The ‘man did California authorities screw the pooch’ thread
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wrote on 11 Jan 2025, 01:50 last edited by
Idiots
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wrote on 11 Jan 2025, 01:51 last edited by
Tik Tok folks are focused on the Renicks who I am told use more water than all of Los Angeles. Story
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Tik Tok folks are focused on the Renicks who I am told use more water than all of Los Angeles. Story
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wrote on 11 Jan 2025, 11:43 last edited by
City Journal (Manhattan Institute) article worth the read.
“A recent analysis by my colleagues at the Property and Environment Research Center underscores just how cumbersome NEPA-related delays can be for the projects most needed to reduce fire risks. On average, it takes 3.6 years to begin a mechanical thinning project and 4.7 years to implement a prescribed burn after the U.S. Forest Service initiates the environmental review process. For large projects requiring environmental impact statements, the timeline stretches even longer, averaging 5.3 years for mechanical treatments and 7.2 years for prescribed burns.
https://www.city-journal.org/article/la-wildfires-forest-management-regulatory-reform
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wrote on 11 Jan 2025, 12:29 last edited by Jolly 1 Nov 2025, 12:30
Even a broken clock is right twice a day.
My favorite Jesse Jackson term... The paralysis of analysis.
Sums things up in four words.
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Even a broken clock is right twice a day.
My favorite Jesse Jackson term... The paralysis of analysis.
Sums things up in four words.
wrote on 11 Jan 2025, 13:27 last edited by jon-nyc 1 Nov 2025, 13:27@Jolly said in The ‘man did California authorities screw the pooch’ thread:
Even a broken clock is right twice a day.
I’m guessing you’re unfamiliar with both the Manhattan Institute and the City Journal.
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wrote on 11 Jan 2025, 13:32 last edited by
Here’s your broken clock. You might recognize some names.
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Here’s your broken clock. You might recognize some names.
wrote on 11 Jan 2025, 13:40 last edited by@jon-nyc said in The ‘man did California authorities screw the pooch’ thread:
Here’s your broken clock. You might recognize some names.
Recognize some of them. But I knew they were mostly conservatives, since most of the women are attractive.
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@jon-nyc said in The ‘man did California authorities screw the pooch’ thread:
Here’s your broken clock. You might recognize some names.
Recognize some of them. But I knew they were mostly conservatives, since most of the women are attractive.
wrote on 11 Jan 2025, 15:27 last edited by@Jolly said in The ‘man did California authorities screw the pooch’ thread:
Recognize some of them.
Did the other kids ever make fun of him in school?
Be more careful when you name your child.
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wrote on 13 Jan 2025, 01:36 last edited by
@George
I think Newsom did too. They might be telling half-truths. Like the existing reservoirs were in fact full but the additional ones the state was supposed to build and fill never happened.
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I saw a story that firefighters and equipment are leaving Oregon to help out in California.
https://www.opb.org/article/2025/01/08/oregon-sending-crews-help-battle-los-angeles-area-wildfires/
However, an unverified claim states until they are certified by the DOT in Sacramento, they can't proceed. Story doesn't address that.
wrote on 13 Jan 2025, 01:47 last edited by@George-K said in The ‘man did California authorities screw the pooch’ thread:
I saw a story that firefighters and equipment are leaving Oregon to help out in California.
https://www.opb.org/article/2025/01/08/oregon-sending-crews-help-battle-los-angeles-area-wildfires/
However, an unverified claim states until they are certified by the DOT in Sacramento, they can't proceed. Story doesn't address that.
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wrote on 13 Jan 2025, 02:10 last edited by
Compare and contrast DeSantis and the management of multiple hurricanes during his time as Governor with Newsome’s management of the fire…
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wrote on 13 Jan 2025, 03:00 last edited by jon-nyc
Though in fairness, the hurricanes have been Cat 3s and 4s, similar to most years in FL. These LA fires are pretty historic in their scope. Also you see the hurricanes coming with advanced notice including a good idea of their path.
Not that I disagree with the point that CA sucks at this. But still its not a fair comparison.
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wrote on 13 Jan 2025, 15:40 last edited by
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wrote on 13 Jan 2025, 15:46 last edited by
Los Angeles fire chief Kristin Crowley warned city officials in November that her department had about half as many firefighters as it needed. When deadly wildfires struck the city two months later, Mayor Karen Bass's administration pulled Crowley's memo from its website.
Crowley wrote to the city's fire commissioners—a five-person board appointed by Bass—on Nov. 18 and asked them to transmit the message to Bass and the city council. The fire department's size, she said, hadn't increased in decades despite significant population growth.
"In many ways, the current staffing, deployment model, and size of the LAFD have not changed since the 1960s," wrote Crowley, who also complained that a spike in emergency calls and a shortage of fire stations had led to longer response times. In 2022, Crowley said, 61 percent of the department's firefighters failed to meet the 4-minute first response time, a national firefighting standard. The National Fire Protection Association, meanwhile, recommends that cities like Los Angeles employ some 1.51 to 1.81 firefighters per 1,000 residents. But Los Angeles, Crowley wrote, only staffs 0.91 firefighters per 1,000 people.
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wrote on 13 Jan 2025, 15:56 last edited by
No doubt it’s a problem generally but I wonder if the fast exhaustion of water made that irrelevant. In other words maybe water was the limiting factor rather than manpower.
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wrote on 13 Jan 2025, 16:39 last edited by
I get that it’s comedy but she lives there.
True story - she has a Netflix series coming up that features the beauty and culture of SoCal. She’s asked them to postpone the launch.
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wrote on 13 Jan 2025, 17:39 last edited by
Is it called New Glenn? (rimshot)
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wrote on 13 Jan 2025, 17:39 last edited by
@George-K said in The ‘man did California authorities screw the pooch’ thread:
Is Newsom trying out for a sign language interpreter job? I've never see someone use their hands so much when speaking.
