Los Angeles Palisades Fire

[Syne]

It's dangerous for firefighting planes to collect water from the ocean, where there can be unpredictable swells and waves.
Plus salt water quickly corrodes firefighting equipment.

[Magical Realist]

Plane Scoops Ocean Water to Fight Los Angeles Fires (Video)

https://www.yahoo.com/news/plane-scoops-...00912.html

"Desperate times call for desperate measures."

[Magical Realist]

This song was released in 2002...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDquStuYzLA

[Yazata]

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Looks like a scene straight out of Constantine.

That's because it's LA.

Latest LA winter jacket

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[Syne]

Yeah, it is a bit Reign of Fire.

[Yazata]

Yeah, it is a bit Reign of Fire.

Another great movie!

[Syne]

Yeah, it is a bit Reign of Fire.

Another great movie!

Absolutely. And I've always preferred wyverns over dragons.

[Secular Sanity]

I’ve read that electrical lines might be the cause of the Eaton fire. There’s a lawsuit in the works against Southern California Edison. After the fires here in Northern California, PG&E has been working to install thousands of miles of powerlines below ground in high wildfire risk areas.

Our High-Speed Rail to nowhere is supposed reduce greenhouse gas emissions and reliance on fossil fuels by promoting electric-powered transportation, even though we still depend on it to generate a significant portion of our electricity.

In 2020, wildfires in California released around 112 million metric tons of CO₂, which was more than 20% of the state's total annual carbon emissions for that year.

We’ve spent approximately 6 billion on the rail system, thus far, and it’s projected to be around $30 billion to $35 billion to finish. I don’t know about you, but I think the money could be better spent. Maybe start digging a few trenches and burying some lines, eh? 

Or we could call it the Hell Train. 

Governor Newsom Gives Update on California High-Speed Rail

[confused2]

Couple's fire-resistant LA home survives amid destruction

"Karina Maher and Michael Kovac, an architect, built their Los Angeles home with fire-resistant and sustainable features.
When the Palisades fire broke out, their house remained intact while others around it were destroyed."

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/cy9lqx1e940o

[Magical Realist]

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