Subj : Re: LA Fires
To   : Al
From : Gamgee
Date : Mon Jan 13 2025 08:07 am

-=> Al wrote to Gamgee <=-

 > -=> poindexter FORTRAN wrote to Dumas Walker <=-

 > This disaster didn't happen because of "crumbling infrastructure".  The
 > pipes worked fine.  The cause of it was how
 > budgets/equipment/preparations were gutted by Democrat policies, even in
 > the face of overwhelming warnings given.  It was more important to
 > shelter illegal aliens and support LGBQT folks

 Al> This has nothing to do with illegal immigrants or LGBTQ folks.

Not directly, no, and I didn't say it did.  If you read what I said, it 
says that budgets were diverted to those things, which could have been 
better used to support the fire department(s).  It's an easy search to 
find out that fire budgets were slashed, who did that, and for what 
purpose.

 Al> There is not a fire depatrment anywhere in the world that can take on a
 Al> fire like those happening in the LA area. If there is a fire in your
 Al> house you call the fire dept and they come and put out the fire. If
 Al> they get there early enough the damage may be minimal or if the fire
 Al> rages enough the damage will be bigger.

 Al> These fires are very different.

Agreed on all of that.

 > than it was to protect the general population from obvious and looming
 > threats.  Really, it's that simple.

 Al> The LA fire dept is there to protect people. Fire and hurricane force
 Al> winds and dry conditions don't mix very well.

True, of course.  What might have made a difference is that nobody did 
any (pre-fire) preventive work, such as the critical removal of dry 
"underbrush" which was prevalent there.  The best way to rapidly let a 
fire move along.  It should have been removed, as was warned/suggested 
many times.  Lazy homeowners and under-funded public safety departments 
played a big part in this.  The super-high Santa Ana winds were not a 
surprise, either.  Predicted and warned, and ignored.  <SHRUG>

Another question is why there was no water in many/most of the hydrants.  
"Drought" is not the answer to that, by the way.  Mis-management of 
water resources (and again the pesky budget management issue) was the 
cause of that.


.... I'd love to help you out.  Which way did you come in?
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