So every dime of the entire federal budget and all the state budgets in the U.S. for the next three decades should be spent on making cities near forests prepared for large-scales forest fires -- an event that that only occurs once in every 100 years at most. Once again... Cost vs. Benefit. Spending all this cash on city forest-fire water systems would be a foolish waste of money.
So maybe just start by spending the 300k that the LA fire department DEI Director gets paid on .......wait for it....fire prevention rather than woke shit. Start there.......oh and....maybe put some water in the reservoirs too.
There are a whole number of things that need to be fixed in California at both the state and local levels. Everything from proper forest management (a root cause), to proper coordination, a focus on hiring for skills rather than DEI, additional air-drop funding & equipment, increasing fire-reservoir size with local generated powered back-up pumps for re-fill and a host of other things. However re-doing the entire water infrastructure of cities to scale it to fight large wild-fires is not one of those things.
I would say that the risk that the second largest city in the USA can burn down like it is, is unlike any other city in the USA
It's a larger discussion than I want to get into right now but I will just say that, understandably, the people who have been burned out want an ultra-expedited permitting process to rebuild. And the politicians are lining right up to promise that. So far so good.......except..... In reality there is a real need to assess whether the city should be issuing permits to rebuild in areas where it cannot reasonable be expected to provide emergency responses to events that can be reasonably expected to occur. Not saying rebuilds would be banned but there might be swathes of land where firebreaks/buffer zones or additional reservoirs might be needed and that would require taking the property in those zones and compensating the previous owners. I know that what I am saying is unpretty but such considerations need to go into the mix. Rebuilding just to burn down again is not a smart way to go. There needs to change the odds of stopping a fire. You know, all these city officials are using the party line excuse now which is "no city could stop a fire that size," Okay but fucking duh, your job is to stop it at a smaller size or use preventive measures. Start paying residents to relocate out of certain areas or provide incentives/emminent domain whatever. Then put firebreak zones with intensive brush and slash management and increased volumes of nearby water. And enforce brush control with an iron fist on private property. I would like to have two nipples and dime for every resident and firefighter I have heard recently say that they were running around doing emergency removal of brush from the sides of the houses WHILE THE FIRE WAS APPROACHING, WHAT THE FLAMING FUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!! . Now, I am not naive and know that some of the lefties will rise to say that I have proposed private property interventions inconsistent with conservatism and I say, no, Where public funds are ultimately called upon to compensate for locals locating in extremely high risk areas, the government has a right to stop their continuous relocation or to impose reasonable measures that reduce the deaths of said resident and reduces the billions in cost that would otherwise arise from their being no reasonable mitigation practices.
This does beg the question if there is a better way for mortgage and insurance companies to interact when a structure no longer exists. As well as how to handle under-insured situations where the replacement cost of the structure is much high than the insurance payout. Biggest US banks ready mortgage relief for victims of Los Angeles wildfires https://finance.yahoo.com/news/jpmorgan-providing-forbearance-mortgage-customers-163330154.html (Reuters) -JPMorgan Chase and Bank of America are easing mortgage repayment conditions for customers affected by the Los Angeles wildfires, as residents grapple with one of the most destructive natural disasters in the city's history. Chase Home Lending is providing disaster forbearance for mortgage customers affected by the wildfires, parent firm JPMorgan said on Monday. BofA also said its program includes the possibility of mortgage forbearance tailored to customer needs. Forbearance allows borrowers to temporarily pause repayments on their loans or pay lower amounts. Bank of Montreal told Reuters the Canadian lender was also providing forbearance for affected customers. JPMorgan's forbearance program will initially last for three months and can be extended in three-month increments for up to 12 months. However, options exist to stretch the relief period beyond that mark based on the investor or insurer. Borrowers often turn to banks for such aid to help ease the cost of rebuilding. However, the strain on the industry's profitability from the unpaid loans can also prompt lenders to retreat from markets prone to natural catastrophes. "The Los Angeles wildfires underscore the urgent need for financial institutions to prioritize climate risk management," said Laurent Birade, banking industry practice lead at Moody's. "Banks with significant exposure to impacted sectors in their loan portfolios must understand, identify, measure, and manage their climate risk exposure through scenario analysis to ensure more resilient and sustainable financial operations." Separately, Wells Fargo pledged $1.3 million from its foundation to support immediate and long-term wildfire relief efforts, a spokesperson for the bank said on Monday. At least 24 people have died due to the fires.
Just like he did in his first term. Biden hasn't played politics with LA fires. Trump will use disasters for revenge https://www.usatoday.com/story/opin...fire-aid-california-braces-trump/77602980007/
Biden has played politics BIGTIME. He has directly told the media that the local dems were "getting a bad rap" for their handling of the fire at a time when no one thinks they have done a good job. After all, this is the same guy who put lipstick on the AFG withdrawal pig. In addition Joe's Fema is in the crosshairs for the disaster relief when the locals are up in arms so he is up to his arse in politics trying to protect his administration and the dem regime in the LA area- in addition to keeping the images of probably dem prez candidate Gavin Newsom polished, even though he is another loser clown who has contributed to this mess. If Joe gets out of bed in the morning - or should I say, any day that Joe does get out of bed in the morning- he is playing politics on EVERYTHING, But yeh, Trump and the republicans are going to give the dem woke clowns endless beatings over this. Politics is a blood sport and dem run cities are always doing stupid shit so you always deserve a beating. Midterms coming up and Trump should try to damage the dems as badly as possible. You know, like when your ilk lawfared him day and night for years. The dems aren't going after Trump on the LA disaster because they cannot find a way of doing it. That's all. If they could they would.