Looks like Hollywood may be gone by tomorrow morning…..
Horrendous new fire. Just found out a client’s home burned to the ground. Lost everything. Very sad.
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Link:
Click me!
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...but you already knew that.
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no evidence of that. Until there is, I'm going to go on the fact that CA wildfires happen every year, that high winds make those fires do crazy things, and that there is some inevitability to it, just like it's inevitable that the OBX will one day be wiped out.
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...causes the most property damage and potentially takes the most lives, not to mention the odds of getting caught are far lower?
(1) renting a Ford F-150 EV truck and mowing down people in New Orleans, or
(2) setting fires in southern California when the winds are their worst. Once you set the first and it burns out of control, you can move on to the next section and light fires there.
Feel free to use your calculator.
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campfire (that he probably wasn't supposed to start) than a terrorist biding their time and waiting for 100mph to fan the flames to burn a city down.
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...decided to have a campfire in Hollywood and let it get out of control?
Ummmm...sure.
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** Edited by reestuart at 1/9/2025, 11:18:46 AM
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Simple and very cheap way to destroy a lot of property and kill people.
Wonder if the LA mayor will cut another $17M out of the LAFD budget this year?
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...but is there anything nowadays that doesn't have some sort of conspiracy theory behind it?
Maybe the real conspiracy theory is why is everything a conspiracy theory?
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us from the truth
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explanations to just about anything.
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I do wonder what the reasoning for cutting the fire department was, though. Seems dumb.
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time, but I've never heard of it being done by a terrorist.
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...the last four years, and there were definitely terrorists in that group. For anyone who thinks they'll now be good little people are follow our laws are delusional.
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Get your heads out of your butts and look!!!
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oh wait, I forgot the govt wants the fires so they can get the land cheap. Excuse me while I go put my tin foil hat back on.
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for the mining. Next step will be the government seizing land and moving the people out to Anaheim.
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Including his 10 Olympic medals. Got out with his dog, a painting of his grandfather, and some documents.
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That happening before in modern America.
If there were major earthquakes that destroyed water mains, that would be expected. But not from just not having enough water or pressure. That is just disgusting. People have now died.
Worked with LAFD special operations previously- there are a ton of problems within LAFD. Had no idea something this bad could happen, but likely a lot of those guys had no idea either. Have heard there was no pre-staging of equipment.
** Edited by reconhokie at 1/9/2025, 4:49:39 AM
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work from there....The current conditions weren't unimaginable as it has been discussed on a leading podcast (...i.e. with the right conditions, fire will burn to the sea). With 20-60mph winds, there isn't a 100% solution, but the un-educated me thinks that 40% could have been prevented with deforestation/line management, water prep, etc...Scalping mountains is ugly and maybe unacceptable...and maybe ineffective idk...But there have to be mitigation actions that reduce the annual burn.
Sad for those impacted...
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Does the vegetation help prevent landslides?
I'm guessing the solution WOULD have been to not allow development in the hills. Then you could clear fire lines at the base of the hills. Let the hills burn and regrow like they have for eons.
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For Hollywood being gone, I'm not as sad
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It’s horrible. I know two people in Pacific Palisades who lost their homes
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Everything is very dry. Another nervous night.
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and prayers for your safety. Very sad for all those affected and will probably be sad for all in the coming days as the blame game gets cranked up and MMQB begins.
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Hoping for the best.
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Have they been able to get helicopters in the air yet?
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When we had a fire 2 years ago, I took this pic from my backyard….
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