Opinion California on fire

[Flower2dPeople]

 

[KnightTemplar]

Like I mentioned to the other guy, affirmative action came about for a reason and fire departments were notorious for only wanting to hire whites.

It would benefit people like you to at least attempt to understand American history when you are discussing this issue.

 

[KnightTemplar]

Death toll from the fires is now officially 11. Likely to rise, of course.

 

[Cartiac]

lol.... Yes its climate change. Like the Santa Ana winds are recent phenomenon.

And Fire Demand is absolutely an engineering criteria for designing a Water Supply System.... Are you fucking kidding? The three 1 million gallon tanks lasted for about one day... there's 117 million gallons in this reservoir. It would have lasted almost a week at least. Combined the with City's connected system, they could have at least saved a good part of the city instead of having to bail out and let the fire go unabated.

These people are paid to consider worst case scenarios. The threat of fire here is not a new issue, there's always been droughts here. There's recorded history of severe droughts going back 200 years. Stop with the climate bullshit. The City gets blasted by the desert yearly.... way before people even lived there. lol...

God... you're broken records. Too much rain - Climate Change, Droughts - Climate Change... lol fuck off already

It certainly looks like this 117MG reservoir was the primary storage location while the 3 - 1 million gallon tanks were there for local storage to provide water system pressure. That's pretty standard in these hilly areas to have smaller water tanks elevated to provide system pressure without resorting to relying on a pump station with a hydro tank to provide water pressure.

So they were relying on the the lower elevation pump stations to fill the smaller GST's until the reservoir was put back online.

Note the last paragraphs...so it begins. Let the music start...

An Important Reservoir Was Offline When the Fires Began​

The Santa Ynez Reservoir in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood had been shut down. Water there normally helps replenish tanks that were drained by firefighters.

An important reservoir was offline when the fires began. (Published 2025)

The Santa Ynez Reservoir in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood had been shut down. Water there normally helps replenish tanks that were drained by firefighters.

www.nytimes.com

Traci Park, the Los Angeles City Council member whose district includes Pacific Palisades, had not been made aware that the reservoir was offline, a spokesman said on Friday.

The spokesman, Pete Brown, said Ms. Park and her team had many questions about the water systems and the Santa Ynez Reservoir, and would be seeking more answers about whether it should have been out of commission.

Right On, this ubiquitous climate change excuse for everything is ridiculous. The dryness and water problems in Los Angeles are not due to this super complex, multi-faceted, so called climate change problem . It is much simpler than that.

Los Angeles naturally had a very healthy river flowing through it that nourished the land and hydrated the area. It is those tons and tons of concrete blocking the river that is disrupting the natural balance of the area, not plastic straws and all this other climate change nonsense.

 

[jk7707]

There's only a few places overweight lesbians are qualified to work at. Starbucks is one of the places I don't go to. Or Mello Mango. They need to be making smoothies and coffees for women. Not fighting wildfires..

Not a single one of those women were capable of doing a correct pushup, pull up, or running a mile in under 8 minutes.

The one lesbian admitted she couldn't carry a man out of a burning house.. I don't think she could carry a woman out.

We need physical fitness standards mandatory in some jobs. Military, police, firemen.

I guarantee if they had physical fitness test, those lesbian fire fighters were cheating on the results. Fudging all the numbers. Probably didn't even run the mile, just wrote down a passable time. That's what they do..

Then they gatekeep those jobs.. They'll only hire more losers like them. Superman could go fill out a job app at the fire station and those lesbians won't hire him

That's what they do

It's logic. Not rocket science.

Are all the 4 star generals in the military capable of passing the physical fitness tests that are required for recruits?

 

[ShadowRun]

Oh and there’s this

How much tax payer money will it take to rebuild?

Because it’s going to be exponentially more than if they had built a system that operated as required when it was needed most

Don’t forget how hard it is to build anything there , the regulations, environmental controls ect ..

Real Deep State' of Government Regulators, Administrators, and Zoning Officers​

The comedian blames America's endless reams of regulatory red tape for slowing down new wind farms, housing, and public toilets.​

Specifically, the comedian called out federal permitting regulations for taking nearly two decades to approve a transmission line that will connect a wind farm in Wyoming with consumers in Nevada, and he mocked San Francisco's bureaucracy for turning a privately gifted public toilet into a $1 million project.

That same San Francisco bureaucracy, Maher notes, takes 627 days to permit a new home.

Bill Maher attacks ‘the real deep state' of government regulators, administrators, and zoning officers

The comedian blames America's endless reams of regulatory red tape for slowing down new wind farms, housing, and public toilets.

reason.com

 

[ShadowRun]

 

[ShadowRun]

Are all the 4 star generals in the military capable of passing the physical fitness tests that are required for recruits?

If you’re saying could a 4 star close to retirement pick up a wounded battle body and carry him probably not, neither could the president who is in control of the military.

But to stick with your line of thinking they wouldn’t give a stupid answer like she did about a situation. “I can’t carry a soldier who got shot but hey you’re the person that got shot, that’s your fault “

 

[LangfordBarrow]

Fire-proof wall?

And the smelts are going to pay for it!

 

[Osculater]

 

[jk7707]

If you’re saying could a 4 star close to retirement pick up a wounded battle body and carry him probably not, neither could the president who is in control of the military.

But to stick with your line of thinking they wouldn’t give a stupid answer like she did about a situation. “I can’t carry a soldier who got shot but hey you’re the person that got shot, that’s your fault “

Concession accepted.

 

[Scerpi]

Right On, this ubiquitous climate change excuse for everything is ridiculous. The dryness and water problems in Los Angeles are not due to this super complex, multi-faceted, so called climate change problem . It is much simpler than that.

Los Angeles naturally had a very healthy river flowing through it that nourished the land and hydrated the area. It is those tons and tons of concrete blocking the river that is disrupting the natural balance of the area, not plastic straws and all this other climate change nonsense.

Those almond trees won’t water themselves

 

[Rygu]

Are all the 4 star generals in the military capable of passing the physical fitness tests that are required for recruits?

Unlikely when they're 4 star generals, that takes a long time.

Certainly at one point they could. Do you see where I'm going with this?

 

[GearSolidMetal]

 

[A Very Serious Cat]

So this fire is quite a major one huh? I had mostly ignored the headlines on it as it seems California burns every year

 

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[Cartiac]

So this fire is quite a major one huh? I had mostly ignored the headlines on it as it seems California burns every year

Yea, it is kind of a big deal this year, but don't go feeling anything special about yourself for mostly ignoring it. Our Governor, Mayor, Congressional Reps, Fire Chiefs, and every other person in a leadership position did the same.

 

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