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[Exhibitman]

I agree, Dewey, and I am glad you are OK. We are too. We have family who evac'ed yesterday from the hills in Encino and we are all hoping that the winds reverse a bit and the fire doesn't crest the Santa Monica Mountains and burn down to the bottom.

I shake my head at the hubris of those who think there is any amount of spending that could have stopped these firestorms. We cannot control the winds or the rain. We have never had hurricane force Santa Ana winds (a category 1 is 75 mph; we topped out at 94 mph last week) during the middle of the driest 'rainy' season to date on record with single-digit humidity. I only know of one force that can intervene to stop that...and it ain't us puny mortals.

Mistakes were made but they had nothing to do with finance, and it is a control fantasy to think otherwise. They had to do with building in the middle of arroyos and box canyons. Those decisions date back a hundred years. I've been part of the construction defect litigation community for 30+ years and an open secret among us practitioners is that the hillsides of Los Angeles should never have been developed and are a disaster waiting to happen. The usual issues are landslides and slope failures, but fire is going to be the issue going forward.

Please keep a good thought for the people of this state the way we kept a good thought for the victims of the hurricanes a few months ago across the south and leave the feuding and political horseshit for some other time. It doesn't belong in this thread and is unseemly, peevish and cruel.

[doug.goodman]

As usual, I agree completely with Adam.

A $100 billion dollar fire budget wouldn't have stopped what we have witnessed here in the last week, and there's a good chance it will be repeating in the next week.

Meanwhile, I was one of many who had their insurance coverage cancelled shortly before it might have been needed. Only a coincidence I'm sure.

Doug

[Dewey]

Originally Posted by doug.goodman

Meanwhile, I was one of many who had their insurance coverage cancelled shortly before it might have been needed. Only a coincidence I'm sure.
Doug

Sorry to hear that Doug. How shameful.

[doug.goodman]

Originally Posted by Dewey

Sorry to hear that Doug. How shameful.

It is shameful, but the fact that I spend as much time in this forum as I do shows that there are people with far worse problems than mine.

I have an idea.

Maybe we (including corporations) could just be a bit nicer to each other and maybe do what's right even though it's not always the absolute best thing for our individual (or corporate) bottom line?

I hear there's a book that makes a big deal about "do unto others".

Oh wait, that's not how the world actually works.

Even though a quite large percentage of people claim to follow that book, or others very much like it.

Ok, never mind.

[irv]

Unbelievable, but I shouldn't be surprised, some are on here defending the absolute stupidity and utter incompetence of the California govt.

Has climate change been mentioned yet or orange man bad in this convo? That would also not surprise me.

If people would have been vaccinated and boosted, these forest fires likely would have never happened!!!! Wake up people!!!

https://x.com/JesseBWatters/status/1...Q26s%3D19&mx=2

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfbU2L3Kjl4

[Eric72]

Originally Posted by Exhibitman

...leave the feuding and political horseshit for some other time. It doesn't belong in this thread and is unseemly, peevish and cruel.

+1

[Leon]

Originally Posted by Eric72

+1

+3.
Anymore political crap in this thread is probably going to get deleted, followed by an impolite PM.
Thanks for the discussion otherwise.
Hopefully they will get the fires under control soon. It's hard to comprehend when seeing the pictures.
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[LEHR]

Originally Posted by Leon

+3.
Anymore political crap in this thread is probably going to get deleted, followed by an impolite PM.
Thanks for the discussion otherwise.
Hopefully they will get the fires under control soon. It's hard to comprehend when seeing the pictures.
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Thank you, Leon.

People are losing everything including their lives in some cases, and yet here's another thread turned shit show due to political opinion. It's insane.