Greater Los Angeles wildfires (Ongoing)

[MenacingMonk]

That’s crazy

Prisoners don’t make much money doing jobs in the joint anyway. Maybe they’ll get lighter sentences.

 

[Trojan 24]

That’s crazy

They mostly do it as they get 2 days of credit towards their prison time while they're part of the fire crews

 

[Trojan 24]

Prisoners don’t make much money doing jobs in the joint anyway. Maybe they’ll get lighter sentences.

They usually get an extra day or even two day credit towards sentencing for everyday on the fire team, can pretty much cut their time in half

 

[FaTaL]

Prisoners don’t make much money doing jobs in the joint anyway. Maybe they’ll get lighter sentences.

newsome passed a law allowing them to apply for firefighter jobs after their sentences are over, they were banned in the past

 

[jerniebert]

 

[jerniebert]

A friend from our run group is out there helping fight fires. He only makes a little over minimum wage but he says they work long hours. Sometimes around the clock. He usually only works during the summer fire season and rarely works this time of year unless it's training. He's a front line guy that will go into the heart of fires but they're not actual firefighters like at a station. He said they get no PPE to help with breathing. They just raw dog the bad air.

 

[Big Mountain Hélà]

builders and the like have been saying that for the longest

its hard to build in major metro areas because of all the nonsense rules...
its why you only see those "luxury apartment buildings" go up

Property tax revenue, they can't assess what's not there

 

[FaTaL]

A friend from our run group is out there helping fight fires. He only makes a little over minimum wage but he says they work long hours. Sometimes around the clock. He usually only works during the summer fire season and rarely works this time of year unless it's training. He's a front line guy that will go into the heart of fires but they're not actual firefighters like at a station. He said they get no PPE to help with breathing. They just raw dog the bad air.

dude is crazy, i would buy my own ppe at that point, that air is bad for your present and future

 

[5n0man]

Prisoners don’t make much money doing jobs in the joint anyway. Maybe they’ll get lighter sentences.

They get 2 days credit for every day worked, plus there's programs to help them become firefighters after their sentence.

It's actually a decent program despite the low wage, time off their sentence is probably worth far more to them.

 

[jerzboy]

The land is top dollar real estate. It's not going anywhere

Agree and disagree. Big issue is infrastructure. No idea what they is and it’s above my pay grade… but unless you have some sort of irrigation or sprinkler system, materials, or laws in regards to plant life, it would be idiotic and prolong, yet again, the inevitable…. This will take years to rebuild and get correct

 

[dora_da_destroyer]

Ain’t this Nate Dogg son?

Uncle snoop needs to tell him to pull this down…especially given all the black people who lost homes in Altadena

 

[xXMASHERXx]

Geezus, 100 mph winds rumor is true

Rumor? Why would you think it was a rumor?

 

[jerniebert]

dude is crazy, i would buy my own ppe at that point, that air is bad for your present and future

Yeah he is. He's still fairly young and has been doing this for about 7 years. He said you get used to it but It still sucks. He's a fast runner so it isn't affecting him yet but it will at some point.

 

[T.H.E. Goat]

There really is a song for everything

Nate Dogg rolling over in his grave

 

[jerzboy]

Rumor? Why would you think it was a rumor?

Lol, like wtf.