The wildfires in CA are devastating…The Santa Anna winds don’t play, yet, CA cut wildfire prevention funds by 80%. Don’t even try and blame climate change.
Half of the US that’s hotter, drier, and windier than LA. use Land management. Controlled burns. Removing fuel. A bunch of various things to mitigate the problem before it inevitably happens. You know, all that really basic stuff mankind figured out thousands of years ago.
This…A major reservoir in the area being ravaged by the worst wildfire in Los Angeles history had been drained and closed for repairs when the deadly blaze broke out this week, a report said Friday.
The troubling news surfaced two days after firefighters in the Pacific Palisades region ran out of water from local hydrants because of low water pressure — as flames raged in full force.
The 117-million-gallon Santa Ynez Reservoir was undergoing fixes to its torn cover when the historic horrific Palisades Fire broke out in the tony enclave in Los Angeles County on Tuesday, the LA Times said.
And….Experts lay blame primarily on the state’s handling of its forestry management and a lesser-known problem, the state’s outdated water reserves system. California’s existing reservoirs can only hold so much water, and many were built in the mid-20th century.
Last year, the state experienced record-breaking rainfall after an atmospheric river event, but the existing water infrastructure faced difficulties managing the sudden influx of water. A significant portion of that rainfall was dumped into the ocean.
Firefighters Battle Six Wildfires Across Los Angeles County
LOS ANGELES — Firefighters continued their relentless battle Friday against six active wildfires tearing through Los Angeles County, with the Palisades and Eaton fires being the most destructive. The fires have collectively scorched tens of thousands of acres, displaced residents, and destroyed numerous structures.
Palisades Fire
The Palisades Fire has burned 19,978 acres, devastating homes, businesses, and landmarks in Pacific Palisades and westward along Pacific Coast Highway toward Malibu. As of 5 a.m. Friday, containment stood at a mere 6%, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire). Efforts to curb the fire’s rapid spread continue as fire crews work against dry conditions and strong winds.
Eaton Fire
The Eaton Fire, raging in Altadena and Pasadena, has scorched 13,956 acres and destroyed multiple structures. Firefighters faced additional challenges Thursday afternoon when the blaze advanced toward Mt. Wilson, prompting further evacuation orders. However, officials announced that residents of Glenoaks Canyon and Chevy Chase Canyon could safely return to their homes. As of 7:30 a.m. Friday, Gov. Gavin Newsom reported the fire was 3% contained in a post on X (formerly Twitter).
Other Fires in the Region
- Kenneth Fire: Burning near the Los Angeles and Ventura County border, this fire has consumed 960 acres. Containment has reached 35%, and all evacuation warnings have been lifted as of 6 a.m. Friday.
- Sunset Fire: This smaller but disruptive fire burned 60 acres in Hollywood and the Hollywood Hills, triggering mandatory evacuations earlier in the week. Those orders were lifted Thursday morning, allowing residents to return.
- Hurst Fire: Burning 771 acres near Sylmar, this fire is 37% contained as of Thursday night. Evacuation orders in the area have also been lifted.
- Lidia Fire: The smallest of the six, the Lidia Fire in Acton has charred 394 acres but is 75% contained, according to Cal Fire.
Tell us something we don’t know…..Mark Zuckerberg on Rogan threw the Biden administration under the bus, revealing that they pressured his company to censor true information—and even memes—about vaccine safety. “They pushed us super hard to take down things that were honestly true… they basically pushed us and said anything that says that vaccines might have side effects you basically need to take down,” Zuckerberg explained.
As the conversation continued, Zuckerberg even suggested that the Biden administration is guilty of illegal acts to censor speech. “I don’t think that the pushing for social media companies to censor stuff was legal,” he said. “Having people in the administration calling up the guys on our team and yelling at them and cursing and threatening repercussions if we don’t take down things that are true is like, it’s pretty bad.”
While Zuckerberg acknowledged he didn’t agree with the Biden administration’s harsh tactics to push vaccination, he argued that censoring voices and concerns about vaccine safety was done for a greater good—suggesting it was free from “personal political gain.”
Armed with a deep understanding of what transpired during COVID, Rogan quickly set the record straight and exposed the glaring flaws in Zuckerberg’s claim. “I still think it’s good for more people to get the vaccine,” Zuckerberg said. “I’m not sure in that case how much of it [censorship] was like a personal political gain that they were going for. I think that they had a kind of goal that they thought was in the interests of the country. And the way they went about it, I think, violated the law.”
“Well, there’s a bunch of problems with that,” Rogan retorted before laying out a quick history of the incentives behind censoring speech about vaccine safety. “There’s the emergency use authorization that they needed in order to get this pushed through. And you can’t have that without valid therapeutics being available. And so they suppressed valid therapeutics. So they’re suppressing real information that would lead to people being healthy and successful in defeating this disease. “And they did that so that they could have this one solution. And this was Fauci’s game plan. I mean, this is the movie Dallas Buyers Club.
That’s Fauci in that movie. That was with the AIDS crisis. This is the same game plan played out with the COVID vaccine. “They pushed one solution, this only one, suppressed all therapeutics through propaganda, through suppressing monoclonal antibodies, like all of it. And that was done, in my opinion, for profit. And they did that because it was extremely profitable. The amount of money that was made was extraordinary during that time,” Rogan explained.
I recently saw on CNN that all of our home, auto and personal insurance rates will almost double next year due to the costs associated with these California fires, including replacing the miltimillion dollar homes of the Hollywood folks.
No worries.
I’ll be glad to cough up a coupla’ grand so these folks get their valuables and homes taken care of.
All I ask is that California be a bit more proactive in clearing the brush surrounding their lovely neighborhoods…
..and a bit more humble.
A coupla’ grand is nearly 10% of my yearly income….
Your forgiveness, generosity, and willingness to carry others is noteworthy sir. You are a special person.
I am not. President Biden has promised to pay all the costs for 6 months and encouraged them to spare no expense. Those are our tax dollars at work. Add that to your insurance. News clip the other day indicated the lady in charge of having the reservoir empty of water during a peak fire risk time, is paid 750,000. salary. That sort of thing adds up after while with tens of thousands of bad choices being hired. See where the money really goes?
You can try, try, try to help someone but you can’t prevent their demise when they choose to continue to act foolish. Sooner or later you just have to recognize them as a dumb ass and move on.
Very few individuals involved so far are anywhere near what I would consider a worthy charitable candidate.
It is wrong for these corrupt insurance companies to increase premiums for folks that have absolutely nothing to do with California, the land of fruits and nuts. Only fools would buy into that type of logic and pay the increase. What did they do with the monies they received in premiums from those that lost their homes? Pay inflated salaries? FEMA is gave all it’s monies to Ilegal aliens.The hydrants are dry, but the DEI hire in charge of their water makes $750,000.00 a year. It all smells like the fires in Maui..just doesn’t pass the sniff test. Please do not pay any increase in premiums, just pay your normal rate. Let the insurance companies borrow the money they need or fall on their faces.
Maybe they can borrow it from the Billions we wasted in the Ukraine.
The lack of understanding about what an insurance company is, and does is horrifying.
Hint: it was the politicians in Cali who are going to foist these costs non us, NOT the insurance companies.
Funk those insurance companies. We are forced to buy their ‘insurance’ both auto and home. I was an uninsured motorist for 14 years, just to prove you do not have to purchase it.