Greater Los Angeles Wildfires

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11% Containment is scary
Not out of the woods yet
No pun intended

 

[DonB90]

Before Taking Office, L.A.’s Mayor Said She Would Not Go Abroad

Mayor Karen Bass of Los Angeles has been criticized for being out of the country when the wildfires broke out. Three years ago, she promised in an interview to cut back on her world travel and focus on the city.

www.nytimes.com

After the first rally in her campaign for mayor of Los Angeles in 2021, Karen Bass spoke candidly about what she saw as a potential drawback to the job — a lack of world travel and involvement in global affairs.

Ms. Bass was accustomed to circling the globe as a Democratic member of Congress and of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and had spent decades working on U.S.-Africa relations. It was one of the most absorbing parts of her political career, she told The New York Times in an interview on Oct. 17, 2021, at her home in the Baldwin Vista neighborhood of Los Angeles.

“I went to Africa every couple of months, all the time,” she said, adding, “The idea of leaving that, especially the international work and the Africa work, I was like, ‘Mmm, I don’t think I want to do that.’”

She ultimately decided that she did, telling The Times that if she was elected mayor, “not only would I of course live here, but I also would not travel internationally — the only places I would go would be D.C., Sacramento, San Francisco and New York, in relation to L.A.”That pledge has been spectacularly broken.

When a cascade of deadly and destructive wildfires erupted across the Los Angeles region on Tuesday, the mayor was on her way home from Ghana in West Africa, where she had attended the inauguration of a new president.

It was not her first trip abroad as mayor. A review of her public daily schedule for the past year shows that Ms. Bass has traveled out of the country at city expense at least four other times in recent months before the Ghana visit — once to Mexico for the inauguration of President Claudia Sheinbaum and three times to France for the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris.

She got caught with her pants down on this one

 

[JT-Money]

The cost estimates continue to grow each day. And California is deep in debt. This is gonna end badly because there isn't enough money to fix this.

Total estimated cost of California wildfires triples to $150 billion as blazes rage on​

Total estimated cost of California wildfires triples to $150 billion as blazes rage on

The estimated total cost of the southern California wildfires has nearly tripled as first responders struggle to contain the largest blazes.

san.com

LA wildfire damages set to cost record $135bn​

LA wildfire damages set to cost record $135bn

Some of the most expensive properties in the US have been wiped out by the fires.

www.bbc.com

Preliminary report puts Southern California wildfire costs at $52 billion​

Preliminary report puts Southern California wildfire costs at $52 billion

A preliminary estimate puts the costs of the Southern California wildfires at $52 to $57 billion as wildfires rage in Los Angeles County

www.desertsun.com

 

[focusloco]

Me and my family prayers go out to you folks affected by these fires ...hold your head

 

[Pull Up the Roots]

twitter is a cesspool

prolly cost someone their life or their house with misinformation mfs posting. and if it didn't this time it will eventually in some other natural disaster.

Yep. These animals did the same thing during hurricane Helene and Milton.

I’m Running Out of Ways to Explain How Bad This Is

What’s happening in America today is something darker than a misinformation crisis.

www.theatlantic.com

 

[MenacingMonk]

The cost estimates continue to grow each day. And California is deep in debt. This is gonna end badly because there isn't enough money to fix this.

Total estimated cost of California wildfires triples to $150 billion as blazes rage on​

Total estimated cost of California wildfires triples to $150 billion as blazes rage on

The estimated total cost of the southern California wildfires has nearly tripled as first responders struggle to contain the largest blazes.

san.com

LA wildfire damages set to cost record $135bn​

LA wildfire damages set to cost record $135bn

Some of the most expensive properties in the US have been wiped out by the fires.

www.bbc.com

Preliminary report puts Southern California wildfire costs at $52 billion​

Preliminary report puts Southern California wildfire costs at $52 billion

A preliminary estimate puts the costs of the Southern California wildfires at $52 to $57 billion as wildfires rage in Los Angeles County

www.desertsun.com

To put it in perspective, the Woolsey Fire was only 6 billion in property damage and Paradise Fire was 16.5 billion. Those 2 fires have been the most devastating in the state up until now.

 

[TELL ME YA CHEESIN FAM?]

Death toll rises to 24 as LA fire crews race to contain historic destruction: Updates

Meanwhile, the Palisades Fire, the most destructive in Los Angeles' history, has now burned over 23K acres, according to Cal Fire.

www.usatoday.com

 

[newworldafro]

In 'a mass erasure of heritage,' numerous historic landmarks lost in L.A.

The Palisades and Eaton fires claimed more than 30 significant properties. Preservationists said a large swath of the region's history has been destroyed.

www.latimes.com

 

[JT-Money]

To put it in perspective, the Woolsey Fire was only 6 billion in property damage and Paradise Fire was 16.5 billion. Those 2 fires have been the most devastating in the state up until now.

Insurance companies are already denying claims. The state is Billions in debt. And Republicans are in charge of the Government. Don't see anyway this ends happily for residents.

Five Years After Devastating Fire, the Town of Paradise Rebuilds​

Five Years After Devastating Fire, the Town of Paradise Rebuilds (Published 2023)

The town is pushing forward with climate-proofing as residents return.

www.nytimes.com

But even five years after the fire, the numbers have not returned. The population has fallen to around 9,000 from roughly 26,000. Today, there are fewer than 4,000 houses and 450 businesses in Paradise, compared with 12,000 homes and 1,500 businesses before November 2018.

 

[MenacingMonk]

Insurance companies are already denying claims. The state is Billions in debt. And Republicans are in charge of the Government. Don't see anyway this ends happily for residents.

Five Years After Devastating Fire, the Town of Paradise Rebuilds​

Five Years After Devastating Fire, the Town of Paradise Rebuilds (Published 2023)

The town is pushing forward with climate-proofing as residents return.

www.nytimes.com

But even five years after the fire, the numbers have not returned. The population has fallen to around 9,000 from roughly 26,000. Today, there are fewer than 4,000 houses and 450 businesses in Paradise, compared with 12,000 homes and 1,500 businesses before November 2018.

It’s disturbing seeing the nuts try to act like the insurance companies leaving is a conspiracy. It’s fukked up, but not hard to see the writing on the wall. Cali is a fire state with fires a yearly thing. At some point enough is enough.

The gov needs to take some protective measurements tho. I can see more of an exodus from this state if nothing is done. Why buy property in a state where the insurance is either non-existent or too fukkin high?

 

[MenacingMonk]

Also, adding more to insurance being one of the biggest scams: I was listening to a news radio show where the host said insurance companies do what they can to give you the minimalist payout. That’s even if your claim is accepted. Completely fukked up.

 

[TELL ME YA CHEESIN FAM?]

Also, adding more to insurance being one of the biggest scams: I was listening to a news radio show where the host said insurance companies do what they can to give you the minimalist payout. That’s even if your claim is accepted. Completely fukked up.

Nasty work

 

[Big Mountain Hélà]

 

[Cloutius Maximus]

Me and my folks just got back from Golden Corall in Southgate. Drove past tams, randy's, that OG Mcdonalds. Hella fat messicans in there, I haven't had a buffet in a long ass time. We was talking about gentrification and how the city is changing, you can see economic deprivation right next to new apts and remodeled restaurants.

pawg from discord dropped off some medicine came thru in the clutch

 

[Pure Water]