January 16Jan 16 5 hours ago, paco said: Who are 16 people who have never been in my kitchen. I think. Notice a pattern?
January 16Jan 16 The narrative now seems to be that there was nothing that could be done any differently or better to stop these fires. If that's true, and there's nothing that we can do about them, then not 1 dime to rebuild in those areas. Why would we spend money to rebuild there when there's nothing we can do to stop it from happening again?
January 16Jan 16 On 1/15/2025 at 9:00 AM, Alpha_TATEr said: jerk, beat about 300 other posters to it. My only qualm with reason was as an experienced drunkard I doubt he'd break the seal that early.
January 16Jan 16 On 1/15/2025 at 11:24 AM, DrPhilly said: The reason I looked it up was to see if 2024 was an outlier in terms of rainfall totals OR if the years with higher rainfall totals was increasing. It wasn't and they aren't. I'm fully aware that they get a good chunk of rain in LA in the winter. As for Houston, the data does show that hurricanes are becoming more numerous and on average more powerful in the Gulf of Mexico. That doesn't mean anything for LA. I think you mean the Gulf of Freedomerica.
January 16Jan 16 5 minutes ago, It Hurts said: 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Explain how you would have fought the fire in 100mph+ winds.
January 16Jan 16 21 minutes ago, Tnt4philly said: Explain how you would have fought the fire in 100mph+ winds.
January 16Jan 16 23 minutes ago, Tnt4philly said: Explain how you would have fought the fire in 100mph+ winds. These are quite literally the people he was mocking and they STILL lack the self-awareness to realize it.
January 17Jan 17 This is pretty cool. https://www.inc.com/nick-hawkins/this-founder-is-hustling-to-turn-las-swimming-pools-into-fire-hydrants/91106626
January 17Jan 17 10 hours ago, Alpha_TATEr said: only issue is, you'd never have the balls to apply for the job to begin with. Wrong
January 17Jan 17 6 hours ago, The_Omega said: The narrative now seems to be that there was nothing that could be done any differently or better to stop these fires. If that's true, and there's nothing that we can do about them, then not 1 dime to rebuild in those areas. Why would we spend money to rebuild there when there's nothing we can do to stop it from happening again? OBX
January 17Jan 17 6 hours ago, Tnt4philly said: Explain how you would have fought the fire in 100mph+ winds. Prior brush removal and maintenance Full water reservoirs Stop budget cutting the fire departments Just a few common sense ideas to get the conversation going
January 17Jan 17 14 hours ago, The_Omega said: The narrative now seems to be that there was nothing that could be done any differently or better to stop these fires. If that's true, and there's nothing that we can do about them, then not 1 dime to rebuild in those areas. Why would we spend money to rebuild there when there's nothing we can do to stop it from happening again? Cool idea Sarah, do that for every tornado, hurricane, and flood impacted home too while you're at it.
January 17Jan 17 Author Remember that time a tornado took out half of Fort Worth TX? And those annual floods in NOLA
January 17Jan 17 10 hours ago, barho said: Well, maybe you’re right actually. i right there with you.
January 17Jan 17 14 hours ago, Tnt4philly said: Explain how you would have fought the fire in 100mph+ winds. 14 hours ago, Paul852 said: These are quite literally the people he was mocking and they STILL lack the self-awareness to realize it. Libtards have the memory spans of houseflies. We've already been over the many layers of government failure and incompetence that exacerbated the tragedy. Remember that word, Paul? We already had this exact conversation. I swear, all it takes is a comedian making snarky comments on a lib late night show and it like completely erases their memories and reprograms the preferred narrative in their brains. "Yeah but tell me how government could have stopped the wind gusts, hmmm. Checkmate!"
January 17Jan 17 Just now, Kz! said: Libtards have the memory spans of houseflies. We've already been over the many layers of government failure and incompetence that exacerbated the tragedy. Remember that word, Paul? We already had this exact conversation. I swear, all it takes is a comedian making snarky comments on a lib late night show and it like completely erases their memories and reprograms the preferred narrative in their brains. "Yeah but tell me how government could have stopped the wind gusts, hmmm. Checkmate!" So how would have you fought the fire in 100mph winds? It should be a simple question for an expert fire fighter such as yourself.
January 17Jan 17 11 minutes ago, Tnt4philly said: So how would have you fought the fire in 100mph winds? It should be a simple question for an expert fire fighter such as yourself. "clear the brush beforehand" is pretty much their answer.
January 17Jan 17 16 minutes ago, Tnt4philly said: So how would have you fought the fire in 100mph winds? It should be a simple question for an expert fire fighter such as yourself. Yep, guess we'll just have to go back over all the failures of dem leadership again because your brain was fried by a late night talk show. For the billionth time, it wasn't about magically stopping an inferno in 100mph winds, it was about dem leadership failing to take basic steps that could have mitigated the damage. On 1/10/2025 at 10:16 AM, Kz! said: On 1/10/2025 at 11:39 AM, Kz! said: "Yeah, but like how specifically did democrat politicians exacerbate the crisis? Are you saying it's their fault it was windy or something?" On 1/10/2025 at 11:55 AM, Kz! said: "But like in what way has democrat leadership failed here?" On 1/10/2025 at 12:02 PM, Kz! said: Everything, and I mean everything, right down to running insurance companies out of the area is the fault of democrats. It honestly is truly remarkable just how disastrous electing democrats is. So yeah, basic forest management. Basic water management. Not spending over a billion on homeless people while leaving the FD underfunded. Making sure hydrants actually have water in them. All of these things would have helped mitigate the damage. This wasn't some unforeseeable event, either. People have been sounding the alarm on all this stuff for years. Dems don't care because they're awful, inefficient leaders. But anyway, there you go. I look forward to having this exact same conversation with you in about 48 hours. "bUt WhAt CoUlD tHeY hAvE dOnE tO sToP tHe FiReS iN tHe WiNd, Mr ExPeRt?"
January 17Jan 17 Author 10 minutes ago, Paul852 said: "clear the brush beforehand" is pretty much their answer. Clear the brush, or if you want to get REALLY stupid "Rake the forest", isn't feasable. But dead tree removal to create (I don't know the term, I'm not here pretending to be a wild fire expert.... open air barriers?) is. Maybe I missed it, but was something like the pic below completely neglected? Or did they do this, but the winds were so bad it crossed the (open air barrier?)?
January 17Jan 17 13 minutes ago, Paul852 said: "clear the brush beforehand" is pretty much their answer. Yeah, forest management is such an inconsequential part of preventing wildfires. And who cares if the fire hydrants are empty. Ain't the government's fault!
January 17Jan 17 I hope they vote for Republicans so we can see all these solutions. God knows they're known for getting sh** done.
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