California Lunacy Thread

[volbound1700]

Indeed, the original name given the bay by the Portuguese explorers in 1542 was “the Bay of Smokes” due to the smoke from all of the (preindustrial) wildfires.

Why Did a 1542 Spanish Voyage Refer to San Pedro Bay as the 'Bay of the Smoke'?

When Spanish explorers first visited the Los Angeles shore in 1542, they named the area the "Bay of the Smoke."

www.pbssocal.org

Without human intervention, the area would periodically burn itself clean just from the prevailing climate (which of course was before the first drop of fossile fuels had been burned)

I thought the Spanish discovered it first. Portuguese were kind of forbidden from that area due to Treaty of Tordesillas.

 

[OrangeTsar]

I thought the Spanish discovered it first. Portuguese were kind of forbidden from that area due to Treaty of Tordesillas.

You are probably right. The article I was reading said the Captain was Portuguese. But he may have been in the Spanish navy

 

[marcusluvsvols]

I thought the Spanish discovered it first. Portuguese were kind of forbidden from that area due to Treaty of Tordesillas.

1494. Nice. Your post caused me to google the routes of the early explorers to the New World and refresh my age addled memory. What Magellan did is absolutely amazing. To circumnavigate the globe by the route they took is simply astonishing even now...and a perilous journey even in a modern ship worth many millions. The ocean has no mercy and has swallowed more men and ships than history will ever tell. I cannot imagine sailing for weeks or months without ever seeing land. When you think about the fact that they were navigating by stars with no real maps or GPS etc its even more amazing.

 

[volbound1700]

You are probably right. The article I was reading said the Captain was Portuguese. But he may have been in the Spanish navy

Yeah, they hired all over the place for their ships. Columbus was Genoese.

 

[Franklin Pierce]

AUSTIN PETERSEN: Bring Back Insane Asylums If You Don't Want Arsonists Roaming The Streets​

A brush fire smoldering in the foothills of Azusa, California, might seem like just another chapter in the long saga of Los Angeles County wildfires. But the arrest of 39-year-old Jose Carranza-Escobar, a homeless man who admitted to intentionally starting the blaze, reveals a deeper crisis burning at the heart of our society. It’s time to address the growing danger posed by untreated mental illness and the failure of our social systems to protect the public. Even champions of limited government have a compelling reason to advocate for a return to specialized institutions for the criminally mentally ill.

Los Angeles has long struggled with homelessness, but the issue has reached catastrophic proportions. As of 2023, over 46,000 people were living without shelter in LA County, a significant portion of whom suffer from severe mental illnesses or substance abuse disorders. Homeless encampments often become hotspots for dangerous activities, including arson. According to local law enforcement, fires originating in homeless camps have surged in recent years. In 2022 alone, Los Angeles Fire Department reported over 24% of all fires investigated were linked to homeless encampments. That is insane, reproachable, and completely avoidable.

AUSTIN PETERSEN: Bring back insane asylums if you don’t want arsonists roaming the streets

Even champions of limited government have a compelling reason to advocate for a return to specialized institutions for the criminally mentally ill.

humanevents.com

 

[Ritzwatch]

1494. Nice. Your post caused me to google the routes of the early explorers to the New World and refresh my age addled memory. What Magellan did is absolutely amazing. To circumnavigate the globe by the route they took is simply astonishing even now...and a perilous journey even in a modern ship worth many millions. The ocean has no mercy and has swallowed more men and ships than history will ever tell. I cannot imagine sailing for weeks or months without ever seeing land. When you think about the fact that they were navigating by stars with no real maps or GPS etc its even more amazing.

Check out the book Longitude, by Dava Sobel. Interesting story of the history of time(keeping). Not too long a book, but you realize just how important functioning clocks were for navigation in this period of western global expansion.

Hint: There is a reason survey/navigation calls are in degrees, minutes and seconds and your analog watch has hours, minutes and seconds.

 

[hndog609]

Check out the book Longitude, by Dava Sobel. Interesting story of the history of time(keeping). Not too long a book, but you realize just how important functioning clocks were for navigation in this period of western global expansion.

Hint: There is a reason survey/navigation calls are in degrees, minutes and seconds and your analog watch has hours, minutes and seconds.

This made me think of the line from Hunt for Red October.

"Give me a stopwatch and a map and I'll fly the Alps in a plane with no windows."

 

[hog88]

Check out the book Longitude, by Dava Sobel. Interesting story of the history of time(keeping). Not too long a book, but you realize just how important functioning clocks were for navigation in this period of western global expansion.

Hint: There is a reason survey/navigation calls are in degrees, minutes and seconds and your analog watch has hours, minutes and seconds.

That story is a good example of how governments have been screwing over people for centuries.

 

[OrangeTsar]

Yeah, they hired all over the place for their ships. Columbus was Genoese.

But of course, ALL of Italy claim him

 

[W.TN.Orange Blood]

 

[W.TN.Orange Blood]

 

[Franklin Pierce]

California Hit By FOURTH Earthquake in Just Over 24 Hours as state recovers from deadly wildfires​

California was rocked by an earthquake early Friday, marking the fourth to hit the state in over 24 hours.

A magnitude 2.8 was detected 180 miles north of Los Angeles, where fires are blazing, at 3:32am PT, which hit three hours after another 2.8 in San Jose.

The latest earthquake registered a 2.8 magnitude and occurred approximately 15 miles southeast of Avenal at 3:32 a.m.


The US Geological Survey also reported a third 2.8 magnitude San Bernardino County on Thursday and a 3.0 magnitude hit Salton City Wednesday.

The four quakes occurred along the San Andreas fault - the volatile boundary between two tectonic plates: the Pacific plate and the North American plate. It runs 800 miles along the coast of California.

Scientists have said that the West Coast is overdue for a massive quake along the San Andreas fault, which would measure magnitude 8 or higher.

California hit by FOURTH earthquake in just over 24 hours

California was rocked by an earthquake early Friday, marking the fourth to hit the state in over 24 hours. One of the quakes hit just 60 miles from Los Angeles where wildfires are burning.

www.dailymail.co.uk

 

[W.TN.Orange Blood]

California Hit By FOURTH Earthquake in Just Over 24 Hours as state recovers from deadly wildfires​

California was rocked by an earthquake early Friday, marking the fourth to hit the state in over 24 hours.

A magnitude 2.8 was detected 180 miles north of Los Angeles, where fires are blazing, at 3:32am PT, which hit three hours after another 2.8 in San Jose.

The latest earthquake registered a 2.8 magnitude and occurred approximately 15 miles southeast of Avenal at 3:32 a.m.


The US Geological Survey also reported a third 2.8 magnitude San Bernardino County on Thursday and a 3.0 magnitude hit Salton City Wednesday.

The four quakes occurred along the San Andreas fault - the volatile boundary between two tectonic plates: the Pacific plate and the North American plate. It runs 800 miles along the coast of California.

Scientists have said that the West Coast is overdue for a massive quake along the San Andreas fault, which would measure magnitude 8 or higher.

California hit by FOURTH earthquake in just over 24 hours

California was rocked by an earthquake early Friday, marking the fourth to hit the state in over 24 hours. One of the quakes hit just 60 miles from Los Angeles where wildfires are burning.

www.dailymail.co.uk

You would think God is trying to tell those lunatics something in California.

 

[Sgt_Nick_Fury]

 

[Sgt_Nick_Fury]

 

[volfanhill]

You would think God is trying to tell those lunatics something in California.

No

 

[Sgt_Nick_Fury]

 

[W.TN.Orange Blood]

 

[85SugarVol]

Of course there was a lowering of standards.

Any time you seek to artificially inflate what was not occurring organically (be it in the military, academics, professional world) there will be a lowering of standards in order to manufacture the desired outcome.

 

[85SugarVol]

Just absolutely Beyond the Pale

 

[85SugarVol]

 

[walkenvol]

Huntinton Beach better double up police patrols and keep every fire station staffed and ready in case there are retaliation fires started there for their brave stance. I applaud their courage and waking up from the Liberal delusions that have destroyed that state.

Birthplace of Walkenvol - a light in the darkness of California!

 

[W.TN.Orange Blood]

 

[SpaceCoastVol]

Only for those in the inside. Something say look to Blackrock and other large investor or the Chinese

I was speaking in relative terms. What used to be a $10 million postage stamp will probably be obtainable for 8.

 

[Orange_Vol1321]