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[hallett21]

To anyone un affected by these fires get your asses into your garage tomorrow and test your equipment. And if it doesn’t run go get it fixed.

Finally done for the day trying to MacGyver systems lol.

Say some prayers for those who lost their homes. And appreciate that you’re sleeping in your bed

 

[PlanB]

Have to wonder if some of these deep blue areas might vote different after this. No reservoirs built, LAFD budget cut, brush mismanagement etc...

 

[1manshow]

Surplus fire equipment sent to Ukraine

CA, Struggling With Massive Wildfires, Sent 'Surplus' Firefighting Equipment to Ukraine.

The Los Angeles County Fire Department (LACoFD) and several other departments across the United States sent supposedly "surplus" equipment, including fire

thenationalpulse.com

 

[HBCraig]

Pepperdine

FOX 11 Los Angeles on Instagram: "Pepperdine University students watch the #FranklinFire burn #Malibu from inside the campus' buildings. Click link in bio for full story."

17K likes, 367 comments - foxla on December 10, 2024: "Pepperdine University students watch the #FranklinFire burn #Malibu from inside the campus' buildings. Click link in bio for full story.".

www.instagram.com

 

[1manshow]

Have to wonder if some of these deep blue areas might vote different after this. No reservoirs built, LAFD budget cut, brush mismanagement etc...

An electoral college type system in California would help a lot. The coastal, heavy population centers are walking all over the lesser populated areas and deciding elections for everyone.

 

[4Waters]

To anyone un affected by these fires get your asses into your garage tomorrow and test your equipment. And if it doesn’t run go get it fixed.

Finally done for the day trying to MacGyver systems lol.

Say some prayers for those who lost their homes. And appreciate that you’re sleeping in your bed

I checked my generator in November and again Monday evening. Gotta do the transfer switch still but I can be up and running in 10min

 

[stephenkatsea]

Born in, raised in and spent most of my life in CA. Wild brush fires, reenforced by Santa Ana winds, were common. But, this/these seem different. I don’t recall a severe lack of water to fight those fires. I also don’t recall $20M prior cutting of Fire Dept funding. Previous CA fires were not political. This one is.

 

[Gelcoater]

Have to wonder if some of these deep blue areas might vote different after this. No reservoirs built, LAFD budget cut, brush mismanagement etc...

One would hope it’s a wake up call to all Californians regardless of how to they voted in the past.
Is a failure of leadership.

 

[ChumpChange]

How long?

Agoura hills, oak Park, parts of Westlake village no power all day, may return tomorrow

Went out sometime around 3:00am this morning. Just got an update and they say they are starting to inspect the lines now that the wind has died down but since it’s dark it’s gonna be a while.

Fortunately have my Predator 6500 so my freezer of Fort Rock Farms meat is still solid.

 

[ChumpChange]

One would hope it’s a wake up call to all Californians regardless of how to they voted in the past.
Is a failure of leadership.

LA Times owner called out Mayor Bass today.

 

[Angler]

Update from Newscum

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[Mr. C]

An electoral college type system in California would help a lot. The coastal, heavy population centers are walking all over the lesser populated areas and deciding elections for everyone. View attachment 1467517

As my wife said to me earlier. Maybe not meant this way.
Paraphrasing her biblical rant.
God said I made this world I can destroy it as well if you abuse it.
Looking at this map. Maybe she was right.

 

[Mr. C]

LA Times owner called out Mayor Bass today.

I believe he also fired most of his employees for refusing to be neutral and forth coming in the news.

 

[Backlash]

I've got plenty of fuel for my gas-powered Honda generator and she fires up effortlessly each and every time. I went outside this afternoon and used my gas-powered leaf blower to clean up my front and rear yard and the front yards of two of my neighbors. That leaf blower has never skipped a beat either. Both of my "Old" gas-powered Homelite chainsaws are primed and have freshly sharpened chains. They are a joy to use and are easy to maintain. Battery powered yard equipment?? Fuck the liberals and their bullshit mandates.

 

[77charger]

Great little generator, quiet, and decent on fuel. It's my go to when the powers out.

They will run like 20 hrs on a light load with just a full tank.

Only downside them sumbitches are heavy and worse when full but they are a workhorse.

 

[4Waters]

I've got plenty of fuel for my gas-powered Honda generator and she fires up effortlessly each and every time. I went outside this afternoon and used my gas-powered leaf blower to clean up my front and rear yard and the front yards of two of my neighbors. That leaf blower has never skipped a beat either. Both of my "Old" gas-powered Homelite chainsaws are primed and have freshly sharpened chains. They are a joy to use and are easy to maintain. Battery powered yard equipment?? Fuck the liberals and their bullshit mandates.

I'll use my gas blower tomorrow and I also have a nice old gas homelite chain saw with a fresh chain

 

[76sanger]

When talking politics over this, remember 2 years ago there was the recall of newdumb. Question is, how much difference would have Larry Elders made on all this? I personally believe it would have been exactly night and day difference. Actually on all the giant wildfires of the last two years.
But he got railroaded by a third party RHINO or a disguised LIBTARD!

 

[socal0487]

Arsonists

Don’t let Edison off the hook that easily

 

[oldman]

Went out sometime around 3:00am this morning. Just got an update and they say they are starting to inspect the lines now that the wind has died down but since it’s dark it’s gonna be a while.

Fortunately have my Predator 6500 so my freezer of Fort Rock Farms meat is still solid.

Could take 8 hrs, depending on how much overhead they have to patrol, glad your on a genny.

 

[Mr. C]

Don’t let Edison off the hook that easily

And you wonder why your power could be turned off.
I hope next winds over 20 mph they shut everybody off.
Then who will you fucking bitch at.
Fucking some people. I swear.


And here I thought I was taking the evening off.

 

[OldSchoolBoats]

I'm not a conspiracy theorist. I'm just saying if you are a nefarious organization that wanted to inflict pain on the American people, this is probably the easiest way to do so much damage with such little effort. Its truly frightening if you think about it.l

Not to mention the possibility of some kind of invasion. So many neighborhoods not even near a fire or evacuation zone are without power. Shit, French Valley is literally completely dark right now. Somehow we got lucky and are the only neighborhood not dark (yet) but got all the flashlights charged up and guns loaded.....lol. We even have all underground utilities......so it's extremely odd.

 

[SOCALCRICKETT]

Don’t let Edison off the hook that easily

Lol, to be fair they just might be one in the same

 

[socal0487]

And you wonder why your power could be turned off.
I hope next winds over 20 mph they shut everybody off.
Then who will you fucking bitch at.
Fucking some people. I swear.


And here I thought I was taking the evening off.

Normalizing shutting someone’s power off as opposed to maintaining the infrastructure, seems crazy to me. But funding a QRF helicopter fleet 24/7 365 at a time of 35 million a year is the answer for Edison.

A Year-Round Investment in Wildfire Safety

“I got into flying because it’s bad***,” Sikorsky S-76 helicopter captain Venida Hayes sheepishly admitted. “I wish I had a better answer for you but it’s the truth.”

energized.edison.com

 

[Mr. C]

Normalizing shutting someone’s power off as opposed to maintaining the infrastructure, seems crazy to me. But funding a QRF helicopter fleet 24/7 365 at a time of 35 million a year is the answer for Edison.

A Year-Round Investment in Wildfire Safety

“I got into flying because it’s bad***,” Sikorsky S-76 helicopter captain Venida Hayes sheepishly admitted. “I wish I had a better answer for you but it’s the truth.”

energized.edison.com

If you don’t think they arent spending money and man hours updating your fucking delusional
But it wouldn’t matter. You’re gonna find a reason to bitch.
As I said. I hope they turn your power off. Then they wouldnt have to worry about being the villain.

 

[4Waters]

Normalizing shutting someone’s power off as opposed to maintaining the infrastructure, seems crazy to me. But funding a QRF helicopter fleet 24/7 365 at a time of 35 million a year is the answer for Edison.

A Year-Round Investment in Wildfire Safety

“I got into flying because it’s bad***,” Sikorsky S-76 helicopter captain Venida Hayes sheepishly admitted. “I wish I had a better answer for you but it’s the truth.”

energized.edison.com

35mil would fix a lot of out dated equipment

 

[4Waters]

If you don’t think they arent spending money and man hours updating your fucking delusional
But it wouldn’t matter. You’re gonna find a reason to bitch.
As I said. I hope they turn your power off. Then they wouldnt have to worry about being the villain.

It's Edison's words in 2018 after the woosley fire that they are way behind in maintenance and out dated equipment replacement

 

[Mr. C]

It's Edison's words in 2018 after the woosley fire that they are way behind in maintenance and out dated equipment replacement

Respectfully your 6-7 years back.
And personnel I couldn’t give shit when people I know after that fire were shot at trying just to get people their power back.
Hence my fuck you attitude if you lose your power.
Again. I’ll say it. Fuck em. Shut the power off if this the outlook people have.

 

[regor]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1877208659664478418

 

[4Waters]

Respectfully your 6-7 years back.
And personnel I couldn’t give shit when people I know after that fire were shot at trying just to get people their power back.
Hence my fuck you attitude if you lose your power.
Again. I’ll say it. Fuck em. Shut the power off if this the outlook people have.

They still haven't caught up and I don't see why that's my problem or anybody else's, it's theirs, we are paying customers and the money being charged should be 100% spent on maintenance not bonuses or firefighting helicopters

 

[Desert Whaler]

Maybe enough of the 'liberal richies' who've lost their homes or businesses will have an epiphany and realize CA's entire political system is a fucking train wreck.
Dare I say maybe something good 'could' actually come out of all this disaster ?

 

[Mr. C]

They still haven't caught up and I don't see why that's my problem or anybody else's, it's theirs, we are paying customers and the money being charged should be 100% spent on maintenance not bonuses or firefighting helicopters

Or like I said. It’s always someone’s fault blame them.
Again.
I hope they just shut the power off. And you can figure the rest out on your own.

 

[SoCalDave]

Now Brentwood...crazy

 

[4Waters]

Or like I said. It’s always someone’s fault blame them.
Again.
I hope they just shut the power off. And you can figure the rest out on your own.

It's definitely not my fault, I paid my bill on time. I personally don't think all these fires are started by their equipment, I just think they get the blame so ins companies can sue to recover their money and fire departments can recover some out of pocket expenses. In the 80's and 90's very few fires were started from power lines and no housing developments since the early 70's have been built with above ground electrical, nothing has changed except who gets blamed, can't sue a homeless person or an arsonist, not deep enough pockets.

 

[Angler]

It's definitely not my fault, I paid my bill on time. I personally don't think all these fires are started by their equipment, I just think they get the blame so ins companies can sue to recover their money and fire departments can recover some out of pocket expenses. In the 80's and 90's very few fires were started from power lines and no housing developments since the early 70's have been built with above ground electrical, nothing has changed except who gets blamed, can't sue a homeless person or an arsonist, not deep enough pockets.

It's gotta be that 4Waters guy hording the water.....

 

[rrrr]

To anyone un affected by these fires get your asses into your garage tomorrow and test your equipment. And if it doesn’t run go get it fixed.

Finally done for the day trying to MacGyver systems lol.

Say some prayers for those who lost their homes. And appreciate that you’re sleeping in your bed

You're absolutely correct. I preached to my data center customers that unless they had the confidence to regularly kill utility power, then transition on UPS power to the generator and back, their system was worthless.

The key to that confidence was my absolute insistence on building the infrastructure in a manner I knew was robust and dependable. You can't half ass that, it's expensive, but so is a dead data center.

 

[Angler]

He could rename to 2Waters or even 1Waters but 4Waters, there is something goin on there.. Just sayin....

 

[socal0487]

If you don’t think they arent spending money and man hours updating your fucking delusional
But it wouldn’t matter. You’re gonna find a reason to bitch.
As I said. I hope they turn your power off. Then they wouldnt have to worry about being the villain.

My power has been off for going on 24 hr here in Thousand Oaks. I’m not even close to any wildland. 35 million can go a long ways for infrastructure upgrades.

 

[riverroyal]

Now Brentwood...crazy

Really?

 

[hallett21]

You're absolutely correct. I preached to my data center customers that unless they had the confidence to regularly kill utility power, then transition on UPS power to the generator and back, their system was worthless.

The key to that confidence was my absolute insistence on building the infrastructure in a manner I knew was robust and dependable. You can't half ass that, it's expensive, but so is a dead data center.

My last hookup was a Honda EU6500 carbed unit. Not sure what happened but customers generator had gas in the oil.

They’re running on a job site rental Honda 3000 tonight. Something is better than nothing but talk about a waste lol.

Went from Bentley to Corolla real quick.

 

[LakeMeadLavey]

My power has been off for going on 24 hr here in Thousand Oaks. I’m not even close to any wildland. 35 million can go a long ways for infrastructure upgrades.

Have to agree with you we are in Thousand Oaks and have not lost power. We are much closer to the open space than most the areas without power. Doesn't make much sense how they choose the zones.

 

[DarkHorseRacing]

Maybe enough of the 'liberal richies' who've lost their homes or businesses will have an epiphany and realize CA's entire political system is a fucking train wreck.
Dare I say maybe something good 'could' actually come out of all this disaster ?

Not going to happen, ever. Blues will always be blues.

 

[4Waters]

Or like I said. It’s always someone’s fault blame them.
Again.
I hope they just shut the power off. And you can figure the rest out on your own.

How about this. As you know drivers don't have a clue on how to deal with intersection lights being out let alone actually stopping at the intersection, how about kids walking and riding their bikes to school trying to safely cross streets at intersections where there are no lights and people don't stop because they don't see a red light. Maybe a couple kids being killed because edison turned the power off would change you outlook. This is the reason our school district is shut down tomorrow because it's to dangerous for the kids and now the kids miss a day of school or more, they deserve to get an education. Leave the power on

 

[LakeMeadLavey]

How about this. As you know drivers don't have a clue on how to deal with intersection lights being out let alone actually stopping at the intersection, how about kids walking and riding their bikes to school trying to safely cross streets at intersections where there are no lights and people don't stop because they don't see a red light. Maybe a couple kids being killed because edison turned the power off would change you outlook. This is the reason our school district is shut down tomorrow because it's to dangerous for the kids and now the kids miss a day of school or more, they deserve to get an education. Leave the power on

Was out driving around earlier and was blown away how many people just blow through intersections? Crazy to me that there are that many clueless people and it is very dangerous.

 

[Mr. C]

How about this. As you know drivers don't have a clue on how to deal with intersection lights being out let alone actually stopping at the intersection, how about kids walking and riding their bikes to school trying to safely cross streets at intersections where there are no lights and people don't stop because they don't see a red light. Maybe a couple kids being killed because edison turned the power off would change you outlook. This is the reason our school district is shut down tomorrow because it's to dangerous for the kids and now the kids miss a day of school or more, they deserve to get an education. Leave the power on

You’re reaching now.
We could what if about anything and everything.

 

[4Waters]

You’re reaching now.
We could what if about anything and everything.

I'm not reaching, no joke it's why our schools are closed tomorrow, almost all the schools have back up batteries but the kids safety to and from caused the closures. There were some close calls today witnessed by teachers and the public

 

[hallett21]

You’re reaching now.
We could what if about anything and everything.

I almost got hit 3-4 different times today from lights being out and people having their heads up their ass.

Not trying to blame anyone but at a minimum they (the lights) need back up power.

 

[EmpirE231]

This legit could be a terrorist attack

 

[4Waters]

This legit could be a terrorist attack

Yup, studio city fire now

 

[Mr. C]

I'm not reaching, no joke it's why our schools are closed tomorrow, almost all the schools have back up batteries but the kids safety to and from caused the closures. There were some close calls today witnessed by teachers and the public

So now asshole drivers are sce fault. Seriously
If you don’t know by now if the light isn’t working it’s a four way stop maybe you shouldn’t be driving.
But I digress. Everything right now is their fault.
Fucking A. Seriously.

 

[Englewood]

This legit could be a terrorist attack

Was starting to wonder the same thing.