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They have the big tankers working now hopefully they can get a handle on this disaster

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where were these planes the last 3 days?

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Trying to find blue powder

aggiehawg said:

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WOW! They just can't catch a break can they?

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either that or God is going back to his Old Testament roots......

Swan Song said:

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I always think of Woods in Casino.

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Have never actually watched that. But true story time (well my good friend's story.)

He was in Vegas and accidentally walked into the filming of scene for that movie. He saw a woman standing off to the side and asked, "Who is that guy?" She replied, "Bobby DeNiro."

His friend who had been paying the cab and getting the luggage out of the trunk came up to him and said, "Dude, you realize you just asked Sharon Stone who Robert DeNiro is?"

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— MAGA Marine (@Butch_britton1) January 11, 2025

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— MAGA Marine (@Butch_britton1) January 11, 2025

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That's a shame

Haven't read the whole thread but have we discussed the fire trucks Oregon sent to Cali being stopped in Sacramento for EMISSIONS INSPECTIONS?!?

That's the most California thing ever and those people deserve everything they are getting.

This is from my friend @ericspiegelman, who served as a commissioner under both Mayor Garcetti (and then Bass, for a moment).
There is no end to the ball-dropping this week by Karen Bass and her office. pic.twitter.com/yEPJ5pQ9HK

— Justine Bateman (@JustineBateman) January 11, 2025

If true, Bass will go down in history as the incompetent mayor who let her city pass Chicago as having the most damaging fire in U.S. history. $150 billion just went up in smoke, and the cost is still rising.

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— MAGA Marine (@Butch_britton1) January 11, 2025

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So sad. She is basically a pauper if she is down to her last few millions in cash and just one mansion. I would go as far to say she is now one of the many " Unhoused " in California. The good news is there is a lot of money in whipping up hate for whitey. She will be back on her feet in no time and be able to continue to live FAR FAR FAR AWAY FROM ANY AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY!!!!

bmks270 said:

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MarkTwain said:

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They have the big tankers working now hopefully they can get a handle on this disaster

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where were these planes the last 3 days?

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Winds and turbulence have kept them at bay. It is incredibly dangerous to fly them even in optimal conditions, but when you have winds on the ground at 40mph and gusting to 80mph or more, they simply cannot do the low and slow passes required without the extreme risk of being slammed into the ground by winds. Also, bear in mind that a firefighting plane dropping tens of thousands of gallons is dropping the majority of its weight, and its thrust, lift, and responsiveness are going to be drastically changing within the seconds that release. A bomber at 30k feet probably won't care much, but a firefighter at 200 feet going over random updrafts and downdrafts because of wildfires, sometimes in a canyon, is going to be in a world of **** trying to stay on target and maintain control.

Amazing how dangerous DEI /Affirmative Action is. Let this sink in. Three lesbians, 3 females who would have NEVER QUALIFIED to be firefighters if marxist hadn't put their finger on the scales the whole time in these " Ladies " careers. These 3 idiotic women ended up running one of the largest safety programs in the United States that is 95% male. Think about this, the elites are saying out of a group that consist of 95% males and thousands of males. For the top most important jobs in that group they could not find ANY MALES that were qualified / good enough to run it ??? Not one for the top positions ???? An organization that SAVES PEOPLES LIVES EVERYDAY !!! These 3 women have killed countless people and caused billions of dollars of damages. Just think of all the lives that would not have been lost or destroyed/altered forever if MERIT and not melanin/ovaries/homosexuality had been the driving influence in public policy /public safety. This really should show people how little the leftist elites care about the people. Just to push militant feminism/homosexuality /racism they were willing to PUT thousands and thousands of people's lives at risk or to straight- up kill them at the altar of militant liberalism !!!!

I guess Newsom was…wrong about this:

Southern California's water supplies are well-equipped to support local communities fighting the wildfires. Many of the state’s largest reservoirs are currently at or above their historic average storage levels for this time of year. pic.twitter.com/A7KZRJKBNA

— Governor Newsom (@CAgovernor) January 9, 2025

Well, most reservoirs were near their limits;

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According the latest hydrologist report, "Major flood control reservoirs are either near their respective top of conservation levels or below." Precipitation has been slow in the first couple of weeks of the year, but the "The statewide accumulated precipitation to end of November 2024 was 5.22 inches, which is 132% of average." The snowpack, which is also where water is stored, and Gavin Newsom lets flow out to the Pacific Ocean to "save" a bait fish, is growing. "The statewide average snow water equivalent (SWE) was 5.1 inches for December 1, which is 168% percent of normal and 19% of April 1 average."

In other words, there's been precipitation remember all those atmospheric rivers? and if there were more storage there would be more water available for drinking and fighting fires.

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But Pacific Palisades was offline for months for 'maintenance'

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In addition to the "investigation" by Newsom, the New York Times reported that the Department of Water and Power, whose job it is to fill the reservoirs, is looking into whether the empty Santa Ynez reservoir in Pacific Palisades made a difference in their fire response. We are not kidding.
See if you can spot a problem for the DWP in the Times' piece.

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Water for the Pacific Palisades is fed by a 36-inch line that flows by gravity from the larger Stone Canyon Reservoir, said Marty Adams, a former general manager and chief engineer at the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power. That water line also fills the Santa Ynez Reservoir.
Water from the two reservoirs then sustain the water system for the Pacific Palisades, and also pump systems that fill storage tanks that feed higher-elevation homes in the neighborhood. It was unclear whether officials could have brought the reservoir back online before the fire, after forecasters began warning of dangerous wildfire conditions.

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Good thing they hired that failed PG&E exec for 750K/year to run their reservoirs in LA County:

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Brother Shamus said:

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I take it the fires are still out of control?

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I was wondering the same thing, with all the reinforcements and lower winds. Are people still losing their houses?

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16 dead and 12,300 structures gone. 14k> people involved in fighting it from US and Canada.

4 major fires still burning:
- Eaton is only 15% contained
- Palisades is only 11% contained and threatening Brentwood
- Kenneth is 90% contained
- Hurst is 76% contained

Winds expected to kick back up today approaching 50mph. Not great, Bob.