dilettante
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Well they do need to clear land for The Olympics.
New Wildfires in California
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HermitHogan
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- 3rd Stone from the Sun
I think he made a few misstatements about a few things, like the firefighting planes landing on the Pacific. I think they need flat water surfaces.
AnnieA
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Wow. This is your response to someone in the middle of an ongoing hellish situation? No class.
Again, no class.
dilettante
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- Michigan
Van Jones is a shill and a clown.
I wasn't suggesting it. The topic of the Olympics came up in several LA newscasts about the fires.
dilettante
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Insurance CRISIS | Americans Will Pay For California's Mistakes
I'm no expert, but prolonged drought plus high winds are clear indicators of trouble to come.
MrPants
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Here's a clip of how the super-scooper planes (from Canada) are using ocean water on the LA fires.
dilettante
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The nature of the native flora is adapted to the area's climate. So it tends to be a pretty good fuel for fires.
Twostep
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They can work with an about two foot sea. They are using The Bay and inlets.
Twostep
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- Tiny town Oklahoma, OK
Yes is the short answer. You offer food, good conditions and calculate from there.
OneEyedDiva
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Star, I often read posts on my tablet, but prefer to respond when I can use the computer. I can't find the post now where you said you are alright but hesitated to respond. I am so glad you and your family are okay. I can't keep track of where everyone lives, so didn't realize you were in Cali. I will continue to pray for your safety, that of residents in the path, those who have lost everything, those who are donating and helping and of course, for the safety of all heroic firefighters who are fighting these awful fires @Ronni
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AnnieA
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See post #293
The 20th century was one of the wettest in 4,000 years for the area. No one knew that when LA’s population was growing astronomically in a time of abnormally high amounts of rainfall. The research in post 293 was published in 1996.
The climate has normalized for the area back to frequent drought years, and flora that evolved over hundreds of thousands of years to burn is doing its thing. Wildfires are a natural occurrence in this ecosystem.
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OneEyedDiva
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What I want to know is where are all these displaced residents staying? There are over a hundred thousand of them and some don't have cars anymore to get around because they lost them in the fires or abandoned them. I know some are in shelters, but I really only saw on the news about one shelter that could hold 200 people.
Muskrat
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- Mainly arizona
I can’t even imagine the hell these folks are going thru. Fire is terrible. Displacement is terrible.
dobielvr
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- California
Why don't we desalinate ocean water in California?
California regulators last year rejected a $1.4 billion desalination plant in Huntington Beach, citing not only the costs of the water but the hazards to marine life and risks associated with sea level rise and flooding.Jan 27, 2023
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I was wondering about this, so I looked it up.
There's gotta be a better way.
**apologies if already mentioned
California regulators last year rejected a $1.4 billion desalination plant in Huntington Beach, citing not only the costs of the water but the hazards to marine life and risks associated with sea level rise and flooding.Jan 27, 2023
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I was wondering about this, so I looked it up.
There's gotta be a better way.
**apologies if already mentioned
Jules
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And apparently charging very high prices. This was said by a well-known LA podcaster. He is one of those who is living in a hotel and admits he can afford it. His biggest complaint was the folks who are not being cohesive as Americans in a time of crisis. United we stand.
HermitHogan
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- 3rd Stone from the Sun
AI generated fake video.
Murrmurr
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- Sacramento, California
Why do you think so?AI generated fake video.
That clip was used on a few TV news outlets. The sea in that area was reported to be unusually calm for the few days those planes could be used. Reporters said that was due to direction of the winds, and, of course, there wasn't much traffic and other human activity.
I don't think it's AI generated.
Murrmurr
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- Sacramento, California
It's mainly the cost. I bet they're rethinking that now, after a low estimate of $275 billion in losses so far....the costliest wildfire in Calif.
A desalination plant was approved back in 2015, but there was the question of how it would draw in water. State regulators wanted the intake built below the seafloor, to make sure it didn’t suck up fish and their eggs, but when a study said building that type of intake would cost too much, the plant was un-approved.
Also costly is modernizing and expanding the current system of aqueducts and canals, better forest and flora management, and improved city planning. But all of those 3 combined would absolutely be cheaper than the final tally when this fire is done.
