California Lunacy Thread

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Vol737 said:
It’s a good idea out there. Three or four automated oscillating water cannons might do the trick. Just better hope you have your own personal reservoir to pull from. Not sure I would trust the local water utility infrastructure to hold up.
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There are some who can think and prepare.

“According to Katherine E. Fleming, president and CEO of the J. Paul Getty Trust, the museum was saved because of "extensive efforts" to clear brush from the site over the past year.

"Additional fire prevention measures in place at the Villa include water storage on-site. Irrigation was immediately deployed throughout the grounds Tuesday morning," Fleming said in a statement.”
 
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Grand Vol said:
After the hurricanes.

Insurance companies have been doing this for a couple of years in California. They weighed the cost to rebuild against the policies they were using and came in the red each time.

It costs way, way, way more to rebuild in California (also adding in the permit process which is absurd) than just refusing to issue new policies. They may be "losing" money on the front end, but this fire has shown it could easily bankrupt small or medium insurance companies when claims start to get filed. Hell, even the larger ones like State Farm, Nationwide or Liberty Mutual would take a hard hit when you look at the numbers they are projecting.

Not even going into the smoke damage for homes not in the fire directly. Imagine having to replace several hundred thousand HVAC units...

I'd be willing to bet you will see a lot more insurance companies not issuing policies after this is said and done. And those that do will raise premiums to a level not seen ever.
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It actually started on FL after Andrew. May rates jumped 3X in one year when Allstate spun off the Allstate Floridian Insurance Co.
 
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Vol423 said:
Only buy one copy at a time, fellas. We wouldn't want Amazon to run out.

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Ought to buy them all and burn them.
 
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Orangeburst said:
little pump and a line from the swimming pool and easy. of course the chemicals from swimming pool may not allow it..crazy huh.
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Guess everyone would have to convert to salt water pools because you’re probably right wrt chemicals. I did see Super Scoopers picking up water just off the Cali coast to drop on the fires. Desperate times require desperate measures.
 
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Three suspects identified as Martrell Peoples, Damari Bell and Travon Coleman committed residential burglaries in Mandeville Canyon to the tune of more than $200,000 worth of goods hours after the fires began, Hochman said. They were spotted on a Ring camera inside a home, he said.

They were eventually linked to an apartment in Koreatown, where they were arrested. A number of stolen items were recovered from that home, officials said.

Peoples, who has two previous strikes, faces a third, meaning he is looking at a potential life sentence under California’s Three Strikes Law, authorities said. Bell faces 22 years in prison.

Others charged also include Rudy Salazar and Lucia Jilrara Perez, who face two counts each of first-degree residential burglary in connection with looting in Altadena on Jan. 8 as the Eaton Fire raged. The pair allegedly entered two homes and were caught while entering a third.

A third set of alleged looters stole from a home in Altadena, including an Emmy Award, which was recovered, authorities said. They were identified as Roy Sims, Ryan Sims Quan, Naquan Dewey Reddix, and Pierie Obannon.


The arson suspect, Jose Carranza-Escobar, is accused of attempting to light a large tree on fire that had fallen to the ground at Pioneer Park. He was seen "standing next to the flames" and was promptly detained, police said at the time of his arrest.

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Los Angeles County DA says nine charged with looting homes in wildfire zones, one with arson

Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman announced charges against 10 people for looting or arson amid the wildfires raging in the area.
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