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12 minutes ago, Iceman said:

New fire around 75acres at Woodley.  This shit is not gonna stop is it?
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shit is that encino?  

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    OK so we’re good.  At the Dena (old Sheraton) in Pasadena.  The whole hotel is full of Altadenaeans and their animals.  Shit is fucking crazy.  We’ve got 2 cats and a dog in our room. Cats are out of

  • Sbbruin
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    Neighborhood is devastated. Looks like our house will survive. But many friends and neighbors lost their homes. My kids elementary school is gone. Our country club is gone. Neighborhood will neve

  • So we scored, in a way.  We met with ServPro today, and our place is so much more trashed than we thought.  The outside air smells perfectly fine, but our house smells like a campfire.  He went around

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Every year of 2020's has been a giant shitshow. This year is starting off with a giant middle finger. At this rate, we'll be lucky to see 2030.

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Probably too soon, but I can't stop thinking about how fucked any property owner is for insurance in California.  This is unreal.

Probably too soon, but I can't stop thinking about how fucked any property owner is for insurance in California.  This is unreal.

California, Florida, and much of Texas are soon to be uninsurable. That’s just a fact.
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Defending my house with a hose. This is my street. Wind blowing away from our house.
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5 minutes ago, Sbbruin said:

Defending my house with a hose. This is my street. Wind blowing away from our house.
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Why the fuck you posting here? Go get another hose.

8 minutes ago, Sbbruin said:

Defending my house with a hose. This is my street. Wind blowing away from our house.
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Good luck!

Defending my house with a hose. This is my street. Wind blowing away from our house.
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If you drink a lotta beer, you can add a gnarly piss to the firefighting equation.

Trust me, I’m a dude who pisses a lot.
13 minutes ago, Sbbruin said:

Defending my house with a hose. This is my street. Wind blowing away from our house.
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How’s the water pressure? Was seeing some posts online last night that some areas were experiencing low water pressure further hindering the efforts.

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1 minute ago, InkaUtexas said:

It is sad I am about to ask this, but it is reality.

When do the riots/looting start?

Palisades and Malibu have a long history of rioting. 

7 minutes ago, InkaUtexas said:

It is sad I am about to ask this, but it is reality.

When do the riots/looting start?

There's still time to delete/edit this. 

6 minutes ago, royiv said:

Palisades and Malibu have a long history of rioting. 

The lululemon store in the Malibu Village Mall better batten down the hatches

7 minutes ago, royiv said:

Palisades and Malibu have a long history of rioting. 

LOL. I did not imply it will be there. Yeah, cuz there are never social problems after disasters.

15 minutes ago, royiv said:

How’s the water pressure? Was seeing some posts online last night that some areas were experiencing low water pressure further hindering the efforts.

Watching the news about 20 minutes ago, showed a lady spraying her house down in Altadena to try to avoid the house on fire next door spreading to her house.  She got the hell out when the 50 foot pine tree in her back yard totally blew up in flames.

8 minutes ago, royiv said:

Palisades and Malibu have a long history of rioting. 

I assume his concern was looters from the less affluent parts of LA taking advantage of all the evacuated homes. 

5 minutes ago, mdmost said:

There's still time to delete/edit this. 

No. It is a concern. Always is if you work/study disasters.

2 minutes ago, InkaUtexas said:

LOL. I did not imply it will be there. Yeah, cuz there are never social problems after disasters.

Isn't there one way in and one way out?  How do they get there if the roads are packed with abandoned cars?  

Just now, B00M said:

I assume his concern was looters from the less affluent parts of LA taking advantage of all the evacuated homes. 

Or within their areas since Public Safety is very stretched. If you folks don't think LAPD and CHP are not monitoring, I don't know what to say.

 

Watching the press conference of LA City and County officials right now and the Sheriff just warned against looting

1 minute ago, BabaYaga said:

Isn't there one way in and one way out?  How do they get there if the roads are packed with abandoned cars?  

Unfortunately few people are as motivated and tricky as meth'd out thieves/looters.  

This is absolutely terrifying.  Is the local medical infrastucture sufficient to deal with what appears to be a very large number of injuries?

 

Yes.  They’ve already arrested a couple of people for looting.

Private firefighters? How would that work?

 

“Hey Chief! We just got a call from someone willing to pay top dollar! Should we start pulling the hoses and head over there?”

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You guys can go ahead and delete those posts about looting. It was stated above I am evil for thinking about those things and the good people of LA would never loot/rob.

1 minute ago, HornPhD said:

Private firefighters? How would that work?

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Up above @Brisketexan said he pisses a lot. Send him and about 10 kegs of beer.

1 minute ago, HornPhD said:

Private firefighters? How would that work?

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Kim Kardashian hired a private firefighter team when there was a blaze last year. I guess you hire people from outside of LA or from Northern California who have experience fighting wildfires. 

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2 minutes ago, HornPhD said:

Private firefighters? How would that work?

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2 minutes ago, HornPhD said:

Private firefighters? How would that work?

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HNW property insurance companies often employ private firefighters in these types of disasters to protect high value properties that they insure. 

53 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:


California, Florida, and much of Texas are soon to be uninsurable. That’s just a fact.

That statement could well apply to the whole nation. Fuckin' Vermont had that flooding disaster not too long ago.

12 minutes ago, Duane Moore said:

The lululemon store in the Malibu Village Mall better batten down the hatches

I think one of the reporters mentioned it already burned down.

I'm not kidding.

48 minutes ago, Sbbruin said:

Defending my house with a hose. This is my street. Wind blowing away from our house.
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Would it be too much to ask for a picture of you pissing on the fire?

…. with a sharpie in your butt if possible.

 

edit: dammit. Brisket got the piss issue first

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2 minutes ago, royiv said:

HNW property insurance companies often employ private firefighters in these types of disasters to protect high value properties that they insure. 

That situation seems like it would be planned in advance. Not something you want to start inquiring about when the building next door is on fire. 
 

Who gets priority access to the hydrants in residential neighborhoods?

from my post Katrina experience, jumping on a rental before prices go up is a great idea that you should share with any of your neighbors who’s homes did not make it. 

1 hour ago, Incredulity said:

Probably too soon, but I can't stop thinking about how fucked any property owner is for insurance in California.  This is unreal.

 

58 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:


California, Florida, and much of Texas are soon to be uninsurable. That’s just a fact.

This is the shit that scares me about living in central Texas because it’s coming and I know we’re not ready. Imagine a fire like this breaking out in Austin and nobody knows what the fuck to do because we’ve never experienced it. 

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This is the shit that scares me about living in central Texas because it’s coming and I know we’re not ready. Imagine a fire like this breaking out in Austin and nobody knows what the fuck to do because we’ve never experienced it. 

Nah man, its cool. All those houses going up in the cedar forests and along ravines are safe. We go the highland lakes.

Oh wait.

4 minutes ago, HornPhD said:

That situation seems like it would be planned in advance. Not something you want to start inquiring about when the building next door is on fire. 
 

Who gets priority access to the hydrants in residential neighborhoods?

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1 minute ago, 4th&Five said:

 

This is the shit that scares me about living in central Texas because it’s coming and I know we’re not ready. Imagine a fire like this breaking out in Austin and nobody knows what the fuck to do because we’ve never experienced it. 

I think that Texans know enough to rake their forest floors.

6 minutes ago, HornPhD said:

That situation seems like it would be planned in advance. Not something you want to start inquiring about when the building next door is on fire. 
 

Who gets priority access to the hydrants in residential neighborhoods?

smart people have gas engine pumps that they can drop in their pool

Is there seriously no (or very little) hydrant water in LA?

4 minutes ago, 4th&Five said:

Imagine a fire like this breaking out in Austin and nobody knows what the fuck to do because we’ve never experienced it.

Imagine how many people @Nicole44 would save.

Jet Propulsion Laboratory under mandatory evacuation now; Rose Bowl under evacuation warning.

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1 minute ago, HenryJames said:

Imagine how many people @Nicole44 would save.

She don't want that at all. They would use the lake water and all her other "friends" would be exposed.

1 minute ago, bolverk said:

Jet Propulsion Laboratory under mandatory evacuation now; Rose Bowl under evacuation warning.

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No!  Jack Parsons is rolling over in his grave. 
 

and I won’t accept the rose bowl is imperiled. Nope. Not happening. 

3 minutes ago, Rip76 said:

Is there seriously no (or very little) hydrant water in LA?

In the press conference, it sounded like they said some water tanks in Palisades went dry overnight due to the firefighters relying on municipal water supplies. They were then later able to push water through a different trunk line. Don't quote me on that.

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