California Fires Are Absolutely Terrifying

[@LOSTKILLERDRAENEI]

Here in Canada we've been having controlled burns for a long time to prevent MASSIVE forest fires. Then we stopped doing that and we got the exact same thing California did when they stopped their controlled burns. It's a lack of proper management and forest keeping.

[@pittsky]

Yep Jasper Alberta burned because of this.

[@jaycee2070]

No. Its climate change. You need to pay the government more taxes to stop it.

[@benroberts1800]

Yep. Stopping logging had something to do with it, too. Loggers tend to clear away a lot of underbrush and that combined with controlled burns lowers the chance of something like this happening.

[@gouda2872]

Well how else are you going to launder all that federal aid without fires? DERP!

[@calebhoffman6368]

This! Plus ticks are up in record numbers because of this as well.

[@utterube]

To the people that are confused why they stayed in the house with the dog, they have a forest fire suppression system that creates a mist bubble around the house while keeping the house soaked in water. You can see it running down the windows. What is scary is how dry those windows are considering it probably has 500-1500gal a min running through the system. Update: They survived.

[@allanfitz3535]

Ahh thanks. I thought I saw water. Confused me. Scary shit to see

[@WW-it9wq]

No wonder the firefighters can't find any water

[@RyanBrallier]

surprised they had water, a lot of the people had their water cut just before the fire.

[@craigboden9455]

They started to run out-of water because of the sheer amount the firefighters needed to try and stop it which ultimately obviously failed. The water pressure dropped so much the hydrants stopped working as well.

[@LuizOtavioZen]

Yes, unless the house itself was on fire or smoke were coming inside it is safer to not leave.

[@andrewvo8395]

Newsom didn’t clear the brush when he should have. The mayor of LA cut $18M in fire department budget and is currently hanging out in Africa. And the DEI fire chief of LA is focused on hiring more women for the fire department to level the playing field vs men. Things are fine, until they’re not.

[@tacitus6384]

DEI is a luxury belief.

[@TheDarkLasombra]

The mayor proposed a budget that cut firefighting funds. It hasn't been defunded yet.

[@sakidickerson]

They cut the fire budget and increased the cop budget. But we have more crime and more fires

[@gouda2872]

@@TheDarkLasombra Doesn't really matter. I lived in California for 20 years and watched them cut the fire prevention budget over and over and over again. It's all intentional. They launder the federal aid money they get from these disasters and then partner with the rebuilding companies and double dip.

[@Killer_Turnip]

​@@TheDarkLasombrawell, i guess she'll rethink that decision now huh? 😅

[@carismo9502]

California actually managed to manifest Hell, in all ways possible lmfao

[@ChuckFinelyForever]

Quite the accomplishment actually

[@IrishDroid]

I live here for about a year more and let me tell you that is exactly what I say myself. Visually and not exaggerating it can literally look and somewhat feel like hell. During the Camp Fire as well as Park Fire I’ve known people who lost stuff and pets to fires in CA, a few now 2 times. Used to be water in lakes here but now I see them usually empty and point out when I do see water. I will say PGNE is the son of satan around here, they should have been demolished as a business for what they did and all the lives they took. However it’s also just California as a whole. Place has become a big curved poop shaped brown stain on the map.

[@edelbrock443]

And now it's on fire too.

[@wa1k3r8]

Northern california isnt that bad we should just split into 3 states. North, Central, south

[@spinningchurro]

@@wa1k3r8yeah let’s add another 4 democratic congressmen, that will fix things.

[@esquire9445]

The warning was the insurance companies leaving... they would only leave if the risks were higher than the profits. When a multibillion dollar corporation decides to no longer take your money there is a huge problem.

[@nukem8128]

Bingo

[@stevee8318]

The California government wouldn't let the raise rates to compensate for the fire risk. So they left the state.

[@bathtub_marmot]

Florida the same, but for water

[@2stoves1]

Florida paying attention???

[@kooken58]

@@esquire9445 It's the same in Florida. Insane that 2 of the most populated states in the US, insurances are almost non-existent there. And yet people keep continuing to move to these places.

[@CrispyChristieMAC]

Two main things cause this, a lack of controlled burns and not introducing Beavers into the ecosystem. Fun fact, Beavers are natures best fire fighters.

[@LORDMLEP]

also doesn’t cali have a bunch of eucalyptus trees from out here in aus? those trees produce so much oil

[@tickbrick1]

It's because there were 60 mph winds.

[@fernandomorales4691]

​@@LORDMLEPIt is a chapparall biome which means all of its trees tend to be oily. Like olive trees for example.

[@LORDMLEP]

@@fernandomorales4691 well i didn’t know about other trees just some here from aus that were brought over to cali

[@RahzZalinto]

Interesting

[@MirridonOnslaught]

good thing the mayor cut their fire department budget over $15 million and gave herself a nice pay raise....

[@johnwolf2829]

.... and happened to be in Africa this week.

[@oscaroska7613]

So, who cares rich people do that all the time

[@conusx]

@@oscaroska7613 Yes, rich people in noncritical sectors

[@formes2388]

Without water from the Hydrants - it won't matter.

[@CubicIronPyrite]

"Herself," say no more.

[@megageek8509]

Defund the fire department. Clearly we need more fire counselling. The fire has suffered multigenerational trauma from constantly been put down by the fire department. Fire lives matter.

[@raycist3928]

Stop the firefighters' brutality. The fire just wants to exist!!!!

[@ChuckFinelyForever]

Fire can do everything water can do, why are we treating them differently?!?! EQUALITY

[@Dan-cn2rj]

first comment on youtube to make me laugh in a while

[@profanemagic5671]

I know you're joking, but we're too closeto a reality where people believe what you said, which makes it somehow less funny xD

[@frequentsee3815]

END FIRE SUFFRAGE!!!

[@SomeRetroGuy]

"You're still coming in to work tomorrow though right?"

[@Halo-AM13]

“Hell no”

[@dontlikeyoutubeorgoogle]

Im at work right now looking at the smoke out the window 💀

[@Bayofthe91st]

Basically the 'this is fine' meme

[@Fugula]

That's how you turn co-workers into enemies.

[@cgoodwin256]

You guys will find any excuse to be lazy won't you?

[@alexfrideres1198]

fun fact: statefarm cancelled *specifically* fire insurance policies for *thousands* of people in *specifically* this *exact* area in California just two months ago, same thing in maui, couple months before the fires they cancelled people's insurance policies that they specifically got for that specific scenario oh and then you combine that with the fact that at the exact same time they cancelled all those insurance policies, the Mayor of LA cut almost 20 million in funding to the fire department, then to go EVEN FURTHER THAN THAT, they put a policy in place where they basically gimped the water levels in all of california's reservoirs because they wanted to save some "native fish" from endangerment because apparently the water was "too deep" for them to effectively propagate.

[@jrod1591]

@@alexfrideres1198 23 million

[@mitchellterry4961]

Poor leadership is going to kill us.

[@503mcbee]

Source that last claim please.

[@scvmbvg]

@@503mcbee Source? None of the fire hydrants work. Bone fuckin dry.

[@Zefar77]

Those are some pretty weird coincidences.

[@zac9933]

Fun fact, back before California was settled the natives would set forests on fire and then migrate away during certain seasons because they understood the importance of maintaining the forest. If you go look at the sequoias in central California you can see burns and scorches into the trees from fires like this. Not only do those trees last through the fires, but they actually need fire to germinate seeds. But all we see now is "fire bad, dont hurt trees."

[@chucklebouf5379]

Big oaks too. Most of those huge, tough trees are that way to survive a fire and then get first pick of the newly fertilized ground that's clear of smaller plants.

[@waveTV_]

yep, "fire bad, dont burn my mansion i built within the trees" ..,.smfh

[@ownlydown5933]

It seems the older i get the more i realize. Its Humans. Well DUMB Humans 😂

[@Marsonis2ya]

First part of your statement is accurate, the 2nd part not so much. There are plenty of areas/states that do practice controlled burns. Maybe not that part of California, which goes towards what that man being interviewed was talking about. There are going to be some tough questions asked when this is over about what the state/county was doing to control the underbrush in these areas.

[@SouthsideBRGLR]

Some are random ,,, many antifa and climate activists have been caught intentionally setting these

[@viktorluvbikskog9389]

This is going to turn into another Hawaii ordeal. All the rich celebrities and corporations are going to throw up more apartments so people can’t have land to put homes anymore.

[@nubnubbud]

believe it or not, that is the area where the rich celebrities live. all around it is suburbs, but those are small mansions atop hills.

[@ericaallisonc]

… this is where rich people live…

[@harleysheldon]

@@ericaallisonc Exactly why they’re going to take more land I would assume.

[@Chino56751]

Rich are under threat as well. Its the political swamp of Newsom that's the real problem

[@kennymichaelalanya7134]

​@ericaallisonc bro there are Tiers of rich people so your comment makes little sense.

[@blue6gun]

My dad died in a wildfire that came through our valley a few years ago. His name was Donald Schmidt and he spent his final moments getting trapped neighbors from their homes as he was a retired vet in a 55+ community. He did a solid job too, cuz his was the only life claimed by the Alameda fire. He was gone, police wouldn't let me try to get to him. They found his remains two days later, he had sat down in his favorite recliner with his dog curled up on his lap. He lit a cigarette and had a glass of Wild Turkey before being consumed by smoke and flames. He wasn't my father by birth but I claimed him as Dad cuz he was such a great guy and he made my mom happy. Not even three years later and she's remarried now to some guy who thinks it's okay to give my 5yo daughter "love spankings" like wtf? Kicked him out of my house and I'm not happy with my mom's bs

[@HotVenus]

Thank you for sharing that memory,sounds like he was a good man.

[@MathiasGix-zd2od]

Sorry for Your loss man, Your dad was a hero and he has great place in heaven waiting for You someday!I'm proud of how strong man he was.

[@brownehawk7744]

The story made me tear a bit, then I get to the end and I'm now wtf'ing. "love spanking" guy needs to be dealt with.

[@tiffany.Elizabeth.]

❤❤❤

[@bladenovak]

What a rollercoaster of a comment

[@michaelsebastian2842]

California has always had huge forest fires. They used to be contained by doing controlled burns and clearing of brush. That was hampered big time by the environmental movement and what we have today is the result. They had these fires under control back in the 50s.

[@DrDuckMD]

Fun fact: even the native Americans did controlled burns. So this doesn't happen.

[@Relkond]

They build houses in the middle of forests that historically experience regular fires... then consider it a disaster when the forest burns. It's not a disaster, it's nature. But it'll be called a disaster because man was present where man should have stayed out.

[@journeytosilius1]

This shit seen here is why I would not live in California, except maybe the very north part. Does this crap happen there? And also wouldn't live in Florida due to hurricanes, and avoid the middle states which get tornadoes. All these states where nature can literally come and destroy your house, and potentially kill you.... F that. Not worth the risk of getting a house in such places.

[@Wheres_my_Dragonator]

They'd rather blame global warming than all the direct changes/negligence that they are doing to their surroundings.

[@VohzdinWerewolf]

as a Californian it drives me to the point of insanity how stupid our officials are when it comes to ACTUALLY protecting the environment by removing dead trees and decreasing the unhealthy density some of our forests grow at

[@johnallen7232]

Weird how the mayor of hawaii was gone when they had their fires too. Pretty sure they didn't have water either, and then that company came in trying to buy up the land.

[@Erik-i2f4d]

How'd that turn out? Did the people keep their properties and rebuild the town?

[@Donovarkhallum]

Ispandciyld easily condense water no?

[@TheeSilentObserverz]

same tactic how they use fire to buy land of the poor

[@TheeSilentObserverz]

at this piont better install garden spray every 2 meter around the house and a air filter in the house

[@legionreaver]

@@TheeSilentObserverz There's no city water. Sprayers are useless not only because no water but the heat generated here would evaporate the water as it came out of the sprayer.

[@AnthonyPlatz]

The saddest part living in calimexico is you can’t get fire insurance

[@bkdcks]

what's even crazier is that no one will really be held accountable, CA is only going to get worse with the current lack of management

[@perfectlymisalignedwarlock]

Yup, they’ll swear up and down that it’s due to climate change and pass more laws that won’t fix anything but cause more harm.

[@JohnDoe-pt7ru]

And the people will continue to vote these same people in.

[@PelosiStockPortfolio]

Yea! We need Trump to stop the high winds

[@BuffPomsky]

Move out or vote better lol

[@namelessking8905]

@@JohnDoe-pt7ru - No voter ID laws. Kamala only won the states where ID was not required to vote. And the state is red with blue cities.

[@bruhverlybruh4012]

The fact that these people's insurance can apparently legally drop their insurance the second they need it is scarier. Be like I survived but after paying thousands in insurance fees, I'm now homeless in the most expensive state in the US. The minecraft rate for CA about to go up.

[@MyBlargh]

Sounds like they need a plumber.

[@DS-sn9jk]

And people will now act accordingly. The example has been set. . . Just an observation from my pov.

[@alexmeier1]

Someone should be held accountable for that.

[@Nobody-vr5nl]

So which CEO is next then?

[@eckee]

Then don’t pay for insurence lol

[@MerculiarchSyn]

“Why would we need to manage the forests?! That’s stupid!!” The Unmanaged Forest: “Yeah, about that.”

[@LonewolfProd_]

And now they can attribute it to climate change. The classic bait and switch.

[@AdamantineAxe]

and California is just packed full of landscapers

[@zacksilverstone7642]

​@@-youngishthis IS the case of unmanaged forest. What do you think happens to a patch of greeneries when you leave it alone? They spread out their roots. Thus, it's called Unmanaged Forest. "It's in the middle of the city!" Bruh, it DOESN'T MATTER where, mismanagement of a tree park or a forestry is STILL called Unmanaged Forest case. Look at how many acres got burned. That's not a "tree park" level of forestry.

[@MerculiarchSyn]

@@-youngish forestry management includes management of brush in wooded areas in residential areas. Ya see those hills in the videos? Yeah, those are in the middle of the residential areas.

[@DogmaticNonsense]

@@-youngish You should look into the meaning of things before commenting so arrogantly. "God bless, can you keyboard experts, maybe do like, an ounce of research before thundering in?"

[@KentVigilante]

Should change their name from the Fire Department to the Blue Sky Department, we need strong men who can throw someone over their shoulder and carry them to safety and more importantly be able to pick up those massive hose pipes and not getting thrown across the place like a ragdoll

[@Sarahmint]

context of 5:53 Rick Caruso ran against Karen Bass for Los Angeles Mayor and lost. He owns strip malls across Los Angeles, Ventura, and Orange County you likely know about or have visited if you've ever been to Los Angeles. He's very active in the community and does interviews and worked with fast clean up crews during the 2020 riots. He's seen it all. The fire hydrants in Pacific Palisades ran empty during this fire and apparently it's something he's been complaining about 2 years ago when he ran.

[@kristianawilson9038]

That's why I'm praying Pierre in the next canada election gets in. Please God can we have people that have common sense

[@Pltr03]

California might actually be hell

[@theunknown7441]

It wasn't already?

[@PuellaMagiHomuraAkemi]

Welcome to Climate Change

[@Okillydokilly69]

@@PuellaMagiHomuraAkemidon’t buy that fraud. It’s just unmanaged forests and liberals not wanting to take the earth’s sacred resources like…. Water.

[@MrRafagigapr]

@@PuellaMagiHomuraAkemi california is so woke that climate change arrived there first

[@feydrautha80]

@@PuellaMagiHomuraAkemi Only in California :))

[@virtuosomaximoso1]

Water scientist here: there's another chicken or the egg problem here In efforts to manage the delta smelt water levels have gotten dangerously low from the selling reserves, but demand never changed. Along the delta they have pumped so aggressively it has drawn ocean into the rivers. This has dramatically changed the salt levels of the rivers which is a ecological nightmare, to correct this they flush water back into the ocean. There's millions of dollars in infrastructure and research to keep the salt content of the delta at safe levels for the ecosystem. My political guess on this is the delta smelt gets the attention so people go look at these dumb hippies instead of looks at this practice that is the managed ruin of the environment. If I'm not crazy this is as rediculous as the plot of a captain planet episode.

[@fluffers7997]

I'm from the delta area. For the locals, most of us use the smelt as protection from greedy LA. They've been wanting to build a water pipeline to LA for years now. It's hard to say yes to that when a good chunk of LA wastes water on dumb stuff. We use a lot on crops but at least we're producing food, not light shows at Disney. BTW still think it's silly we grow a ton of water intensive crops in drought prone norcal though...

[@schmiddy8433]

"they have pumped so aggressively it has drawn ocean into the rivers" jesus fucking christ that is a lot of pumping capacity

[@straightjacket3.519]

That fish was doing just fine before Cali dammed the water up. Maybe it’s endangered because of it.

[@GamingDad]

@virtuosomaximoso1 what's your take on all the water bottling plants in California?

[@mr.zwilliams7389]

@@GamingDadBad idea

[@zacharywatson5667]

When Nor-Cal was on fire back in fall of 2020, I was enrolled in an online biology course in college. The professor and students blamed Trump for the entire situation. I wonder who they will blame now???

[@MayISpeak]

If you were paying attention, Trump doesnt take climate change seriously. These fires are a result of people who don’t care to do anything about climate change.

[@Bmax24]

DEI will go down as one of the biggest fails in human history “Hey I have a great idea let’s not hire the best people for the job let’s make sure we hire someone because they’re gay instead”

[@gogereaver349]

so many places get that now and are cutting that out.

[@Bergamont45]

Yeah 2024 and now even the start of 2025 is proving how much DEI is a huge liability. Folks are done with that crap.

[@eclark9965]

Everthing is a cycle. It will return. It was called pc last time around. It appears to be getting worse each cycle so that’s cool

[@kermit1096]

”If i were the devil…”

[@OdinWannaBe]

Anyone talking about DEI is brainwashed and need to get off internet, mixing stuffs.

[@jtdripp]

100% rich corporations come in and buy up the land after.

[@RandomRabbit007]

No way, the rich people will keep their land and just build new $4-5 million dollar homes in the next 2-3 years .... Yes, they're THAT rich in the Palisades

[@paul-ie]

Well it won't be the poor ones...

[@ttdttd4211]

The WeF and their 15 min cities and in the process of building back better....reducing the carbon and a bonus is stealing the children. We are the carbon that THEY want to reduce... own nothing and be happy 😊 agenda 2030

[@Reglaized]

“The time to buy is when there’s blood in the streets” - Baron Rothschild

[@Lurker_Z]

CNN: Mostly peaceful forest fires.

[@SwantonBomb43]

They just want to be heard. Forest fire lives matter too ya know.

[@DrHuxley-]

All they need to do is manage the forests but chainsaw bad

[@wulfrache]

They dont even look that hot on screen.

[@zackerygarland15]

So im curious if everyone with damages from this will be able to sue the city for there negligence ​@DrHuxley-

[@moonkinx]

Why are you down here😂

[@scottpitts]

I live in Los Angeles. And for anyone saying that there is a lack of controlled wild fires is because there were 100MPH winds and no water. The air quality is also ruined from the smoke and my family is having their houses burnt down right now.

[@lhopi]

I’m sorry for your family. I hope they are/stay safe. According to the comments section here though, they deserve it, cuz blue state/city. So…there ya go. This is how Americans act now. It used to be tragedies brought the country together to help each other.

[@michaellombardi5831]

This was 100% foreseen. From LA cutting lafd budget by 23 million $ last year to rampant DEI , with the FD starting its own DEI dept, to FD putting on pride parades instead of trying to not maintaining their hydrant system in a wild fire zone , to refusing to use rainwater run off because of green crap, to the LA mayor having fun in Africa on the taxpayers dime, refusing to do preventative controlled burn,..... that's not even the end. Even if fire was natural they made it 100000X worse by being politically captured cult members only caring about the DEI cult to the detriment of everything.

[@gogereaver349]

you get what you vote for.

[@IndianArma]

This is a result of 100 mph winds, the sort of winds that scientists have been telling you will become all too common if uncontrolled anthropogenic climate change is not checked.

[@DaDude2011]

@@michaellombardi5831 you even left out the incredibly timely retreat of the insurance companies with fire insurance. Almost seems like a well executed operation.

[@ponjun3970]

DEI enjoyers will see this and say "why is DEI the problem in this again? it's the government's fault" while protesting to the government to bow down and show support for Pride and DEI by using the tax payers' money because if they don't then they're big0ts.

[@OdinWannaBe]

You are brainwashed, wake up you are mixing stuff together.

[@Micolashcage1]

I live in california. what's crazy is Insurance companies have been flying over houses with drones to look at people's backyards, then dropping them if they dont think their roofs or yards are deemed "uninsureabale" My uncle's neighbor was dropped by his insurance just because they decided his area was a fire risk out of nowhere

[@The_High_SeAs]

But are they wrong?

[@Micolashcage1]

@@The_High_SeAs not necessarily from a financial security perspective (as messed up as that is) but dude, what are we supposed to do. Some of us just want to live normal lives in peace and do good. Our government wont protect us and our insurance drops us

[@TheTexasDice]

I'm sorry you have to live in California. That's bad enough, but now there is this fire too, sad.

[@Fadexpl]

@@The_High_SeAs Yes, they are wrong. You're paying insurance so you get protected against loss, that's literally what you're paying for.

[@harpiessnow]

@@Micolashcage1 I think it's funny that insurance LITERALLY exists to cover crap like fire, floods, monsoons, and all sorts of other stuff, but now they're trying to play hardball on natural disasters, so they don't have to pay out. Gotta protect them profit margins and make the investors/board (stock holders) happy, huh?

[@deadlizard64]

"There's no water coming out of the fire hydrants" That sounds like a problem.

[@mitchellterry4961]

All the water was diverted to the very expensive homes with fire suppression systems.

[@JacobWillits]

Intentional Sabotage.

[@charlespanache7047]

Yup, so glad golf courses are able to waste water when people can't even fight fires. But when the rich create a problem there is no penalty.

[@PhonkEcho]

Because they want to preserve a little fish

[@louiscypher4186]

That's what happens when you have a large fire front. It's a well known problem, you're not going to maintain pressure with a front that big. The fact they are relying on hydrants for bushfires is just another example of how poorly developed fire fighting is in California. They don't want to hear it though, every time they have these fires they report the same problems, every time people try to explain their not using the best practices they get defensive. Speak to anyone else in the US, Canada, Australia, Spain hell even the Russians who live in regions that get these fires and they will tell you a loss of pressure is inevitable. California is wealthy, their taxes are high. There's no reason the response should be this poorly thought out. Private fire departments, Prison Labour, a massive over reliance on smoke jumpers they're fucked in the head.

[@HeimdalAvNordvegen]

In Norway It's legal for people to loot fallen trees on another persons property. A friend of mine needed firewood. So we went and asked a land owner if we could go and clear some fallen trees for him. This is a win win win dynamic. On top of that there is forest maintenance. Every square mile does not need to be swept but at least around cities and suburban areas.

[@JoshuaGraves113]

They don't manage their forests or cut away dead standing or brush in California.

[@ElonLied]

I love that fire doesn't discriminate and lays waste to everything & everyone equally. Truly fire is the most DEI friendly thing ever.

[@aliensquid]

Ok so fire doesn’t discriminate….but nothing friendly about people losing everything.

[@CalavasQuarr]

DEI discriminates, fire doesn’t, which is not DEI friendly. I don’t see your logic calling it “DEI friendly”.

[@lmcc8798]

“Brown people most affected.”

[@alejandromacarthy7249]

​@@aliensquidThats exactly what people should have in mind when implementing bs policy like DEI in the fire deparment instead of idk fire prevention and counter measures. Those people losing everything right now have only themselves to blame for supporting all that nonsensical policy and their avatars.

[@jcalle2]

That's why a lot of these fires are arson.

[@felipepwns]

I'm in CA and the fact that the city of LA would rather focus on DEI instead of stopping the annual fires is very upsetting

[@mr.merlot]

yeah.... maybe if we ask nicely enough the fire will put itself out?

[@jwr2904]

There's no stopping annual fires lol

[@endless2239]

you can't stop them, that would make it worse actually, controlled fires is probably the best bet, but now people build where the greenery was, you can't just start fires in residential areas.... so they start by themselves.

[@gogereaver349]

@@jwr2904 but there is controling it and cutting funds and dei hires is not how.

[@totalactor467]

​@@jwr2904As the person above me said, you cannot stop the fires from happening but you can mitigate the damage and the severity.

[@PlanetJeroen]

Natives used to prevent this shit by creating fire ditches and controlled burns. Then environmentalists came along.

[@accelerator8558]

alll hail the DEI hires

[@AzraelAG]

I mean, CalFire does controlled burns all the time. However, they're mostly understaffed and the majority of their resources are in NorCal (much more forest dense, so it makes sense). SoCal is known for cutting the funding for CalFire in their districts and counties because they haven't been experiencing the wild fires as much as NorCal does.

[@stickman9185]

@@accelerator8558 this was before dei existed

[@timyumichuck9262]

natives didn't do anything but scalp each other over land, logging kept this from happening, clear the brush, plant new trees, chop the wood

[@jopollmann]

didnt they cut the spendings by 23 millions for la fire dep ... so no wonder they dont to this anymore

[@grismatics]

bro whenever people say "AI" to things that are clearly real i get so unreasonably mad like i just can't believe people are this stupid

[@LordLT13]

Is this comment AI?

[@destroyerkuroshiokai]

Fire reduction is just one major impact of poor forestry. One thing not discussed in forestry management is if they reduced the leaf litter you also cut back on disease carrying vectors like ticks that infect tens of thousands of Americans each year. Ticks use the leaf litter as an insulator from the cold to survive till spring in cold climates. A lot of this would be paid for by citizens too in the form of tree cutting/harvesting permits. Cheap heat for residents, lower risks to homes making insurance affordable, and probably see a decrease in healthcare expenses too.

[@JagernaughtX]

Idk man there’s been some crazy fast winds in California recently

[@destroyerkuroshiokai]

@ fastest since 2011. It’s not really new. This is a systemic failure in forestry but also refusing to maintain enough infrastructure to handle emergencies. This is a Gov corruption problem. They spent mountains of cash but are derelict in doing the core functions of government. Lock them up.

[@aj_jk1337]

They banned wood burning fireplaces in new construction several years ago. You won't get a permit to install one in most counties and cities here. All under the guise of "air-quality"

[@destroyerkuroshiokai]

@ I know it’s all trash policies by a government that caused the problem in the first place. A single wildfire that burns a community put far more toxins into the environment than decades of wood burning stoves. It’s about feel good policies to get donations and control.

[@destroyerkuroshiokai]

@ I know it’s all trash policies by a government that caused the problem in the first place. A single wildfire that burns a community put far more toxins into the environment than decades of wood burning stoves. It’s about feel good policies to get donations and control.

[@awfulolaf]

It takes 1 to 3 gallons of water per almond. California grew 2.2 billion pounds of almonds in 2022. California grows 80% of the world’s almonds.

[@PastPerspectives11]

Only you can prevent almond farms

[@jeremyhess7977]

average that at 2 gallons per almond.... 4.4 billion gallons = 6,750 Olympic pools or a cube of water that's about 838 x 838 x 838 feet in dimension.

[@awfulolaf]

@@jeremyhess7977 2.2 billion POUNDS. There are 304 to 464 almonds per pound. So multiply your answer by 304 to 464.

[@Scoobert54]

They need almonds man how can they work without almond milk in their coffee

[@bloodsports94]

Lol. You have any idea how much 2 gallons of dairy milk takes to produce? 100 times that. Almonds are not the problem buddy. gtfo.

[@immortallegacy100]

No forest management, no water reservoirs, and no fire containment.

[@T0nnYo2]

hey at least the fire department is diverse and has lgbtq members

[@sneez1414]

PERIOD

[@WhiteMousse1980]

No problem!

[@chaseking997]

Why is it not against the law for these companies to keep dropping people right before a disaster??

[@midragga]

But we have DEI though

[@ghwyvernstudio]

4:29 “Um… Excuse me.” Smacks lips, pushes glasses up. “There are no trees in Mordor.”

[@sharkbaitoohhahha]

*Screams to California officials: "HAVE YOU TRIED CALLING THE FIRE RACIST??"

[@theoppositeopinion9290]

or they could send in Trump, maybe the BS coming out of his mouth can put the fire out.

[@arturotroncoso3484]

Trump called this out, but newsome made fun of him. Trump said he had ro clean up the forrest before a bigger fire errupts again. ​@theoppositeopinion9290

[@sharkbaitoohhahha]

@@theoppositeopinion9290 stay mad. Sorry everything the left does ends in failure.

[@CitizenRule]

@@theoppositeopinion9290 You still mad at Trump for saying men cannot get pregnant?

[@gogereaver349]

@@theoppositeopinion9290 trump will just tell the fire to stop it and it will go out.

[@stevewalker8865]

i live in Australia where we get much much worse than this and what we're taught from elementary school is to never stay in your home even if you got defences like this wall of water that sprays out to defend the area never remain in your house the fires can get so hot that it sucks the oxygen from your house bodies have been found in perfectly untouched houses that have had sprinkler defence systems

[@ImPacosTacos]

Hoping for a tame fire season this year for yalls. Atleast most of you know its coming and try and due proper

[@Oxzide92]

Take a look at the Photo of the California fire officials. Wouldn't think it takes a genius to understand you need to clear out the underbrush of wooded areas in an state that experiences 350~ days of sunshine a year. Wild.

[@Ktmfan450]

Are you paying for it?

[@Ktmfan450]

33 million acres of forests

[@MeanMrMustard-aka-DaDijonDon]

Everybody's got answers AFTER disaster strikes.. people just love to hear themselves yap

[@TheMitmiter]

@@MeanMrMustard-aka-DaDijonDon People have been saying this for YEARS. This is not a new argument at all.

[@Ktmfan450]

@@TheMitmiter People have been saying the same thing about Transwomen being women

[@micknightmare3]

The wind flipped a big rig right next to me on the 210 freeway

[@XPLOSIVization]

DEI is not just killing games, films, sports & car companies, but people now too

[@kevinmcmillin870]

Browns are not

[@kevinmcmillin870]

Equal

[@martinholt7229]

has been for a while now. You just don't hear about it.

[@thesorrow4664]

What does DEI have to do with wild fires?

[@OdinWannaBe]

you mixing stuff together like a terminally online retar

[@courtneyharris1006]

California is endgame content.

[@SGTDoomer19]

Well, currently level 26. These levels are becoming more difficult every level 😮‍💨

[@memeticks3610]

The Burning Steppes.

[@Zemlja_je_ravna]

Corrupted Vaal Area

[@JustBrowsing123]

@@memeticks3610 Defiantly something out of warcraft lol.

[@yoopergamer1871]

Im seeing this shit plus the extreme cold and I cant help but have end of the world vibes ​@JustBrowsing123

[@familhagaudir8561]

The near-totality of California's inner lake drained into the Pacific hundreds of thousands of years ago. The remaining pool was relatively tiny and very shallow, only 10-30 feet deep. That pool is kept dry most of the time because the water is used for farming, which is a choice, not a mistake. The mountains have COLLOSAL amount of water simply allowed to flow into the ocean when most of it could be diverted into reservoirs with reasonable mitigation for species protection. That dry lake people lament about? It can be filled and more by re-routing water that goes into the Pacific. There is no good reason to keep California into perpetual water insecurity. There is no good reason to refuse to do controlled burns to prevent exactly what is happening right now.

[@AlxndrHQ]

There is if you financially benefit from the crisis

[@92814323]

Their is plenty of profit to be made offering insurance scams to new home owners. and keeping the fires available is something to ensure that profitability.

[@dugonman8360]

​@@AlxndrHQbingo. Always remember when you ask "why did the mayor/governor/senator do/not do this or that" the answer is always "because they'll benefit financially from it".

[@gradywray5391]

It's too hard to build dams or reservoirs anymore in CA.

[@PrayerWarrior4]

A lot of the farmers water in the central valley was taken away claiming the bay areas Needed it more, and then was reported to dump all the water into the ocean. A lot of farmers now have to use GM crops that can handle less water and it's costing them more than ever. Now that the state government is pushing, no one asked or voted for, lack of diesel fuel for all the equipment everyone Needs to survive...they are pushing most of the agriculture communities to sell their lands for cheap...

[@Cbart23]

Scissor-ability high on the priority list of LAFD.

[@butlervmax]

I live just north of the Pallisades Fire. When the winds are blowing in my direction, the sky is black or red. I think a lot of people who aren’t familiar with LA assume that we’re all living in crammed downtown housing or spacious rich mansions. I live in an urban neighborhood, surrounded by schools. All of them have been closed, most have been turned into evacuation centers for people, animals or both. People are really coming together right now. No one deserves what’s happening. I hope no one else has to experience this in their lifetime. It’s terrifying.

[@HarmlessComment]

Prayers from Modesto ❤ I left the foothills after the Paradise fire. The best piece of mind is living away from all this. Good luck to you 🙏

[@Elavationproductions]

Your neighborhood is surrounded by schools? Don't they need like 1 school for every 10 neighborhoods?

[@tiryaclearsong421]

​@@Elavationproductions I live in Tennessee and have five schools around me. The last time I had only two schools nearby I lived in a village and one of them was an Amish school.

[@butlervmax]

@@Elavationproductionsthere’s an elementary school, jr high and high school, as well as a few charter schools.

[@WillyKillya]

I live all the way over in Van Nuys and The smoke is coming here now

[@MrCovi2955]

California "This is totally natural and thus completely unpreventable" Utah/Nevada/Arizona/New Mexico/Texas "Then why don't we have this problem EVERY FREAKING YEAR even though we're even drier than you are?"

[@dave4148]

Google is free.

[@jwr2904]

Yeah, they never have forest fires in any other western states... And you must not know anything about how much rain we get in the south

[@smithynoir9980]

@@jwr2904 Nothing on the scale of this though. It's like you think "Fire is fire is fire, it's all the same". Your comments under others is also very devoid of any real arguments or actual understanding.

[@swickens930]

Arizona actually isn't drier than California... It's hotter, not drier. And the places that ARE super dry, don't have burnable brush. Believe it or not, but in Phoenix Arizona, it rains more than it does in San Diego. And their infrastructure is setup to capture and redistribute the water during their haboob season. I grew up in San Diego and spent my 20s in Arizona, it rains more in Arizona. Some years in San Diego, it might rain just a single time in the entire year. This is why California wild fires are partially "natural." A lot of areas in California are extremely dry because of how little rainfall they get. Which naturally increases the chance of forest fires.

[@JagernaughtX]

The wind

[@Gromaul]

17:40 yes, controlled burns. They use to happen in the 1900s and then various environmental groups shut it down. Then they started having these issues. Now certain southern areas do controlled burns and they haven't had nearly the same amount of issues. San Diegos mountain region burned down in 2003 and they have been much better about forestry maintenance since then.

[@xhontafaruci3445]

This is what happens when you make your houses out of wood and cardboard believe it or not being able to punch holes in your wall isn't a good thing

[@Alondro77]

The NJ Pine Barrens used to have enormous wild fires... until after one million-plus acre burn in the 1960's they finally decided to start annual controlled burns. No massive wildfires ever since!

[@mariawhite7337]

They need to do this for northern Utah. There is a huge and famous valley that has a pretty fire synonymous name and the last time I went through there there was do much dead fall and brush that I'm surprised that it still hasn't caught on fire. It's only a matter of time.

[@BenjaminDavis-l5y]

Did you ever stop to think about the difference in complexity between burning backwoods bf Egypt place in FLAT terrain New Jersey vs on STEEP ass hills with multi million dollar homes? You come be burn boss then put your name on it for if something goes sideways.

[@mdel310]

Not that it’s related to this topic, but Pine Barrens best Sopranos episode lol.

[@rudyrodriguez7301]

​@@BenjaminDavis-l5y lol bro thinks that fire cares about how much your house costs.😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@davidwallace6527]

@@BenjaminDavis-l5y What??

[@mezpezlez]

Same thing happened in Jasper Alberta...zero forest management was done around the town...and then half the town burnt down.

[@bensjammin8531]

In 1853 australia began giving eucalyptus trees to california, now that they have matured, one of the defining features of eucalyptus trees are that they need fire to germinate, their leaves are full of oils and they are constantly self pruning to set the conditions for fires. So what i am saying is, australia sends their regards. 🤠

[@MagicalMaster]

Crickey...

[@TenaciousTentacruel]

Those are mostly in San Diego, there aren't alot of eucalyptus trees in these current fires

[@jessbellis9510]

Also, sorry they tend to explode if they get hot enough.

[@MagicalMaster]

@@jessbellis9510 ... So we'll know when they hit the eucalyptus when the explosions start?

[@pong9000]

I remember that as one of the crazy ridiculous things Trump said, that all sane people need to discount because Trump said it.

[@pauljoseph3081]

"It looks like we're in a 3rd world country here" Dude, I'm in a 3rd world and we never had forest fires like this 💀

[@Jim-o4t]

No one ever talks about how loud a fire like that is when you're next to it.

[@mr.merlot]

I never thought about that, cool catch!

[@D3xt3r33]

because everybody knows that fires roar

[@JacobWillits]

Big fires the heat goes far out too.

[@elibnem4126]

Not called a roaring fire for nothing.

[@devilsadvocate9768]

Yeah man, the noise is definitely the worst thing about it. You can't even watch TV with noise canceling headphones. It's horrible!

[@VanWinger]

The dog in the house: Everything is _NOT_ fine.

[@DrDuckMD]

I read an article, online, that they successfully escaped.

[@JacobWillits]

​​@@DrDuckMDthey live in california they have excaped nothing they flee a fire into the rest of the nightmare dude that state has fallen 1984 666 style

[@alexmeier1]

Reminds me a lot of the Hawaii fire. There's no water for the fire hydrant? In the middle of winter? And many of the people's insurance coverage was cancelled right before this happened? How much you want to bet Blackrock ends up buying the land?

[@Anima18911]

Thought the same shit friend.

[@lorecow88]

Ding ding ding.

[@RDV333]

At a certain point, incompetence is merely a shield to deflect engineered outcomes.

[@craigboden9455]

How much lithium and cobalt is in those hills?

[@jwr2904]

You know we haven't had rain for 6 months, right? We haven't had any rain this winter down here in the south, and there's a lot of fire and firefighters

[@nvisibleone]

Why do people want to live in literal hell? Earthquakes, fires, morally depravity.. lol, it's basically hell.

[@mattbish8474]

Because it's beautiful here. Greatest weather year round probably on the entire planet. Born and raised here haven't experienced an earthquake do any damage whatsoever. People saying they're worried about earthquakes is hilarious. But one thing that pisses me off is all the people coming here making everything expensive. And the politics.

[@nvisibleone]

@mattbish8474 Maybe I should say LA then. They even made a car jacking video game out of it lol. Northern CA is probably where I'd like to live if I was out there.

[@devakari8347]

My house was burned down in this fire. About 6 months ago, our insurance was dropped for being "high-risk". Luckily, last month we were able to find a replacement insurance company. However, it came at a steep price. Many of my peers didn't have the same luxury. I pray for all of those who were harmed and lost their homes. And for those who are merely observing and lending prayers, I am grateful. Edit: To all the people using this comment as a place to make a political jab, you either have no human soul, or you need to go outside. Not everything is about politics. People are dying and losing their homes, and you sit in the quiet solace of your room to make a backhanded remark to someone who just lost everything they own. You people are pitiful.

[@artemis8396]

I'm so sorry, I'll be praying for you and everyone who has to deal with this. 🙏❤️

[@itsspookie]

Goodluck having Insurance even payout in the first place.

[@mrchinosofexodar]

I'm sorry this happened to you, but I bet your replacement company will drop you first chance they get after this, I know it's home but...

[@Jonkin715]

Praying for you and the rest of our Americans stuck in this mess.

[@madmatt2024]

So... Are you leaving CA after this?

[@270eman]

Alabama is almost entirely covered in forest. Tree farming is huge there. I always saw them doing controlled burns and clearing out the brush and they never had any of these fire issues. They wouldn't even cut fire breaks between the trees and the powerlines in california because it would effect a vulnerable mouse population lmao

[@gogereaver349]

same in ky and 20 years 1 fire got out of controle. but they did evently get it. but it was a smokey week in my town for shure,

[@jwr2904]

California is very different lol, different climate, geography. And you're full of shit, when there's a fire they do what they have to do.

[@m4r00123]

This begs the question how did those vulnerable mice survive so long without humans protecting them

[@michaelfrock2473]

@@jwr2904I believe their point was the people in charge were grossly incompetent when it comes to managing the forest area which could have prevented at least the severity of this situation.

[@thefalsehero]

@@jwr2904 "California is very different." Yeah, it has a liberal government who'd rather siphon tax money for their own corrupt desires, rather than actually manage the state properly. Huge difference.

[@anthonyoer4778]

This doesn't look good for California's carbon footprint...tsk tsk tsk.

[@boogie9126]

They’ve known this was a possibility for over 20 years. If there is a shred of our National Republic and the Republic of California left there should be dozens of individuals arrested, removed from office and tried for the loss of life and property. This level of negligence and apathy is unfathomable.

[@RoryMitchell00]

The reason the bulldozer operator isn't holding down "W" is the same reason that snow plows work with an angle to their blade. If you keep piling more and more mass in front of you with a straight blade, you will very quickly make things worse. If the bulldozer had a "V" type blade - with the point at the furthest distance from the vehicle - to push everything to the side, going straight "might" work to clear a path. But the blade is straight, and so physics simply doesn't work that way.

[@floridagirl4896]

1:52 the one that said open the window has a deathwish.

[@gingersnaps7186]

Yes ok

[@alvarny77]

Epic selfie time

[@realMaverickBuckley]

I mean.. him and whoever stacked up all of the wooden chairs right outside the house 😮

[@floridagirl4896]

@realMaverickBuckley OMG I didn't even notice the chairs.

[@Rhinlord]

People are going to blame the insurance companies when it is the governments fault for making the situation so dangerous.

[@daniellane1605]

No people will blame insurance companies when they call it an act of god and refuse to payout for burnt down houses

[@jrod1591]

I mean…. You are comparing a turd sandwich to a shit salad. lol

[@TomsWhip]

Its not even the governments fault either tbf. Its nature. You chose to move to an area with that kind of nature in the first place and now youre finding out. Its the same as when idiots build their little stick house in a tornado prone area and then once its inevitably knocked down they just repeat and do it again. F around find out

[@gh3meister]

They aren't blaming the insurance companies, they're mad at them for not helping after the fires happen

[@freeweights101]

This definitely feel like arson. And insurance companies has a history of doing thing's like this

[@xhontafaruci3445]

The pictures of the fires make for great wallpapers

[@neuromancer886]

The mayor is off playing a Vuvuzela while the city burns. Truly a modern day Nero.

[@MeanMrMustard-aka-DaDijonDon]

Dude... that doesn't make any sense. Are you a bot

[@neuromancer886]

@@MeanMrMustard-aka-DaDijonDon Yes I am a bot... I need your clothes, your boots and your motorcycle

[@MeanMrMustard-aka-DaDijonDon]

@@neuromancer886 ............... "The machines rose from the ashes of the nuclear fire. Their war to exterminate mankind had raged for decades, but the final battle would not be fought in the future. It would be fought here, in our present. Tonight.."

[@neuromancer886]

@@MeanMrMustard-aka-DaDijonDon Yeah this has gone on long enough... I will not be back

[@nathanwilliams3877]

18:53 that woman has absolutely no business being a public servant, let alone a fire chief. I hope that she resigns immediately.

[@zackerygarland15]

Might be a dei hire.

[@4FYTfa8EjYHNXjChe8xs7xmC5pNEtz]

Joey will probably give her a medal when this is over.

[@accelerator8558]

They provably gona give her a "extra bonus" for the amazing job

[@rogerfurlong1535]

Buffy The Vampire Slayer tried to warn us about the California Hellmouth.

[@titaniabell8682]

Ha! Good catch

[@accelerator8558]

Damn, now you remind me that

[@justaaron2558]

Looks like Head Captain Yamamoto released his Bankai.

[@mikeoxlong3676]

This is more like his shikai. His bankai is much smaller and contained in the tip of his blade.

[@snicklesnockle7263]

This is what happens when the black woman mayor cuts the fire budget by 20 million and the first ever woman fire chief focuses on hiring more women. And the governor dumps your water in the ocean to save the delta smelt.

[@MiguelAguasvivass]

This is also what happens when you have a women running the show. An example being the mayor of LA (a women), and the head chief of the LAFD (a women).

[@Precipiceofwind]

You are so chronically online it's insane. Keep your!

[@Bertiesghost]

JFC 🤦‍♂️, it’s nothing to do with her skin colour.

[@snicklesnockle7263]

@@Bertiesghost Statistical averages exist.

[@hamsterSNAKE]

Forgot to mention they sent all the extra firefighting gear to Ukraine

[@chagmeier7]

13:00- My grandparents had a wood furnace and if the fire went out inside of it you’d start by putting dryer logs that have probably been dead longer in there first and then as they were being incinerated you’d slowly insert the fresher more wet logs because the temperature will eventually rise high enough it will burn any log. I think that can be applied to a forest fire. If you leave the dead wood lay around and then it catches on fire and there’s enough of it around eventually the temperature is high enough to burn the living trees as well, especially in a dry season it wouldn’t take much.

[@ZimVader13]

If the evacuation goes 3 blocks south in pasadena I have to evacuate. I have no family, no car and nowhere to go either, yeah it's terrifying

[@SicilianAmericanDreams]

You can come stay with me in silverlake. Im down here visiting relatives we have room.

[@chuco915C]

What’s your plan?

[@VertietRyper]

I would honestly leave early because of that.

[@backstabber3537]

@@SicilianAmericanDreams bro u dont do sussy shit at night tho right

[@SicilianAmericanDreams]

@backstabber3537 ? Im a single parent in college a regular dude. My relatives have a huge house im just tryna be nice we have the space. We are fortunate.

[@webknecht]

15:05 True in dry areas. But here in Germany, when a tree falls to the ground, it starts rotting. All the insects drill holes, water gets inside, the air is wet, the woods are foggy. The tree will be consumed over some years.

[@CanadianCyrus]

I recall one of the California government officials planning a bill that would allow the power company to siphon energy from electric vehicles during certain periods. Imagine a fire like this breaks out and your electric car is dead because the power grid has been siphoning its battery. I'm guessing that bill will be shelved at this point.

[@Jonkin715]

That is terrifying. I would just buy a bicycle at that point.

[@user-zu5do6ri6r]

@Jonkin715 You don't already have one?

[@docvolt5214]

Yeah I'm sticking to my V8 till the wheels fall off

[@roykuo4]

@docvolt5214 Legit question, wouldn't a combustion engine just die in a wild fire though? No O2 haha

[@gogereaver349]

that house has a fire supression system you can see the water.

[@obsession_gaming]

I served in the National Guard as a nedic and i responded to 3 major fires in California to help evacuations, damage control, and unfortunately, body recovery and EVERY SINGLE ONE of these fires were preventable.

[@kctyphoon]

What part of "They WANT this to happen" do people NOT UNDERSTAND? Or does everyone think it's a coincidence the same thing happened at the 2020 election? They light it up, and then apply for HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS of federal funding. This is how you steal taxpayer dollars - at EVERYONE ELSE'S expense. Evil people run California. Dozens of ANTIFA were getting arrested for arson in 2020 - and the media blamed the fires on "Global Warming".

[@yingle6027]

If you put a rainbow flag outside your house the fire won't get you.

[@gamingasylum9957]

Correct, the fire knows the people inside are already flaming.

[@phemeloseotlolla]

"There's a fire crisis!" "Did you hear something? Anyways, the department isn't gay enough"

[@HSLHEHE]

They are going to get denied from the insurance company

[@TCPSOfficial07]

It's sad to think about

[@jaanzi4347]

Sounds like they wanna start droppin like healthcare CEOs.

[@Mapleaple]

They did about a year ago after the waves of fires been hitting Cali due to the homeless lighting them early mornings.

[@PolarisPointsNorth72]

no way this is west LA. insurance only denies poor and middle class people not the richest people in the country.

[@tremblence]

Insurance is a scam The ONLY way they can profit and exist...... is they have to TAKE more money from their clients, than they pay out SIMPLE. Just like a casino..... same exact principle

[@HybridEnergy]

California: Hires DEI first female LAFD Wrecked by Fire You can't make this up.

[@azalea_k]

You can if you're in these comments and obsessed with DEI.

[@tickbrick1]

Yeah, that's the fire got big. Nothing to due with 60 mph winds lol.

[@kevstervegas]

Yeah bro Cat 2 winds are DEI too

[@gogereaver349]

they get owned by fire every year anymore but keep with the same bad policy. they never learn from anything.

[@Kentololable]

Ok then, what about the lack of controlled burning? Explain how this is or is not related to DEI? From what I can see the burning has been reintroduced only in recent years, was held back by both federal and state governments in the past.

[@shm236]

8:28 mostly peaceful wildfire

[@chucklebouf5379]

Calling these wildfires in disingenuous. People set 90% of them.

[@Arkaro_Nerock_8580]

​​@@chucklebouf5379Mostly peaceful pyromaniacs

[@AlisdairAlbert]

As student of agriculture we were told this happened because of excessive irrigation and a lot of people started making farm for business at the time, mainly corn farms. They were told this will cause drought in the future by the specialists but they were ignored for money. Now they do have drought. It's not just the lake, the main source was the underground water and it dried out too.

[@nubnubbud]

the lake they were talking about disappeared hundreds of years ago- it's an area native americans hadn't seen for generations, and we only know about it from tales and geology mostly. it briefly filled again just a little last year, that's the only reason anyone knows. The greater Los Angeles Basin is actually a floodplain and wetland. People didn't just settle here because it was an inhospitable desert, y'know. the area naturally gets a lot of water, and outside of droughts, we typically have enough, minus almond farmers. they... they use a lot. they never have enough water.

[@scottsch6505]

Im kind of a tree scientist myself. A healthy forest causes deadfall to rot creating a moist environment where fungi help break things down. A dry sterile forest is on its way to becoming a desert. Its not intuitive, but you can have a dead forest with living trees.

[@Wiz_x2]

All of socal is basically a desert. Minus the mountains

[@jessbellis9510]

Disagree in regards to Australia. Then again the bush is a bit different to a regular forest.

[@foodie5367]

LA was initially a desert that irrigated water down from the north. It only exists because of modern technology.

[@througtonsheirs_doctorwhol5914]

in quebec the cycles of normal forest fires creates the legendary blueberries, LES BLEUETS du Québec. If Saguenay-LAc-St-Jean could have a NHL hockey team....

[@bryandraughn9830]

There must be a balance that can reduce the amount of flammable fuel piling up.

[@dominicdeluca6378]

Controlled burns are great BEFORE the forest fire. Too late DURING the forest fire

[@poisenbery]

Californian here: The main takeaway is that the current fire chief is a DEI hire, and it's no surprise that firefighters do not even have water to put out the fires. That is all.

[@JonKovach]

DEI hire? Are you purposely being ignorant? She has served for 22 years as a Firefighter, Paramedic, Engineer, Fire Inspector, Captain I, Captain II, Battalion Chief, Assistant Chief, Deputy Chief, Chief Deputy, and Fire Chief.

[@atdower]

Crowley's bio that her 'highest priority' is being devoted to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, or DEI, a much-hated practice of corporations among conservatives.

[@MarylandGuy-ey3st]

@@JonKovach and she was probably pushed up through those ranks due to affirmative action..

[@larrydestiny2184]

@@JonKovachyea she is for sure there because of DEI , and she vowed to promote DEI in her speech.

[@captainz9]

Water is racist!

[@Porkleaker]

You can hear that wind...there's nothing stopping this.

[@adastra5295]

"Let nature do its thing" Nature does its thing surprised pikachu face

[@LifeIMO]

Another reason to get the hell out of CA. Unconstitutional leadership with no help for families dealing with this crap

[@m3diterra]

We have the greatest military on Earth…if we wanted to put out the flames…we could

[@BabyJesus440]

They cut funds to police and firefighters. The first day they were already short on firefighters. This area actually doesnt have a firestation

[@-youngish]

what? we are helping everyone who needs it. and have plenty of money/resources. We aren't broke like all the red states. Go and leave. We don't need you. We are literally the 5th largest economy in the world. We'll be just fine.

[@m3diterra]

@@BabyJesus440doesn’t matter , someone’s made the decision to let it go

[@PastPerspectives11]

@@m3diterra I am crawling under your skin

[@yaackaa]

A lot of people don’t understand dry fire and 90 mph winds. If it catches you you can’t get away. It literally sweeps everything

[@nunyah8705]

Dude how you mashed that clip of the LAFD’s mission statement with that clip of the fire surrounding the house was pure gold lol

[@johngalt5411]

It's like Newsom is the high priest and this is his kingdom, his glorious inferno as he flashes that devilish smile from ear to ear.

[@tokebak4291]

Imagine watching everything you own burn and then insurances saying they don't need to pay. It's insane and that why people like Luigi exist.

[@jasonolinger7585]

Please stop.

[@dr.loomis4221]

assurances?

[@chucklebouf5379]

Insurance isn't a bank, it's a mathematical equation. You vote in stupid politicians who make the math stupid then it's on you to save up the money for an emergency and take care of it yourself.

[@marcellachine5718]

You need better heros.

[@cgoodwin256]

You'll understand once you grow up and start paying the bills.

[@_MikeJon_]

The fact their national guard doesn't have a large fire brigade at this point is insane to me.

[@immortallegacy100]

There's a BIG difference between a mayor and a senator not being in their home state/city during an emergency. A US senator has almost zero power in their own state. Their power lies in DC, and they have little to no power themselves. A US senator like Ted Cruz spends at least four days a week in DC, and most senators actually live in the DC area, not their home state. It was just luck Cruz happened to be in Texas during the snow storm.

[@daviedanielp]

imagine simping for Ted Cruz lol...

[@codymiller4119]

Those two guys in the beginning don't realize they could die from the smoke even though they're in the house. The carbon dioxide levels get pretty insane and your survival can be down a minutes

[@ugib8377]

Not to mention the fire eats all the oxygen when it burns. Eventually their supply inside will run out, like the water in their fire suppression system.

[@codymiller4119]

@ugib8377 very true

[@TheRedRaven_]

The guys who made that video are likely dead, not gonna sugar coat it.

[@Stevo.100]

@@TheRedRaven_ They're in a house that's prepared for fires, they're more likely to be alive.

[@Zuzannalucja256]

@@TheRedRaven_ i just hope the dog is okay

[@chrisleyleonlewisiii9644]

LET'S TALK ABOUT DIVERSITY WHILE OUR STATE BURNS TO THE FUCKING GROUND!!!

[@4FYTfa8EjYHNXjChe8xs7xmC5pNEtz]

And I'm a sacred good guy who is praying for the well-being of everyone, so by god you'd better not annoy me by, say, pointing out any actual reasons why this fire is so bad!

[@wokekoala3888]

Florida Firefighting cadet here, when that chief or whoever was trying to raise the number of minority firefighters, the question you have to ask yourself is "how are they going to do that?" More than likely it means that they will drop their standards to fit weak minority groups to reach their quotas. I do not care who is beside me in the burning building as long as they can do the job and pull their weight. We can't slack off on the standards because the job is too important.

[@lifeoutthere3325]

Btw us firefighters are getting paid close to minimum wage. So every time someone calls us a hero, we are thinking to ourselves “ how about you f-ing pay us like one?

[@JM-mh1pp]

Never ask to be paid like a hero. Superman is not exactly rolling in cash you know

[@lifeoutthere3325]

@@JM-mh1pp Sounds like LA boy is stuck in a movie. Makes sense

[@clanwargods]

Do nurses make more than you guys?

[@Boosttackle]

Putting your life on the line with this stuff? Yeah ya'll need a bigger paycheck 100%

[@alexparraparra4484]

Tell that to the ppl who control ur payment lmao