California Lunacy Thread

[InVOLuntary]

Oh come on. If they can't mock DEI they lose their fun

DEI does play a role in this. Anytime you hire based on DEI, there's more than decent chance you hire incompetent people.

 

[Majors]

Yea that’s a wild ass idea.

What is true though is that California has flat out refused to allow the construction of new desalination plants to make use of that ocean full of water.

Seems like common sense to utilize what nature has provided in abundance.

 

[jmacvols1]

 

[jmacvols1]

what I was expecting...arson....




LA Mayor needs to go too...all state Congress people need to resign...

 

[hog88]

Which states would handle fires being hit by 100 mph winds? None. There is tons to criticize Cali for. This isn't it.

True but the time to fight a fire is before it gets started.

 

[hog88]

And add 100 mph winds

It’s not like the Santa Ana winds are a new phenomenon or them reaching 100mph is unheard of.

Only you can prevent forest fires.

 

[hog88]

Forest management and water infrastructure were the controllables that exacerbated the situation.

THIS^^ And the leadership deserves all the criticism they’re getting for this failure.

 

[BreatheUT]

There is audio of Biden bragging about what all he is doing for wildfires. I'm sure Google has scrubbed and taken that down or will make it hard to find.

 

[Buddy’s Bandit]

what I was expecting...arson....




LA Mayor needs to go too...all state Congress people need to resign...

Terrorism ?

 

[jmacvols1]

Terrorism ?

"Police report is that 5 kids are riding around on scooters lighting fires. One of these incidents was allegedly on…"

 

[BigOrangeMojo]

There are ample opportunities out there to mock and deride DEI - this ain’t one of them.

DEI didn’t mismanage the forests.
DEI didn’t block water storage projects.

It was nothing more than good ole fashioned White Liberal busy bodies at work.

2 billion budget for fire between LA City and LA County....

.0005 of the budget isnt what caused this....

 

[jmacvols1]

new fire Studio City..I think these fires are going to continue for weeks...not close to containment




wow..pathetic....the left has brought Cali down..diverse way to put out fires...

 

[BreatheUT]

It’s not like the Santa Ana winds are a new phenomenon or them reaching 100mph is unheard of.

Only you can prevent forest fires.

It always feel good to dispel short sighted arguments. As mentioned these winds are not new. The vulnerability has never been addressed due to misguided leftist activists focused on other things and feel good environment naivete.

 

[85SugarVol]

2 billion budget for fire between LA City and LA County....

.0005 of the budget isnt what caused this....

Of course not.

100 more firefighters doesn’t change the calculus on this monster.

 

[85SugarVol]

How is that a liberal / conservative issue?

Do you believe forest management is a problem here?

 

[Majors]

what I was expecting...arson....




LA Mayor needs to go too...all state Congress people need to resign...

Definitely in play. The Hollywood Hills at night is questionable.

Believe we are seeing the end of the Newsom reign of California. Desantis is a phone call away if he wants to know how to handle natural disasters.

 

[SpaceCoastVol]

So you want them to salt the earth?

salt.... burn.... salt.... burn.... Yeah. Tough decision.

 

[jmacvols1]

Fact checked live on air.....

 

[volfanhill]

It’s not like the Santa Ana winds are a new phenomenon or them reaching 100mph is unheard of.

Only you can prevent forest fires.

And hurricanes happen all the time. But there is a difference in categories


But "this one is not typical," Wofford says. This time, the Santa Anas are coupled with "very strong winds in the upper atmosphere. In addition to funneling through the mountains, they went up and over the mountains and then they descended down into the basin area," he says.

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The result is wind gusts as high as 100 mph in some places, he says, adding that the current dry conditions mean, "everything is just primed and ready to go" for wildfires.

 

[hog88]

And hurricanes happen all the time. But there is a difference in categories


But "this one is not typical," Wofford says. This time, the Santa Anas are coupled with "very strong winds in the upper atmosphere. In addition to funneling through the mountains, they went up and over the mountains and then they descended down into the basin area," he says.

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The result is wind gusts as high as 100 mph in some places, he says, adding that the current dry conditions mean, "everything is just primed and ready to go" for wildfires.

I get it that 100mph winds are unusual but that has zero to do with the years/decades of mismanagement and poor planning. Sure even with competent leadership and management the situation is ripe for a bad fire but due to negligence they turned a bad situation into a catastrophic one.

 

[n_huffhines]

Libs won't recognize it. He'll get no credit in their eyes....because Trump.

As if you'd be lauding George Soros for something like this.

And besides, we're too distracted by all the conservatives in here dunking on LA/CA to fully appreciate that Musk is providing internet.

 

[SpaceCoastVol]

There is audio of Biden bragging about what all he is doing for wildfires. I'm sure Google has scrubbed and taken that down or will make it hard to find.

Maybe not. Google just donated $1million to Trump's inauguration. They are trying to keep from getting hammered under the new administration and propping up Puddinhead won't go unnoticed.

 

[n_huffhines]

I get it that 100mph winds are unusual but that has zero to do with the years/decades of mismanagement and poor planning. Sure even with competent leadership and management the situation is ripe for a bad fire but due to negligence they turned a bad situation into a catastrophic one.

There is always going to be some element of mismanagement to point to. We've had bad fires in Utah and AZ, and we have more the kind of management people are looking for (controlled burns, etc.). **** still happens. Hell, the Smoky Mtns got ****ed up a few years back, and that's rainforest compared to here.

We don't have the infrastructure or geography they do in CA, and we still have bad fires. I had a friend die in one (fighting it. Seen the movie Only the Brave?). It's impossible to know how much blame who deserves for what, but that's not gonna stop any of you in here with an axe to grind.

 

[Vol737]

Is there a link between dam removals on the California-Oregon border and fires in LA?

No. I mention it to highlight the broader issue of water mismanagement throughout California. Watershed is critical and in removing watershed it restricts what farmers will be allowed to siphon off for crops. It also takes away relatively inexpensive hydroelectric power generation as well, which is planned to be replaced with what will undoubtedly be more expensive mix of alternative energy for consumers to make up for that loss. There’s more to this agreement and has been in the works for a while, but for a state in such dire need of more water, this hardly makes sense other than it placates the environmentalist.

 

[Vol737]

As if you'd be lauding George Soros for something like this.

And besides, we're too distracted by all the conservatives in here dunking on LA/CA to fully appreciate that Musk is providing internet.

George is welcome to throw as much money at this situation as he would like.