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.
No i was reasoning ad absurdum, for excesses, which is how you find if a lot of stuff is logic or not.
So, instead of being 1 house, now make it 5-10-20-50, does it change if around the circle they are in, you ****ing have no dry vegetation staying there ready to get on fire?
Just wipe clean everything around the urbanized area as frequently as you can resource wise (and being one of the wealthiest urban areas in the history of the world, it means you could do it every 3 months without even notici
Can we fly you in to go tell the people in Malibu/Topanga they need to turn their homes in the hills into parking lots? And we'll send them the bill 😀
No wait, that systematic controlled burns would have helped at the margin is absolutely certain without even the slightest shade of doubt.
What we can't quantify is how much they would have reduced the probability of these wildfires happening in the first place, and/or how much they would have made them less severe. The more the arsonists theory is true the less it would have mattered and viceversa.
If you have far less stuff that can burn nearby all urban settings (imagine burning down everything
There are people that don't buy land in Ca because they can't afford the mandated fire maintenance of the land. There are laws to keep your property maintained because of fire.
Your points about overall preventive policy makes sense but in this exact case of winds I don't think it was going to stop much. You don't have car dealerships burning down because of some extra brush. Hot, dry, powerful winds make it uncontrollable.
300 meters? Dude thinks everyone is living on 40ac parcels lol Defensible space recs are 100ft. And there are zillions of houses much closer together than that ffs.
It’s almost as if he knows nothing of the Pacific Palisades and the homes in the Hollywood Hills. Plus, he was talking about the 300k houses there…..lol.
It’s almost as if he knows nothing of the Pacific Palisades and the homes in the Hollywood Hills. Plus, he was talking about the 300k houses there…..lol.
you can't read. I am talking about the fact that if X is done around houses worth 300k (obviously elsewhere) , an order of magnitude more should be done around houses worth 3m (or more).
you spend a ton more on security, why not on cleaning the freaking vegetation nearby to avoid your house getting on fire?
it's insane there aren't fulltime dedicated personnel for the area that 40h/week clean dry vegetation for example.
There are people that don't buy land in Ca because they can't afford the mandated fire maintenance of the land. There are laws to keep your property maintained because of fire.
Your points about overall preventive policy makes sense but in this exact case of winds I don't think it was going to stop much. You don't have car dealerships burning down because of some extra brush. Hot, dry, powerful winds make it uncontrollable.
What laws are those ?
in other news, the guy who pleaded guilty of deleting all correspondence related to the details of how Purdue pharma was supposed to operate to push painkiller sales against science and legal medical practice, faces a sentence of "up to one year in prison".
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
we can't be sure exactly how many people got killed directly as a consequence of those illicit practices but it's almost certainly more than 100k.
now imagine someone deleting all the strategic details of a terror attack that killed 100k people (ofc this implies he was into the organization of the attack as well) and what the sentence would be.
the rule of law is broken beyond repair if this kind of stuff is "up to one year" of sentence
I can’t even wrap my head around the audacity of white knighting (oh I guess that makes sense) an unapologetic racist for getting words wrong
Actually considering you, I suppose I understand why in this case you’re mad I’m mocking that specific person
Put another way: **** your feelings. And his too
I can’t even wrap my head around the audacity of white knighting (oh I guess that makes sense) an unapologetic racist for getting words wrong
Actually considering you, I suppose I understand why in this case you’re mad I’m mocking that specific person
Put another way: **** your feelings. And his too
I'll guess you've never tried speaking a foreign language.
it's insane there aren't fulltime dedicated personnel for the area that 40h/week clean dry vegetation for example.
Sounds like some FDR jobs program stuff. You sure Willingly living in that commie country for so long hasn't rubbed off a little? Maybe we can hire some other people to sing to the trees 😀
Sounds like some FDR jobs program stuff. You sure Willingly living in that commie country for so long hasn't rubbed off a little? Maybe we can hire some other people to sing to the trees 😀
lol yes...
i wonder how a profitable private companies could take care of that ?
and dont forget no regulation to force people to actually do those fire on their properties since regulations couldnt be allowed too because u know, regulation is bad and evil...
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