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40,000+ evacuated in SoCal

Posted by Figgy on 5/22/26 at 8:30 pm

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More than 40,000 people were evacuated in multiple Southern California cities on Friday after officials warned a leaking toxic chemical tank at an Orange County aerospace facility would inevitably fail and potentially explode. The industrial tank at the Garden Grove facility is estimated to contain 7,000 gallons of methyl methacrylate, a "highly volatile" and "highly flammable" toxic substance used in the production of plastics, said Orange County Fire Authority Chief Craig Covey. "This is gonna happen unless some brilliant guy behind me here figures out how we can mitigate this incident," Covey said at a news conference Friday afternoon. "This thing is gonna fail. We don't know when."

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"There are literally two options left remaining: One, the tank fails and spills a total of about [6,000] to 7,000 gallons of very bad chemicals into the parking lot and that area," Covey said. "Or two, the tank goes into a thermal runaway and blows up, affecting the tanks that are around it that have fuel or chemicals in them as well."

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Covey said it was unclear how widespread or dangerous an explosion could be, and said the timeline was unknown. "We want to prepare for the worst, but expect for things to get better," he said. He noted that a team has been assembled to "think outside the box," with a county hazmat team calling on experts throughout the state and country to help search for solutions to depressurize the affected tank and mitigate exposure. "Right now, there is no active gas leak coming off that thing," Covey said of the tank, noting there was currently nothing harmful in the air. "We have cooled it down enough that the purge valve that is on top of it is no longer purging any kind of product from the liquids there."

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re: but he's not bitter!

Posted by Figgy on 5/22/26 at 3:42 pm to TigerAxeOK

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He wouldn't even entertain the thought of saying anything positive about anyone to the Right of Mao.

He was pretty good friends with Toby Keith and was very respectful when Keith passed away.

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re: Chevron to CA Residents: These Are Sacramento Problems, Not Trump-Induced Ones

Posted by Figgy on 5/21/26 at 1:40 pm to VoxDawg

Those signs have been around for at least a month. They make me smile. The leftists that run Sacramento need to be called out at every opportunity and gas stations are a good place to do it. If, this is a big if, but if the Right and Independents can rally together we have a decent chance to beat the Dems out here. I’m hopeful as always but it’s a massive challenge for us to take them down. Pray for us. The last thing the Dems can afford is to lose Cali. It would be like us losing Texas.

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re: Sen Ted Cruz gives Aunt Mazie Hirono a lecture on the history of the Democrat Party

Posted by Figgy on 5/21/26 at 12:09 pm to L.A.

That’s how you do it, folks. Lion Ted killed her.

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re: GOP is doubling democrat/marxist mail-ins in California Governor race right now.

Posted by Figgy on 5/20/26 at 9:07 pm to kywildcatfanone

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I'm sure most of the citizens there would love a GOP governor

I sure as hell would.

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re: How’s everybody doing on this Wonderful Wednesday?

Posted by Figgy on 5/20/26 at 2:46 pm to junkyarddawg3

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We had to relieve our cocker spaniel from her suffering last week. She had lymphoma.

I’m sorry to hear that. I’m sure she was a sweetheart and was very well loved.

Our girl has bladder cancer, possible kidney issues and an autoimmune disorder that recently flared up. My wife and I promised that we wouldn’t make her suffer so it’s time to make the call with all of the issues that have presented. We got her from a breeder in Lake Charles that specializes in Border Collies. We had her flown out to San Jose and picked her up on Easter Day 2014. I’m very much of the mindset that a boy should grow up with a dog so we got her for him and vice versa. Lots of memories were made. We’ll take her one last time to the river on Saturday so that she can play and swim after her frisbee… we’ll throw in some treats too. She likes French fries :lol:

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re: CA is solving our (LA/TX) homeless problem

Posted by Figgy on 5/20/26 at 10:59 am to Kjnstkmn

I’ve seen estimates that 40% of our homeless population are from out of state. Kudos to you guys for not making it as easy as Sacramento does to be homeless. The weather probably plays a part too but there isn’t anything we can do about that. Locally, we have street signage instructing people not to give money to the beggars but to donate to charities if you feel the desire. But again, we’re simply outnumbered, so the progressives are able to do dumb things with little pushback on the state level.

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re: How’s everybody doing on this Wonderful Wednesday?

Posted by Figgy on 5/20/26 at 10:14 am to junkyarddawg3

Three weeks ago I was a summoned for jury duty, made the jury and was elected jury foreman for a murder trial. We put the bastard away for a very long time yesterday afternoon.

Two weeks ago my step mother was tested for Parkinson’s and she had a trip to the ER for heart palpitations and other stuff. She was held overnight for observation.

Last night we took our dog to the vet where we received bad news. We’re very likely to put her down within the next week. She’s a pure bred tri color short hair border collie. Great dog, a very good girl.

It’s been a rocky month for sure but it’s a new day with new opportunities and I’m thankful for that.

Then I heard about some elections back east yesterday…

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re: If the left loses the midterm they will try to start a civil war.

Posted by Figgy on 5/20/26 at 12:26 am to NashvilleTider

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Our only salvation will be our own Serbo-Croatian fanatic with a pistol.

This a-hole needs to be visited by the Secret Service at a minimum. Good Lord.

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re: Fresno California Pride

Posted by Figgy on 5/18/26 at 8:24 am to Lou

I keep telling you guys that we aren’t like SoCal and the Bay Area.

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re: AOC: “It is time for the North to pull up to the South"

Posted by Figgy on 5/16/26 at 11:21 pm to scrooster

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opening silo

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re: Poll: Have you seen the movie Glengarry Glen Ross?

Posted by Figgy on 5/15/26 at 2:18 pm to TulsaSooner78

Fantastic movie. Very well acted with a great plot. Baldwin somehow stands out even though he's only in it for maybe 8 minutes. He's that good in that role.

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re: Who’s the last Democrat you voted for in a state or national election?

Posted by Figgy on 5/14/26 at 6:43 pm to High C

Never happened and never will until after I die.

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Netanyahu wants Israel "to draw down to zero the American financial support"

Posted by Figgy on 5/11/26 at 11:44 am

Major Garrett interviewed Bibi for 60 minutes. It covers a range of topics as you can imagine.

Uranium:

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Major Garrett: Is the war with Iran over? And if it isn't, who will decide when it is?

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu: I think it accomplished a great deal, but it's not over, because there's still nuclear material, enriched-- uranium that has to be taken out of-- Iran. There are still-- enrichment sites that have to be dismantled. There are still proxies that-- Iran supports. There are ballistic missiles that they still-- want to produce. Now, we've degraded a lot of it. But all that is still there, and there's work to be done.

Major Garrett: How do you envision the highly enriched uranium will be removed from Iran?

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu: You go in, and you take it out.

Major Garrett: With what? Special Forces from Israel, Special Forces from the United States?

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu: Well, I'm not gonna talk about military means, but the pres-- what President Trump has said to me, "I want to go in there." and I think it can be done physically. That's not the problem. If you have an agreement, and you go in, and you take it out, why not? That's the best way.

Major Garrett: What if there isn't an agreement? Can it be taken out by force?

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu: Well, you're gonna ask me these questions. I'm gonna dodge them. Because I'm not gonna talk about our military-- possibilities, plans, or anything of the kind.

Iran’s influence on terror groups:

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu: I hope-- I-- no. If Iran-- if this regime is indeed weakened or possibly toppled, I think it's the end of Hezbollah, it's the end of Hamas, it's probably the end of the Houthis, because the whole scaffolding of the terrorist proxy network that Iran built collapses if the regime in Iran collapses.

Financial support from the US:

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Major Garrett: Do you believe it's time for the state of Israel to reexamine and possibly reset its financial relationship to the United States? Meaning, what the United States provides to Israel on an annual basis.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu: Absolutely. And I've said this to President Trump. I've said it in-- to our own people. Their jaws drop, but I said, "Look."

Major Garrett: What do you mean? What are you saying?

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu: I want to draw down to zero the American financial support, the financial component of the military cooperation that we have. Because we receive-- we receive $3.8 billion a year. And I-- I think that it's time that we weaned ourselves from the remaining-- military support.

Major Garrett: Can you give me a time table?

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu: I said, let's start now and do it over the next decade, over the next ten years, but I want to start now. I don't want to wait for the next Congress. I want to start now.