Record for most days over 100 degrees per year in San Antonio

[Winehole23]

[Winehole23]

like Jamelle Bouie said today, Elon went straight to n****r baiting

[ElNono]

Looks like a warzone here. Honestly, nothing you could do once the fire started with the winds that were blowing. The wind gusts were crazy yesterday. Trees fallen, roof shingles everywhere.

Fortunately I'm good so far, not even a power outage yet. Palisades had no chance, tbh, with all the green there. Half of Pasadena also burned down.

Looks like the wind calmed down in the afternoon, hope it stays that way.

[GAustex]

Water in hydrants would have helped

[Winehole23]

A 2016 study found climate change enhanced the drying of organic matter and doubled the number of large fires between 1984 and 2015offsite link in the western United States. A 2021 study supported by NOAA concluded that climate change has been the main driver of the increase in fire weatheroffsite link in the western United States.

https://www.noaa.gov/noaa-wildfire/w...ate-connection

[Winehole23]

Water in hydrants would have helped

with 100 mile an hour winds? not much

the Palisades fire went from 10 acres to 200 acres in 10-15 minutes

[Winehole23]

far left and right wingers like the LA Times owner, who told a lie

[GAustex]

with 100 mile an hour winds? not much

the Palisades fire went from 10 acres to 200 acres in 10-15 minutes

Water could have saved some homes
Come on
Wide spread lack of water is a disaster
At least the smelt is good

[Winehole23]

[Winehole23]

Water could have saved some homes
Come on
Wide spread lack of water is a disaster
At least the smelt is good

all 114 LA Country reservoirs were full before the fire, 15x normal water usage after the fire broke out lowered water pressure for the whole system

[Winehole23]

[Winehole23]

infrastructure to control a disaster like this one does not yet exist in LA

[Winehole23]

[ChumpDumper]

Water in hydrants would have helped

Your taking climate change seriously would have helped.

[GAustex]

Your taking climate change seriously would have helped.

Yeah five more tax money to the government to waste and launder is the answer

[Winehole23]

Elon Musk: Why isn’t there enough water in California?

Grok (burning through an entire lake to generate an answer): Wokeness

[ChumpDumper]

Yeah five more tax money to the government to waste and launder is the answer

No, your taking climate change more seriously is the answer.

[ElNono]

Water in hydrants would have helped

There was water in hydrants, there just wasn't enough given the magnitude of the fire. This really isn't very complicated.

The water system used to fight the Palisades fire in Los Angeles buckled under the demands of what turned out to be the most destructive fire in city history, with some hydrants running dry as they were overstressed without assistance from firefighting aircraft for hours early Wednesday.

The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power was pumping from aqueducts and groundwater into the system, but demand was so high that it wasn’t enough to refill three 1-million gallon tanks in hilly Pacific Palisades that help pressurize hydrants for the neighborhood. Many went dry as at least 1,000 buildings were engulfed in flames.

The dry hydrants prompted a swirl of criticism on social media, including from President-elect Donald Trump, against Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass and Gov. Gavin Newsom’s water management policies.

But state and local officials and experts forcefully hit back, saying critics were connecting unrelated issues and spreading false information during a crisis. State water distribution choices were not behind the hydrant problems, they said, nor was a lack of overall supply in the region.

Janisse Quiñones, head of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, said later at a news conference that 3 million gallons of water were available when the Palisades fire started but the demand was four times greater than “we’ve ever seen in the system.”

Hydrants are designed for fighting fires at one or two houses at a time, not hundreds, Quiñones said, and refilling the tanks also requires asking fire departments to pause firefighting efforts. Mayor Bass said 20% of hydrants went dry.


https://apnews.com/article/wildfire-...901db1039e959f

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There was water in hydrants, there just wasn't enough given the magnitude of the fire. This really isn't very complicated.

The water system used to fight the Palisades fire in Los Angeles buckled under the demands of what turned out to be the most destructive fire in city history, with some hydrants running dry as they were overstressed without assistance from firefighting aircraft for hours early Wednesday.

The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power was pumping from aqueducts and groundwater into the system, but demand was so high that it wasn’t enough to refill three 1-million gallon tanks in hilly Pacific Palisades that help pressurize hydrants for the neighborhood. Many went dry as at least 1,000 buildings were engulfed in flames.

The dry hydrants prompted a swirl of criticism on social media, including from President-elect Donald Trump, against Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass and Gov. Gavin Newsom’s water management policies.

But state and local officials and experts forcefully hit back, saying critics were connecting unrelated issues and spreading false information during a crisis. State water distribution choices were not behind the hydrant problems, they said, nor was a lack of overall supply in the region.

Janisse Quiñones, head of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, said later at a news conference that 3 million gallons of water were available when the Palisades fire started but the demand was four times greater than “we’ve ever seen in the system.”

Hydrants are designed for fighting fires at one or two houses at a time, not hundreds, Quiñones said, and refilling the tanks also requires asking fire departments to pause firefighting efforts. Mayor Bass said 20% of hydrants went dry.


https://apnews.com/article/wildfire-...901db1039e959f

Boiled down...
Originally Posted by GAustex
Water in hydrants would have helped

[ElNono]

Boiled down...
Originally Posted by GAustex
Water in hydrants would have helped

Not gonna lie Cubby, was hoping it would reach the Crypto Arena, but it's too far...

[Winehole23]

DJT 100% would've used the disaster to extort California. He might still.

[SnakeBoy]

[ChumpDumper]

snacks reads Pride.

[Winehole23]

Board right wingers think women and black people shouldn't have jobs

[ChumpDumper]

Board right wingers think women and black people shouldn't have jobs

Which straight white man can control the Santa Ana winds in January?

I'd like a list.