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[shavenferret]

JRPGfan said:

Is the fire in LA crazy situation or something?

So.....

Mayer she cut budgets for the fire department by over $17m.
Decides the fire department is "too white" (not diverse enough). So they fire some fire fighters, and start trying for more diverse fire fighters (women, and men of color).
However these people are still in the training phase.
Then there is a lack of equipment because they sent some to Ukraine (ontop of the budget cuts, might be a while before their stock is back to normal).
There is the situation with fire hydrants not having water pressure enough to be used to fight the fires with.
Why? because they diverted water away, from a river to protect a small fish that is at risk of dying out.
Also to be green, they didn't clear out Forrest area/tree's near towns.


The mayer is apparently out of the country as this fire spreads....
When she gets back, the mayer holds a speech, when saying "where" to find help on tv, she just says at URL (from the teleprompter, instead of giving the internet site)
These are people that had their homes burn down, and need to know where to find shelter ect.
You find out the entire US has like 20 water bombers and they're all private contracts and shit's apparently not easy to co-ordinate. So they weren't really used at all.

its all just one big clusterf***.... right?


Also this was something Joe Rogan warned about in mid-2024, said he talked to a fighter fighter, that said this could very well happen and they would not be able to do a damn thing about it. It's mostly just luck, that kept this from happening earlier.

video from nuxanor on it :   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yhrd2CP5Rns

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzF6n91CYeo

The rest of America has been expecting this.  They give so much help for the homeless but don't provide for the basics.

Last edited by shavenferret - on 10 January 2025