California wildfires

[xuenchen]

Just heard The CA Insurance Commissioner just told insurance companies that they can no longer drop policies! Gee Clyde, why didn't ya think of that a year ago when they actually started dropping policies? Brilliant again over and above the call of intelligence 

[BeyondKnowledge]

Just heard The CA Insurance Commissioner just told insurance companies that they can no longer drop policies! Gee Clyde, why didn't ya think of that a year ago when they actually started dropping policies? Brilliant again over and above the call of intelligence 

I really don't think that will work if an insurance company just leaves that entire state. From what I understand some are.

[putnam6]

If only everyone could afford private firefighters to focus solely on their property and nothing else.

I'm sure if the LAFD had a ratio of one committed team for every property; schools, churches, libraries, and the lot could have all been saved.

But that's exactly what's needed to save a property. A committed team with unlimited water to focus solely on that one property. Even 500 firefighters protecting 500 houses with all the water they can use isn't enough.

Still says more about the violence of the fire to me.

I think the fire chief is so adamant because she is right (about the underfunding), but also using it to make sure no FD heads roll in the obligatory aftermath.

Just discussing this IP with no hostile intent, Im not jockeying for a position to pile on. 

It was a couple of water tankers with hoses spraying down the perimeter and other areas, probably cost 50 grand max and saved how many businesses and jobs...

https://x.com/Brian_Kennedy/status/1878606490401149328

but forget that let's extrapolate from your premise that these fires are an act of nature, and LA's geography and weather plus our reliance on fossil fuels make living in most of Cali a dangerous and losing proposition.

After all, Congressperson O'Casio Cortez stated unequivocally we were 12 years from irreversible damage 5 years ago ie conditions would get worse and worse, with more fires longer fires, earlier fire season, etc. Then

Maybe they shouldn't rebuild in such dangerous and expensive areas. The human cost alone, added to the financial cost, will bankrupt some insurance companies, which could also seriously hinder the economy.

This is all so LA can rebuild and have the Santa Ana winds help start conflagration after conflagration every time it's too dry, especially with another La Niña on the horizon. 

FWIW there are 8 Cali wildfires listed in the US's top natural disasters, every one of them occurred 2006 or later. Sure we have more Hurricanes but they hit in a much broader area and it's mostly much less expensive areas to rebuild. 

Tampa could go another 80 years without getting hit, but we know damn sure know the greater Los Angeles area could easily have fires every few years

[pianopraze]

Hawaii 2.0: Link

"I was just talking to Josh Green, the governor down in Hawaii, who had some ideas around some land use concerns he has around speculators coming in, buying up properties. So we're already working with our legal teams to to move those things forward and we'll be presenting those in a matter of days, not just weeks."

[putnam6]

Tell me Gavin doesn't have a gleam in his eye... "never let a good crisis go to waste"
much like COVID has its land grab aspects as did Maui, there will be a huge turnover in who owns what in the LA basin.





https://x.com/HustleBitch_/status/1878670579676635399

[putnam6]

Points to ponder 

 
Insurrection Barbie

@DefiyantlyFree
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13h

He is correct. It’s the policies. It’s the mismanagement.

https://x.com/DefiyantlyFree/status/1878578152399917143

 

https://x.com/shellenberger/status/1878477118570385644 

Michael Shellenberger


@shellenberger
Had a massive water reservoir been online, it wouldn't have made much difference to LA firefighters, say the media. In fact, it would have made a massive difference. And now a whistleblower has come forward to say the reservoir should never have been drained in the first place.

Billionaire Lynda Resnick, her family owns 60-75% of the water in California - Her family donates HUGE amounts of money to Democrats - She donated to stop Gavin Newsom’s recall - They use over 150 billion gallons of water every year - Her family was in the 1994 secret meeting that officially ended water being a public right in California - They're the largest agricultural owners in California, and their farms use more water than all homes in Los Angeles combined - Lynda and Stewart Resnick own Fiji Water, POM Pomegranate Juice, Wonderful Pistachios, and many other food companies - They've faced lawsuits related to their water management practices, with allegations of profiting from selling water stored in the Kern Water Bank to non-members at a profit, violating public utility laws - The Resnicks have been accused of using their wealth to influence water policy and politics They pay off Democrats and Gavin Newsom specifically to keep their scam going

https://www.forbes.com/sites/chloesorvin...ater-bank/

 
As the West Coast’s megadrought worsens, one farming company has long been scrutinized for its outsize role in the arid region’s water supply. 
Wonderful, the closely held company owned by billionaires Stewart and Lynda Resnick, can buy up huge amounts of water whenever it needs more. Most of the Resnicks’ water comes from long-term contracts and other water from land rights they have from the farms they own. Around 9% of the total water used by Wonderful is bought out on the open water market. While that’s not a huge amount of the water it uses, the company can outspend pretty much every other farmer in the region, which can influence water prices.  

           

[putnam6]

Jack Straw

@JackStr42679640
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4h


What is corruption? 8 Ukrainian Generals had their multimillion dollar mansions burned up in the Los Angeles fires. Think that one thru.

[TzarChasm]

Just heard The CA Insurance Commissioner just told insurance companies that they can no longer drop policies! Gee Clyde, why didn't ya think of that a year ago when they actually started dropping policies? Brilliant again over and above the call of intelligence 

They've been ignoring the writing on the wall, and by writing on the wall I mean a Hadron collider sized loop of glaring red flags. They've been circling this crisis for years and now pretending it was entirely unpredictable.

[TzarChasm]

Just heard The CA Insurance Commissioner just told insurance companies that they can no longer drop policies! Gee Clyde, why didn't ya think of that a year ago when they actually started dropping policies? Brilliant again over and above the call of intelligence 

They've been ignoring the writing on the wall, and by writing on the wall I mean a Hadron collider sized loop of glaring red flags. They (California politicians) have been circling this crisis for years and now pretending it was entirely unpredictable.

[xuenchen]

LOL The Fire press conferences are getting political 

They're desperate. Sad and Pathetic failure.