California wildfires

[IdeomotorPrisoner]

Keep in the mind that brush hadn't been cleared, the reservoirs were not filled, and hydrant testing was cancelled about two weeks ago. Don't pretend that the LA city government is competent.

LA and competence aren't really used together that much.

But those are still all false dilemmas. No amount of reservoir water, capacity, or ability to use any of that changes this outcome. Magical thinking might make it appear so, but.

Brush cleared?

Any volunteers? It's not like they can take vehicles through these canyons and up these hillsides. I think people also don't realize what "brush clearing" entails, or even what the San Gabriel Foothills look like. Or any mountain in Southern California.



[Image: Hills looking down on Altadena.]

Where Trees are evidence of undisturbed human habitation.

So strip the entire mountainside bare because it's ALL dead kindling until the rain hits.

It's like people have a conception of a forest fire, with dry growth under trees that can be easily cleared if "we just listened to Trump!" And because people don't live here, they don't know any better.

The entire San Gabriel foothills would need to be totally cleared. It's all brush. Tumbleweeds and fast growing and dying plants. All of the mountain slopes would need to be cleared.

Thats a ridicluous hindsight criticism and statement. This is how nature clears it. Sometimes neighborhoods get in the way. There's no clearing Southern California hillside brush for fire prevention. Last wet season was between 16 to 28 inches in most of Southern California. Hasn't really rained since the last one ended. La Nina cycle. It's dry made drier.

It's a bunch of ridiculous criticisms devoid of reality. No city does any better or worse than The LAFD, Glendale FD, Pasadena FD, and actually help from every available department across southern California and beyond.

No water system has the capacity for the demand these fires created. Period.

While you can rip LA government for almost anything, it wasn't just them, it was everyone, and we were all lessers to the Santa Ana driven fires on this one, no matter how prepared, no matter which city sent resources.