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I've skipped over the last few pages and missed what led to this, got busy this week, but you should check out the link I shared a link on pg 1. It's not the only one saying something similar, but this is the beginning of a new norm.
Imagine being a sea lion out for a casual swim................."WTF IS GOING ON HERE"
Hopefully light rains. Anything heavy is going to pose massive landslide risk after these fires.
The problem comes when it's less of an anomaly and more of a regular occurrence. It is changing based on hurricane patterns. (I live in Houston.)
EPA Guidelines are the following:
Yep. On the northern end up above pch
One of the two super scoopers used in fighting the fires got hit by an unauthorized drone yesterday and had its wing damaged. Now it is unusable for at least the near future. Murphy’s law in full effect.
My assumption would be that they land this thing at LAX and get some crack airframe mechanics to patch it up. Lord knows this has to be one of the best places in the world to find qualified folks to get this done.
I agree, but I know that the protocols/regulations for aviation can be pretty insane. Being from California, I can tell you that we are a state that is a breeding ground for its own regulations—so I’m really hoping that they can work out a balance here. I certainly wouldn’t want any pilots flying any sort of compromised aircraft, but I also don’t want to see fires raging on (especially since they are projecting another wind event Monday-Tuesday-Wednesday) and more people losing life and property.
Should be back in action by Monday. Good job drone guy.
More information on that plane getting hit: https://www.twz.com/air/one-of-just...es-taken-out-of-palisades-fire-fight-by-drone
i hope he gets arrested right away. it's a federal mandate, right? good opportunity for the faa to create a precedence on the stupid.
As a general note on the Super Scoopers - they are leased (and have been leased for quite a while) by the US by my understanding. So it is a long standing thing there, not some emergency flight from Quebec.I see we've reached that point in the thread where political drive-bys are encouraged now. Good to know.Such nonsense. I hope they can find who is responsible and drop the hammer.
Also good to see that Canada can still act like good neighbours even while an incoming president threatens to destabilize our country
www.latimes.com
So, evidently there was less water available. The Palisades water reservoir was empty at the time of the fires.
State to probe why Pacific Palisades reservoir was offline, empty when firestorm exploded
A reservoir in the Palisades that holds 117 million gallons of water was offline this month for previously scheduled maintenance.
If we ran out of road salt during the winter, there would be consequences, and nobody's house ever burned down because of a lack of road salt. I'm not a huge fan of my state's government, but they do get the basic "night watchman" functions right, at least.So, evidently there was less water available. The Palisades water reservoir was empty at the time of the fires.
State to probe why Pacific Palisades reservoir was offline, empty when firestorm exploded
A reservoir in the Palisades that holds 117 million gallons of water was offline this month for previously scheduled maintenance.
More damage than Katrina. More consistently strong winds than anyone has seen before in LA. Nothing anomalous about that…….
You guys should really start throwing a flag on the first shove. I reported that post two hours before responding to it. I am trying to do what you asked by reporting posts that are clearly over the "no politics" line, but you only follow up to the responses.
I'm thinking we'll see more fires, high winds. Hopefully not as bad as this, and hopefully we continue to improve our preemptory mitigation and also the ability to respond. But the global climate has changed over the last 150 years. This is a symptom of that change.
California was already heading toward what we see in Florida — brand name carriers basically leaving the state as related to homeowners insurance, leaving the market in dire straits with nowhere near enough coverage, far higher deductibles, and far higher prices. Will we under-capitalized, financially unreliable California-only insurers dominating the homeowners market like we see in Florida? I hope not — it’s a recipe for instability. But the CA insurance commissioner has perverse incentives to do exactly the wrong thing.
Good on you. During/after the Santa Rosa fires we had a mom and her two daughters staying with us for several weeks. Do what you can to help others when you’re able.
Damn, sorry to hear it. Palisades or Altadena?
I hope they can get it cut down before it gets closer. Just in case, start prepping to go. I know it sucks (we had to evac Tues night), but be ready.
I agree with a lot of this. Stuff like this is why I never understood the anti-clean energy argument. People think mass adoption of sola/wind/nuclear and electric transportation is expensive? Wait until they see the bill for NOT moving to renewable energy.
Your family safe? Your home?
I don't understand why you're concerned with terrorism. You've been asking about it, and have been answered about it, multiple times in this thread. But you keep bringing it up, and I don't understand why. What are you reading or hearing (and from who) that says terrorism is a legit concern in these fires?
I have State Farm. Had it for 24 years at my current residence. My agent was my friend before I got insurance with her. When there were fires across the street from me, I called her and she said you’re good. Don’t worry about it. Then there was another fire across the canyon. Multiple 10M plus houses burned. Over the years there are more isolated incidents. Some huge fires. So far so good. I’m grandfathered in, in her words. No chance they drop me. I’ll be calling her in the next few weeks to ensure this is still the case.
The internet is full of lemmings. It’s frightening.
Some brilliant bulbs running the emergency over there.
