hyperventilating if the government said "You can't build here anymore, it's too dangerous. And also we are going to start taking properties via eminent domain due to danger from chapparal-related wild fire risks."

I mean, that's what the County of Los Angeles and state of California SHOULD have done. But we live in the U.S. with extremely strong property rights. But if you want to make the government that powerful, go sell your vision of forced confiscation of property.[/quote]

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