In other news
In the current news climate we see that some figures and events tend to dominate the front-pages heavily. Still, there are important, interesting or just plain weird things happening out there and a group of people can find these better than one.
I thought I would test with a thread for linking general news articles about "other news" and discussion. Perhaps it goes into the abyss that is page 2 and beyond, but it is worth a try.
Some guidelines:
- Try to find the "clean link", so that links to the news site directly and not a social media site. Avoid "amp-links" (google).
- Write some cliff notes on what it is about, especially if it is a video.
- It's not an excuse to make outlandish claims via proxy or link extremist content.
- If it's an editorial or opinion piece, it is polite to mark it as such.
- Note the language if it is not in English.
- There is no demand that such things be posted here, if you think a piece merits its own thread, then make one.
Yes but that just isn’t about just fires .
Insurance companies has to cover many different risk with a gigantic pool of money .
If it was just about fires they could of do something about it but it isn’t , it’s flood, tornado/wind, fires, etc .
That pool of money can’t cover it all and they need to pick and choose what they need to lay off , that is climate changes causing it ….
Yes, I was just replying to you in this particular case of fires in southern California. It's a bit odd to get Santa ana's in Jan but probably not the 1st time and it's just historically a fire prone area.
Yes, I was just replying to you in this particular case of fires in southern California. It's a bit odd to get Santa ana's in Jan but probably not the 1st time and it's just historically a fire prone area.
Maybe it is the new normal now? Also, keep in mind it literally hasn't rained since last April probably, which is kind of crazy; as it normally starts raining in November. If we had our normal 4 inches of rain so far, then the wind storms happen but the fires are not close to as bad because the brush isn't insanely dry.
I have since moved, but I used to live in the Eastern LA County and 2 years ago in January a really bad wind storm caused a bunch of trees to fall on power lines and we lost power for 4 days.
But the city where all the trees fell is called Claremont, which markets itself as "The City of Trees" and the much of the city is covered with giant trees that look like this. So again, it is aesthetically pleasing but you are kind of just asking for it when you purposefully grow giant trees with a lot of branches and leaves in an area that you know can get extremely dry and windy.
Yes, I was just replying to you in this particular case of fires in southern California. It's a bit odd to get Santa ana's in Jan but probably not the 1st time and it's just historically a fire prone area.
It's my first time living in southern California but my understanding is that this isn't unusual for this time of year and google suggests that they occur in the "colder months". The one in December at least for San Diego county was a lot worse than this one. Semis were getting blown over on I-8.
He spoke about it in detail a few months ago on the Joe Rogan show.
It's my first time living in southern California but my understanding is that this isn't unusual for this time of year and google suggests that they occur in the "colder months". The one in December at least for San Diego county was a lot worse than this one. Semis were getting blown over on I-8.
Do you live inland or on the coast? The inland desert areas always have strong winds. Of course most of it is empty brushland, so when fires go unless it is close to areas where people live they just let them burn with almost no intervention.
Do you live inland or on the coast? The inland desert areas always have strong winds. Of course most of it is empty brushland, so when fires go unless it is close to areas where people live they just let them burn with almost no intervention.
I'm inland at around 4,000 ft in elevation. It's far and away the nicest area I've lived in the US. Amazing hiking and weather and if the weather isn't great here I can drive an hour or so to the coast.
I think where I am might be a little too high to get the strongest winds but in December a little further west and lower down it was like a war zone with the wind.
Some of my wife's team lives/works in the LA area. Many live near the Eaton fire. As of last night, at least six and their families had been evacuated and one confirmed he had lost everything.
Adam Corolla is a fairly famous "right wing" local comedian who is an amateur carpenter/developer who has long been extremely critical of all the regulatory hurdles to do any construction in CA; who has some insights Lucium will probably appreciate, if no one else.
Adam Corolla is a fairly famous "right wing" local comedian who is an amateur carpenter/developer who has long been extremely critical of all the regulatory hurdles to do any construction in CA; who has some insights Lucium will probably appreciate, if no one else.
I fear this is mosly wellwishing on his part.
Regulations kill people regularly and destroy wellbeing massively and are often written exclusively to benefit a small number of insiders against everyone else on purpose, but this is so obvious and well known to everyone who observes reality that it's not about "wops i didn't realize it yet" on the side who people who still vote democrats and still love regulations.
They are probably simply among those who benefit from the regulations if they are rich.
And i also think that they will get special treatment to rebuild this time with very little paperwork (which they personally wouldn't deal with anyway, having the money to delegate everything to professionals).
This reporter was showing all the horrible devastation this morning and she came across a plastic recycle bin that didn't burn.
When she picked it up, she noticed that all the metal, class or other items inside were all melted. She picked it up on live TV and was startled how everything on the inside was melted but the outside, which was plastic was in tact.
What causes this?
LMAO
Absolute PERFECTION!
I see what you did there
Maybe it is the new normal now? Also, keep in mind it literally hasn't rained since last April probably, which is kind of crazy; as it normally starts raining in November. If we had our normal 4 inches of rain so far, then the wind storms happen but the fires are not close to as bad because the brush isn't insanely dry.
I have since moved, but I used to live in the Eastern LA County and 2 years ago in January a really bad wind storm caused a bunch of trees to fall on power lines and we lost p
It sounds like you grew up in LA. I grew up in LA/SD and most of my adult life in LA. Until moving to Thailand every winter revolved around snowboarding for me so I was very atuned to the weather. Mt waterman and Mt baldy my favorite mountains that have no snowmaking. It isn't THAT uncommon to only have a little piss drizzle of rain here and there going into Jan. Maybe uncommon to have zero rain but not totally shocking, we're basically a desert. You would expect this to happen in Sept/Oct not Jan but like when a big earthquake eventually hits, everyone knew this was coming at some point. Like big bear/arrowhead after that Asian beetle or whatever has killed so many trees that place is eventually going to be decimated as the forest needs to rejuvenate.
Also always loved Claremont, such a cool strip of towns there.
It's my first time living in southern California but my understanding is that this isn't unusual for this time of year and google suggests that they occur in the "colder months". The one in December at least for San Diego county was a lot worse than this one. Semis were getting blown over on I-8.
We'll have to agree to disagree but Santa Ana winds in Jan is not a common thing.
It sounds like you grew up in LA. I grew up in LA/SD and most of my adult life in LA. Until moving to Thailand every winter revolved around snowboarding for me so I was very atuned to the weather. Mt waterman and Mt baldy my favorite mountains that have no snowmaking. It isn't THAT uncommon to only have a little piss drizzle of rain here and there going into Jan. Maybe uncommon to have zero rain but not totally shocking, we're basically a desert. You would expect this to happen in Sept/Oct not J
Also to add, there have been two huge storms hit no cal this year and we didn't get any of that precipitation like you'd typically expect. That was a bit unlucky.
