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re: Major wildfire in Los Angeles (and Pasadena)
Posted on 1/9/25 at 3:32 pm to BuckyCheese
Posted on 1/9/25 at 3:32 pm to BuckyCheese
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Posted on 1/9/25 at 3:33 pm to McVick
quote:3,030,303 FOOTBALL FIELDS
at least 4,000,000 acres
Posted on 1/9/25 at 3:33 pm to baldona
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Is this due to the low altitude they fly? Hurricane planes fly through hurricanes. I’m just curious why they couldn’t be used at all? I can see not picking up water off a body of water maybe also. But why is flying through 50-100 mph winds that bad for them?
They're also not flying over or around open ground (or over the ocean). They're dealing with mountainous and wooded terrain. It is already a challenging endeavor in that environment, when you add large fire into the equation it is more dangerous. Large fires can create their own weather with rapidly changing wind, updrafts, and downdrafts. Add high winds to the equation and regular flights befome incredibly dangerous.
Posted on 1/9/25 at 3:36 pm to OMLandshark
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OMLandshark
Honestly she will probably get re-elected.
Posted on 1/9/25 at 3:36 pm to LegendInMyMind
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Posted on 1/9/25 at 3:39 pm to OMLandshark
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Scumbag. This is going to haunt him come 2028.
What a piece of shite. That women was savage. "Let me listen" . "Oh, I can't get through now"
Posted on 1/9/25 at 3:39 pm to OMLandshark
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She is so fricking dumb. Seriously just pick someone at random in the phone book, and they’ll do a better job than this.
This reporter mentions lack of preparation.
Thats very interesting, I didnt think preparation played a part in leadership or decision making for that matter, or at least that what I've been getting told.
I thought it was wind.
Posted on 1/9/25 at 3:44 pm to OMLandshark
I'm glad Kristin sent Karen Bass a letter and all but Kristin's hiring practices need to be reviewed.
Posted on 1/9/25 at 3:50 pm to jizzle6609
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Posted on 1/9/25 at 3:52 pm to LegendInMyMind
Some great points.
Sounds like you are informed on the topic. Were you a wildland firefighter or USFS or something related?
Any recommendations on good fire books to read?
I've read a few from Philip Connors that were solid and would enjoy learning more.
Sounds like you are informed on the topic. Were you a wildland firefighter or USFS or something related?
Any recommendations on good fire books to read?
I've read a few from Philip Connors that were solid and would enjoy learning more.
Posted on 1/9/25 at 3:55 pm to OMLandshark
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Woke is even going to die in California over this shite.
Exactly, who gives AF if they look like you. When I fly I want that older man with the white hair and mustache that doesn't look much like me and I'm sure most black people would say the same.
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Posted on 1/9/25 at 3:58 pm to holdmuh keystonelite
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Posted on 1/9/25 at 4:07 pm to OMLandshark
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Posted on 1/9/25 at 4:08 pm to OMLandshark
Well Cenk, democrats haven't had to answer tough questions for decades so they don't know how.
Maybe look into why that is.
Maybe look into why that is.
Posted on 1/9/25 at 4:10 pm to BuckyCheese
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Posted on 1/9/25 at 4:14 pm to OMLandshark
Wonder if Bass would get recalled over this.
Posted on 1/9/25 at 4:16 pm to Hodag
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Sounds like you are informed on the topic. Were you a wildland firefighter or USFS or something related?
I'm not a firefighter. I have a couple of friends who have done it, one retired after 20 years. I've just developed an interest in wildfire over the years, and I've read and listened to a lot of stuff.
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Any recommendations on good fire books to read?
Two that would always he recommended by anyone who has done that sort of work are "Young Men and Fire" by Norman Maclean and "Fire on the Mountain, which was written partly by Norman and finished by his son John.
If you want some good insight from John Maclean he did a really good interview on a podcast called Life with Fire.
Ep. 4—Firefighter Safety and The History of Hotshots With John Maclean
One of the more interesting interviews on the topic of wildfire that I've listened to in a while.
Nature's Archive: #24: Justin Angle - On The Fireline - Wildfires in the Western USA
Posted on 1/9/25 at 4:23 pm to OMLandshark
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Even Kamala was visibly shocked by what Biden said there. He is a fricking idiot.
I can't stand Kamala, she's a POS too, but that was wrong of him. He completely threw her under the bus with that one.
Joe gives zero f's now.
Posted on 1/9/25 at 4:30 pm to OMLandshark
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L.A. Fire Chief Kristin Crowley warned Mayor Karen Bass (D) last month the $17+ million she cut from the department's budget "severely limited the department's capacity to prepare for, train for, and respond to large-scale emergencies, including wildfires"
She is correct, but how money did she spend and/or waste pushing her DEI agenda that could have gone to increasing “the department's capacity to prepare for, train for, and respond to large-scale emergencies, including wildfires”?
Posted on 1/9/25 at 4:32 pm to OMLandshark
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As if things can’t get any worse, look who decided to pop in on the scene: Prime Minister Zoolander doing his best Blue Steel.
Lost his wife during his presidency. Embarrassment to his country and to just people in general.
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