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    George K
    wrote on 9 Jan 2025, 13:01 last edited by
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    There is a lot of blame being tossed around, and I have to wonder how much of the criticism is valid. That said, I'll keep an open mind and wait for a "non-governement fuck-up" explanation for empty hyrants.

    Arson? I saw a video done by someone stopped at a stoplight, and he caught someone setting a fire.

    "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

    The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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      9 Jan 2025, 13:01

      There is a lot of blame being tossed around, and I have to wonder how much of the criticism is valid. That said, I'll keep an open mind and wait for a "non-governement fuck-up" explanation for empty hyrants.

      Arson? I saw a video done by someone stopped at a stoplight, and he caught someone setting a fire.

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      jon-nyc
      wrote on 9 Jan 2025, 13:46 last edited by
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      @George-K

      https://nodebb.the-new-coffee-room.club/post/319841

      Only non-witches get due process.

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        89th
        wrote on 9 Jan 2025, 13:52 last edited by
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          jon-nyc
          wrote on 9 Jan 2025, 13:54 last edited by
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          Can you zoom that out a bit so we can see where it is relative to the coastline? I assume it’s pacific pallasades.

          Only non-witches get due process.

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            89th
            wrote on 9 Jan 2025, 13:56 last edited by
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            Joe Rogan talked about this in summer 2024... he said a firefighter told him one day there will be a fire, with just the right winds that'll burn LA clear from the hills to the sea. Nothing you can do to stop it.

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              9 Jan 2025, 13:54

              Can you zoom that out a bit so we can see where it is relative to the coastline? I assume it’s pacific pallasades.

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              89th
              wrote on 9 Jan 2025, 13:56 last edited by
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              @jon-nyc said in The ‘LA fire is a tragedy’ thread:

              Can you zoom that out a bit so we can see where it is relative to the coastline? I assume it’s pacific pallasades.

              Western Altadena.

              From reddit:

              New satellite images from Maxar Technologies are giving the best view yet of just how many buildings are on fire in the Palisades and Eaton wildfires in Los Angeles.

              The images were taken at 10:45 a.m. PT, during a time of significant cloud cover across the Los Angeles area.

              Because of that, they are a mix of shortwave infrared and visible satellite images. Shortwave infrared sensors on Maxar’s satellites allow them to detect more things on the ground than are in the visible light spectrum – which is visible to the naked eye – such as heat signatures.

              Everything illuminated in orange or white indicates locations where fire has been detected.

              The imagery shows the Eaton wildfire has set nearly every building in western Altadena on fire. From the Altadena trailhead to the Mountain View Cemetery, the shortwave infrared sensor shows nearly every block is on fire. Those fires continue nearly all the way to Altadena’s east.

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                89th
                wrote on 9 Jan 2025, 13:57 last edited by
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                Separate fire from the Palisades fire.

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                  89th
                  wrote on 9 Jan 2025, 13:58 last edited by
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                    9 Jan 2025, 13:46

                    @George-K

                    https://nodebb.the-new-coffee-room.club/post/319841

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                    George K
                    wrote on 9 Jan 2025, 14:26 last edited by
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                    @jon-nyc said in The ‘LA fire is a tragedy’ thread:

                    @George-K

                    https://nodebb.the-new-coffee-room.club/post/319841

                    TY

                    "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                    The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                      Copper
                      wrote on 9 Jan 2025, 14:42 last edited by
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                      I've driven through those Hollywood Hills thinking, I know the views are terrific, but all those home are going to slide down into the canyons. I thought it would be floods or earthquake, not fire.

                      That is a huge amount of expensive real estate. I wonder if it will ever return to it's previous value.

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                        George K
                        wrote on 10 Jan 2025, 01:13 last edited by
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                        "Choot 'em"

                        "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                        The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                          Jolly
                          wrote on 10 Jan 2025, 03:00 last edited by
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                          Don't have a problem with that.

                          “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                          Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                            Friday
                            wrote on 10 Jan 2025, 03:47 last edited by
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                            I know 4 separate families whose homes have burned down. 3 in Pacific Palisades and 1 in Altadena. They are all desperately trying to find rentals, but not having any luck. I am about 35 miles south of Pacific Palisades, and even at that distance the fires seem huge.

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                              jon-nyc
                              wrote on 10 Jan 2025, 03:49 last edited by
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                              Reports are the Kenneth fire was intentionally set. It’s a couple miles from my friends house in Westlake Village.

                              Only non-witches get due process.

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                                10 Jan 2025, 03:49

                                Reports are the Kenneth fire was intentionally set. It’s a couple miles from my friends house in Westlake Village.

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                                George K
                                wrote on 10 Jan 2025, 13:21 last edited by
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                                @jon-nyc said in The ‘LA fire is a tragedy’ thread:

                                Reports are the Kenneth fire was intentionally set. It’s a couple miles from my friends house in Westlake Village.

                                "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                                The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                                  Jolly
                                  wrote on 10 Jan 2025, 13:26 last edited by
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                                  Hotel vouchers, FEMA trailers, churches, empty schools or other government buildings and long-term shelters. That's the short term.

                                  Long term? For a lot of the average size homes, is there a "California-style" home that is a 3/2? Or a 2/2? A bungalow, perhaps? Optimize the plans for material use, where full sheets of plywood are used and none of the cutoffs are over six inches. Use fire resistant materials on the outside like Hardie Board or brick. Mandate metal roofs.

                                  Offer six or seven plans like that for free, pre-approved by all zoning commissions and the state. And make those available in six weeks.

                                  “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                                  Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                                    10 Jan 2025, 13:26

                                    Hotel vouchers, FEMA trailers, churches, empty schools or other government buildings and long-term shelters. That's the short term.

                                    Long term? For a lot of the average size homes, is there a "California-style" home that is a 3/2? Or a 2/2? A bungalow, perhaps? Optimize the plans for material use, where full sheets of plywood are used and none of the cutoffs are over six inches. Use fire resistant materials on the outside like Hardie Board or brick. Mandate metal roofs.

                                    Offer six or seven plans like that for free, pre-approved by all zoning commissions and the state. And make those available in six weeks.

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                                    George K
                                    wrote on 10 Jan 2025, 13:27 last edited by
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                                    @Jolly said in The ‘LA fire is a tragedy’ thread:

                                    make those available in six weeks.

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                                    "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                                    The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                                    • G George K
                                      10 Jan 2025, 13:27

                                      @Jolly said in The ‘LA fire is a tragedy’ thread:

                                      make those available in six weeks.

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                                      Jolly
                                      wrote on 10 Jan 2025, 13:34 last edited by
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                                      @George-K said in The ‘LA fire is a tragedy’ thread:

                                      @Jolly said in The ‘LA fire is a tragedy’ thread:

                                      make those available in six weeks.

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                                      I bet architects, developers and builders already know house plans that are much like that right now. Newsom could open up that competition in two weeks, with a 48 hour submission window. Have your approval commission already picked and lock the doors on them with a three day mandate for plan approval.

                                      Winning plans would receive compensation and publicity for the submitters.

                                      “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                                      Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                                        George K
                                        wrote on 10 Jan 2025, 15:15 last edited by
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                                        It's a tragedy and a crime scene:

                                        "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                                        The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                                          89th
                                          wrote on 10 Jan 2025, 15:47 last edited by
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                                          Lots of folks looking for looting or "let's burn more" opportunities, for sure.

                                          The videos and before/after pictures continue to be hard to fathom.

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