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re: Major wildfire in Los Angeles (and Pasadena)
Posted on 1/9/25 at 11:01 am to Fun Bunch
Posted on 1/9/25 at 11:01 am to Fun Bunch
i wonder what those lots will go for
surely most are owned by people that can afford to rebuild but there is got to be a handful of people who got their dream home. Dumped their life savings into it and are now left holding the bag
surely most are owned by people that can afford to rebuild but there is got to be a handful of people who got their dream home. Dumped their life savings into it and are now left holding the bag
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Posted on 1/9/25 at 11:06 am to The Pirate King
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What do you think is more likely to happen, wildfires in California or a one-off deep freeze event in Texas?
Hint: only one happens almost annually
No rain and 90mph winds is not an annual occurrence. The circumstances are overwhelming.
Posted on 1/9/25 at 11:07 am to Fun Bunch
Damn. Mother Nature DGAF
Posted on 1/9/25 at 11:08 am to 632627
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No rain and 90mph winds is not an annual occurrence. The circumstances are overwhelming.
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Average rainfall in Los Angeles by the numbers
The average seasonal rainfall is 14.25 inches based on a 30-year period from 1991 to 2020. The rainfall total for Los Angeles in 2023-24 is 17.79 inches, about 8 inches above normal to date, and more than 3.5 inches above the normal for the year.Feb 21, 2024
Posted on 1/9/25 at 11:10 am to 632627
quote:Well, the argument will be that they should have been better prepared.
No rain and 90mph winds is not an annual occurrence. The circumstances are overwhelming.
It is one thing to be well-prepared and simply overwhelmed by an unprecedented event.
It is a completely different thing to be caught with your dick in your hand and the basic preparations aren’t done.
CA falls into the latter.
They apparently weren’t ready for anything worse than a campfire.
Also, does CA not have plans to bring in support from other states?
There is an entire disaster relief collective that spans from Texas to FL in the Southeast.
It is a massive cooperative effort between state governments and entities.
Does that not exist out west?
This post was edited on 1/9/25 at 11:15 am
Posted on 1/9/25 at 11:12 am to 632627
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90mph winds and zero rain in almost a year
I thought I read a while back that last year was actually pretty wet compared to recent years. Someone said a lot of growth grew and recently dried out providing a lot of the fuel for this. Is that not true?
Posted on 1/9/25 at 11:14 am to Packer
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Could be a lot of other reasons too. A 2019 fire here started when a garbage truck dumped it's garbage on the side of the road because it was on fire. The fire by me this year started in 100 degree heat when Caltrans was doing work on the side of the road, their exhaust pipe got too hot, and started a fire. My MIL had a fire start by her when a hot lug nut came off a semi truck and started the brush on fire.
Hell I had a pond levee and telephone pole burn up in August when it was real dry because an employee from the neighboring farm drove by on the county road and tossed a cig out of the window and it landed in dry Bermuda grass
It doesn’t take much
Posted on 1/9/25 at 11:14 am to facher08
2023 was wet.
2024 was not.
2024 was not.
Posted on 1/9/25 at 11:15 am to facher08
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90mph winds and zero rain in almost a year
I thought I read a while back that last year was actually pretty wet compared to recent years. Someone said a lot of growth grew and recently dried out providing a lot of the fuel for this. Is that not true?
they had a fairly normal spring and summer, a dry fall and so far a very dry winter
This post was edited on 1/9/25 at 11:16 am
Posted on 1/9/25 at 11:15 am to facher08
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I thought I read a while back that last year was actually pretty wet compared to recent years. Someone said a lot of growth grew and recently dried out providing a lot of the fuel for this. Is that not true?
Dec-February last year was really wet from what I remember and then we had an unusually hot summer that dried everything out.
Posted on 1/9/25 at 11:16 am to 632627
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No rain and 90mph winds is not an annual occurrence
Factually wrong
Posted on 1/9/25 at 11:17 am to Scruffy
Support from throughout California and western states came in to help out SoCal. This always happens.
Posted on 1/9/25 at 11:18 am to Packer
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Dec-February last year was really wet from what I remember and then we had an unusually hot summer that dried everything out.
Correct, we've had zero rain since early 2024.
Posted on 1/9/25 at 11:19 am to Figgy
quote:Good.
Support from throughout California and western states came in to help out SoCal
I hadn’t seen any reference to that.
Posted on 1/9/25 at 11:19 am to facher08
2023 was wet, that's when we had the hurricane in summer. Early 24 was wet as well, we just haven't had any rain since.
Posted on 1/9/25 at 11:20 am to jaytothen
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Factually wrong
Just an FYI for you: You're arguing over how much of a difference no rain is vs something like .05" of rain since May of 2024. It has been very very dry this year for LA.
Posted on 1/9/25 at 11:20 am to SouthEasternKaiju
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Decisions to NOT fill reservoirs and NOT do clearcutting, as well as NOT implementing the reduction of Eucalyptus growth around residential areas are entirely political.
Liberals destroy everything. This fire is not surprising whatsoever
Posted on 1/9/25 at 11:20 am to Scruffy
I like the idea of help coming, but how much difference will they make if they are out of water????
Posted on 1/9/25 at 11:20 am to Scruffy
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"When the latest fires erupted, the city had nearly 100 fire trucks and ambulances out of service because it doesn’t have enough mechanics to fix them"--WPOST quoting LA county councilwoman...
Yikes
Posted on 1/9/25 at 11:22 am to jizzle6609
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Interesting. Let's contain opinions we disagree with.
No, let's contain a shite head who won't stop being a shite head.
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