Unknown Soldier
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I also love when business owners replace governments. What is the word I am looking for....
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Santa Monica issuing evacuation order
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Cyberpunkd
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All the people not on T-Mobile - die pleb. If only phones in the US were unlocked so you could buy a disposable T-Mobile SIM card...
That's what true freedom is about, limiting your options.
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Cyberpunkd
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On the top end of that wage scale they will earn just above $300 per month while putting their lives in danger every moment!BTW I was astonished to find out that there are currently 400 inmates working as firefighters to put out the flames in LA.
‘Essential’: nearly 400 incarcerated firefighters deployed as LA battles wildfires
The firefighters earn $5.80-$10.24 per day plus $1 an hour when responding to active emergencies, according to CDCRwww.theguardian.com
0neAnd0nly
Member
According to Fox 11 News LA, there is 1 suspect in custody for Arson regarding the Kenneth Fire.
ManaByte
Member
Don’t get excited, this is California. He’ll get a slap on the wrist and be released in two hours.
MisterFalcon
Member
Are we sure the fires were not started by Musk overloading some Teslas remotely to punish California for being so woke?
kruis
Exposing the sinister cartel of retailers who allow companies to pay for advertising space.
The Sum of Zero
Member
Meanwhile, in fucking Alabama of all places
Wish I could send this shit back west, you guys in California need it way more.
Wish I could send this shit back west, you guys in California need it way more.
rm082e
Member
Meanwhile, in fucking Alabama of all places
Wish I could send this shit back west, you guys in California need it way more.
Same here. We got about 6" in Tulsa over the last 24 hours. I'm not looking forward to shoveling today.
Mr Reasonable
Completely Unreasonable
You wonder what the point in taking questions is when there's no intention to answer them.
Should have just put out a statement and got on with doing something productive.
ManaByte
Member
Because she's an idiot who should've never even been on the ballot in the first place. But it's Los Angeles so...
VolticArchangel
Member
These are straight out of some disaster movies, not real life. What in the fuck.
Please stay safe and get out even at the first sign of spreading to your area, CaliGAF! Lives are more important than your material property.
Mr Reasonable
Completely Unreasonable
Irrespective of that, the people who organised her appearance and told her what she was doing should have worked out what was going to happen and planned appropriately. Having her not be able to answer questions is bad, but it's also not helpful to anyone, so it seems ridiculous to plan to take questions.
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ManaByte
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Idiot hires idiot. Welcome to California.
kruis
Exposing the sinister cartel of retailers who allow companies to pay for advertising space.
24 fires a day: Surge in flames at L.A. homeless encampments a growing crisis
In the three years since the Los Angeles Fire Department began tracking them, fires related to homeless camps have more than doubled.
www.latimes.com
Up in flames: Rising number of homeless fires threatens LA neighborhoods
Some fires at Los Angeles homeless encampment are apparently started when the homeless tap into city electrical wires to bring power to their tents.
www.nbclosangeles.com
Homeless Encampment Fires Account For 80% Of Blazes Plaguing DTLA In Recent Weeks: 'It's So Sad'
Residents and business owners are growing frustrated and worried about the rash of homeless encampment fires that have been seen across the Southland.
www.cbsnews.com
DonkeyPunchJr
World’s Biggest Weeb
Adam Carolla describing his attempt to join the LA fire department as a white guy.
diffusionx
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Maybe this situation will wake people up as to the real nature of the homeless population, about 10 years too late.
24 fires a day: Surge in flames at L.A. homeless encampments a growing crisis
In the three years since the Los Angeles Fire Department began tracking them, fires related to homeless camps have more than doubled.
Up in flames: Rising number of homeless fires threatens LA neighborhoods
Some fires at Los Angeles homeless encampment are apparently started when the homeless tap into city electrical wires to bring power to their tents.
Homeless Encampment Fires Account For 80% Of Blazes Plaguing DTLA In Recent Weeks: 'It's So Sad'
Residents and business owners are growing frustrated and worried about the rash of homeless encampment fires that have been seen across the Southland.
Maybe this situation will wake people up as to the real nature of the homeless population, about 10 years too late.
Madflavor
Member
Yo that's Ms. Trunchbull.
ManaByte
Member
The Coastal Commission quickly posted a panicked PR announcement on their website claiming that existing structures won't require the years-long costal building permit to rebuild
Of course that's not the only red tape people are going to have to get over there and waiving that one permit doesn't wave the other environmental problems they're going to run into in Current Year CA. The Twitter post is right, the people who lost their homes aren't going to be able to rebuild there for years.
ManaByte
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Again, I lived there for 45 years and didn't want to leave. But Newsom has destroyed the state. It's impossible to live there now. You can't own a home there. My brother-in-law has a house with similar square footage as mine in TN. He pays about $1,000 a month in an electric bill. I've never paid more than $200, and that was during a deep freeze. Most months I only pay $100-140, only going higher in the winter. The month after I escaped CA they also QUADRUPLED gas bills. A co-worker of mine got out the month after I did and his gas bill went from $40 a month to over $400. And you don't even want to know what gas prices for your car are thanks to how many taxes they slap on that at the pump. Car registrations are also all fucked up there. You'd be lucky to get away with $200-300 a year for your tag, I now just pay $60.
I could always transfer back there, and hell there's an opportunity for me to later this year. But because of the cost of living there now, it's not worth it.
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Thats how social media works now. Put out 20 completely bullshit 'articles' to the sheep can have their entire search page filled with seemingly 'legit' sources to feed their confirmation bias. I can see this happening to my feeds all the time. There is no concept of "objective, balanced, and factual" reporting anymore.
Tams
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I think we can focus on her job performance before going after her accent. That type of 'attack' just opens you up to a "you're racist" response and dismissal. IMHO the conversation would be MUCH better if folks stayed on performance topics ONLY and let the DEI stuff go, especially when we have AMPLE evidence of systemic performance failures across the board. Keep it clean and professional so there is no easy retaliatory cover fire to distract from the real issues.
A expose on the hiring process for these high level positions would be interesting. I'm not sure what qualifications/emphasis you would even choose for such a position. Business knowledge, managerial experience, engineering?
The real issue is do they rebuild to a higher fire-resistant standard, or do they put up even WORSE stuff? Typically this type of "reset to zero" event is an opportunity to radically rethink the plan, especially since we KNOW the fire risk isn't going away.
DeepEnigma
Gold Member
DragoonKain
Neighbours from Hell
Prediction: you’re gonna hear comedians making this joke in their new acts
“My condolences to everyone who lost their homes or loved ones in the LA wildfires, it’s devastating. And even worse you had home insurers dropping tons of people from their coverage totally screwing them over. The most devastated of all is Luigi Mangione who’s sitting there in prison like FUCK I targeted the wrong insurance CEO.”
“My condolences to everyone who lost their homes or loved ones in the LA wildfires, it’s devastating. And even worse you had home insurers dropping tons of people from their coverage totally screwing them over. The most devastated of all is Luigi Mangione who’s sitting there in prison like FUCK I targeted the wrong insurance CEO.”
Thats an interesting one. Is it the fault of insurance companies to be able to provide coverage, the fault of the homeowner for living in a tinderbox, or the fault of the gov for not making it LESS of a tinderbox so the insurance companies can actually provide coverage? It's like flood insurance. If I'm in a big flood plain OF COURSE no company will or even should, insure me, at least not without an exorbitant rate. Because I'm in a FLOOD PLAIN. If I'm in a "fire plain" like most of this part of California, where lies the fault? I'd say its with the voters who elected folks who didn't do shit to fix the problem....for years and years and years, and years!
We are gonna see a lot of sympathy pleas from the MSM to get the feds to write a massive check and cover this whole thing so the California politicians can keep on grifting and nothing will change. Will it work? Or will Cali FINALLY figure their shit out and put consequences on their DECADES of poor leadership and management?
paolo11
Member
You rock. Stay safe. It’s a test of faith for us
LordCBH
Member
How are the building codes in Cali right now? I know where I live we get tornadoes, and a lot of even new homes are not meeting code yet still getting the pass.
Dural
Member
The insurance companies weren't allowed to increase rates on properties they deemed at risk due to California bureaucracy so they just cancelled the insurance.
This NBC video shows people running out of water trying to save their homes.
Effspot has a couple crazy videos from the last couple days, the Pacific palisades one from Tuesday was nuts. There was no police or fire in the area at all.
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Ownage
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Cue the Mario or Bowser jokes.
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DeepEnigma
Gold Member
I can see late night "comedians" totally missing the forest through the trees in that the bureaucracy and red tape regulations everywhere by their selected officials made it so it would bankrupt insurance agencies if they were forced to cover but never raise rates seeing a ripe for wild fire conditions those very officials allowed to permeate from their shit decisions and taxpayer fleecing.
The real frustrating part, is a lot of these movie stars get federal subsidized insurance for their homes, so the taxpayer, YES THE TAXPAYER will cover their mansions, something the common peasant folk won't have access to.
Wheeljack539
Member
I think the case that one can make is that by at least mitigating the issue by actually removing the brush and proper forestation cleanup efforts. Of course it doesn't remove the danger but it could bring the risk down enough to get insurancers to the table in managing and negotiating premiums. But that of course needs the government's help in actually doing the job right.
diffusionx
Gold Member
Anything can be insured. Look up Lloyd's of London. But it has a price. The point is the California Insurance Department didn't let the companies price the insurance properly. And when I say that I mean it literally. Companies have to go to the government to get their rates approved - true of all 50 states. Every insurance rate you pay is approved by a state regulator.
There are some other issues with the way these policies were priced in the states and I'm not an expert on it, but that is the basic reason. So after a while you just cannot take on these risks without adequate compensation and you decide it's better to leave.
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DeepEnigma
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This wildfire would have bankrupted a lot of insurance companies, and people would be assed out with not only not getting anything on their returns, but now without insurance. Thus, good luck getting a mortgage without HOIs since companies will refuse to insure the area without compensation for such high risks due to regulations and policies that made it a ripe tinder box.
This is all by design, you see. Now the municipals and their buddy bureaucrats will be sucking up cheap land to build on. Just in time for the 2028 Olympics.
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