Wild Fires In LA

[Elliott]

Stephen Miller said, "Corruption is not self-correcting." Neither is incompetence.

 

[togatour]

I thought looting (or stealing or shoplifting) or whatever you want to call it wasn't charged up to $1,000. Train your criminals to loot, then get in front of the cameras and say NO.

 

[J Grant]

2025 isn't going to be a good year for the Democrat party in the state of CA. Incompetent has run out of rope.

So move if you hate it there so much

 

[togatour]

So move if you hate it there so much

So Florida does not have a better disaster response? They just get lucky?

No denying your point about the lead time for wild fires vs hurricanes, but it is the planning for these wildfires which happen over and over again that I find indefensible.

Residents were getting false evacuation alarms on their phones yesterday....I guess that is good planning to scare and confuse people who are depending on you to protect them.

Many states deal with tornadoes which come up much quicker than the fires, they have warning systems and alert systems, but CA has false evacuation alarms that they obviously can't control.

I liken it too an emergency room that gets a mass casualty situation, you can't stop the disaster, but preparation can mitigate the losses.

 

[Terrel L. Shields]

Residents were getting false evacuation alarms on their phones yesterday

Computer generated. Officials admitted there is no human giving those orders and they are trying to solve why it happened.

 

[shrubberyvaluation]

Even if they can afford to rebuild, good luck getting insurance.

Really should crash the home prices if fire insurance is not obtainable and its harder to get a mortgage.

 

[Terrel L. Shields]

 

[Elliott]

On my way to Friday night dinner, I listened to 5-minutes of NPR on the radio, they had an 'expert' who said the LA fires were mostly about climate change. No
attribution to arsonists, homeless drug addicts, empty reservoirs, waterless fire hydrants, over-hydrated delta smelt, lack of preparedness, absence of proper warning, inept elected and DEI hires, a over hairgeled governor who said water was 'local,' or a whole series of woke CA environmental policy decisions that had to do with the $50 billion in real property loses.

 

[Charles West]

So move if you hate it there so much

I couldn't move if I wanted to. And I shouldn't be subjected to incompoops running the show given what I shell out in taxes. If I pay the freight I dictate the terms and if you are the type to meekly accept the gruel with the 4 star price tag you are free to do so. That doesn't cut the mustard in Charles country.

 

[gregb]

No
attribution to arsonists, homeless drug addicts, empty reservoirs, waterless fire hydrants, over-hydrated delta smelt, lack of preparedness, absence of proper warning, inept elected and DEI hires, a over hairgeled governor who said water was 'local,' or a whole series of woke CA environmental policy decisions that had to do with the $50 billion in real property loses.

Except for the arsonists, I read on X all else stated blaming officials for a devastating fire, spread by crazy winds that may or may not be a result of climate change. What is missing is any compassion on X for those that have experienced great loss. That missing element and the politicization of this event represents a bigger loss than the diminution of personal and real property.