Environment LA Wildfires

[CM86]

Well if you want to get an independent investigation into the fires free from the political bias these days in America good luck.

That might have happened back in the good old 90s days when Bill Clinton was running the show and playing the saxaphone.

We are lucky here in Australia we aren't so politically divided that our parties can't agree on important things.

When John Howard called for the gun buy back scheme after the Port Arthur shootings, Labor didn't oppose it.

OK, again let's just say that all of that is true.

So no investigation, no report, no findings, no justice.
No mitigation, no improvements, no safety.
This will just happen again?


If this is the approach you're taking, then what's your solution?
Everyone just goes with their gut and acts on it?
Should they vote on who is to blame, and what the outcomes should be?
Listen to other peoples opinions, and hold them above possible evidence?


Shouldn't we want and strive for an investigation, if for nothing else to ensure that Newsom and Bass are held to account?
And in doing so:

- Ensure our positions are evidence based.​

- Reduce the spread of any misinformation, as if proven false it may lead people to believe the real allegations are also false.​

 

[Plugger35]

My solution would be to be to make Mel Gibson the US President, he qualifies as he was born in America.

Dennis Quaid would be the Governor of California with Adam Carolla the LA Mayor and Christopher Cross in charge of the music.




If anyone could come up with a better solution than that I'd like to hear it.

 

[CM86]

My solution would be to be to make Mel Gibson the US President, he qualifies as he was born in America.

Dennis Quaid would be the Governor of California with Adam Carolla the LA Mayor and Christopher Cross in charge of the music.




If anyone could come up with a better solution than that I'd like to hear it.

It's good to be able to laugh even through hard times.

 

[Aristotle Pickett the3rd]

How many wake up calls about climate change do the selfish ignoramus people of America need?

The Dice Man thinks climate change is funny , he laughs at every climate post. I'm tipping he's not the sharpest tool in the shed.

 

[PiCkLeJuiCe]

I am not denying there might be some climate change but even if there is that is no excuse for the lack of preparation for fires.

It's not like California's climate which is similar to Australia's climate has suddenly changed so much you get caught unprepared.

Exactly right.

If it wasn't for humans, this fire would never have happened. This was not some sort of warning from the planet of a pending climate change disaster. Once again, a wildfire started by human activity.

 

[The Dice Man]

The Dice Man thinks climate change is funny , he laughs at every climate post. I'm tipping he's not the sharpest tool in the shed.

Said the spanner to the hammer.

I don’t laugh at every climate change post, just yours, because well quite frankly, you're an idiot.

And there isn’t anyone denying that scientific fact.

 

[Aristotle Pickett the3rd]

Said the spanner to the hammer.

I don’t laugh at every climate change post, just yours, because well quite frankly, you're an idiot.

And there isn’t anyone denying that.

You're a pathetic climate denier laughing at reality.

 

[The Dice Man]

You're a pathetic climate denier laughing at reality.

No. I’m just laughing at an idiot.

 

[Aristotle Pickett the3rd]

No. I’m just laughing at an idiot.

No your laughing at science and facts like an ignoramus.

 

[Plugger35]

Why are you douchebags turning this into another boring SRP thread?

If you don't quit this bullshit I'm calling Erik Estrada and Larry Wilcox.

 

[CM86]

Imagine you're training to be able to kick the ball 50m.
You mostly kick around 35-40m.
Sometimes 43m, 46m etc.
But you feel confident it's something you can do, as you have managed to kick a goal from 60m once before.

After a few years of training, you now mostly kick 45-50m.
Sometimes 55m, 57m etc. And one time you managed to kick it 60m.

Would you say that your kicking distance has increased. Or that it's the same as it was before you started training?

 

[Chief]

I would like someone on the Democrats side try and defend him other than just a laugh reaction.

It's not a laughing matter.

Body language.

That's the problem?

Laura Loomer quotes?

 

[Chief]

They probably wish they lived in Hollywood now as it's still standing while the Palisades and Malibu have been burnt to the ground.

Doing a little Gavin Newsom dance there?

 

[Dogs_R_Us]

This fire is not connected to LA but it made me think that, being wealthy, the area was likely to have contained many lithium battery-powered scooters, bikes, cars and large home batteries, which may have added to the intensity of the fires.

Fire reignites at California battery plant after evacuations amid toxic smoke

Blaze erupts in Monterey county at one of world’s largest battery storage plants, causing highway and school closures

www.theguardian.com

 

[errant bounce]

This fire is not connected to LA but it made me think that, being wealthy, the area was likely to have contained many lithium battery-powered scooters, bikes, cars and large home batteries, which may have added to the intensity of the fires.

Fire reignites at California battery plant after evacuations amid toxic smoke

Blaze erupts in Monterey county at one of world’s largest battery storage plants, causing highway and school closures

www.theguardian.com

These batteries, especially EVs, shouldn’t pass any sort of code of standard they’re so flammable and then difficult to extinguish.

 

[PiCkLeJuiCe]

These batteries, especially EVs, shouldn’t pass any sort of code of standard they’re so flammable and then difficult to extinguish.

Isn't it a bit extreme to ban EV's due to factory fire? That's like banning car tyres due to a fire at a tyre disposal or rubber factory.

 

[PiCkLeJuiCe]

This fire is not connected to LA but it made me think that, being wealthy, the area was likely to have contained many lithium battery-powered scooters, bikes, cars and large home batteries, which may have added to the intensity of the fires.

Fire reignites at California battery plant after evacuations amid toxic smoke

Blaze erupts in Monterey county at one of world’s largest battery storage plants, causing highway and school closures

www.theguardian.com

Houses were the major accelerant, not cars / EVs. There is a push now for ember resistant vents to be retrofitted as a big driver of these fires was embers setting fire to buildings through vents. I heard from the LAFD that the number of homes lost to fire would have dropped by 90% if they all had ember resistant vents.

 

[Dogs_R_Us]

Houses were the major accelerant, not cars / EVs. There is a push now for ember resistant vents to be retrofitted as a big driver of these fires was embers setting fire to buildings through vents. I heard from the LAFD that the number of homes lost to fire would have dropped by 90% if they all had ember resistant vents.

I said “added to the intensity”, not “major accelerant”.

I agree about the vents. Obviously there were a great many factors.

 

[Chief]

Isn't it a bit extreme to ban EV's due to factory fire? That's like banning car tyres due to a fire at a tyre disposal or rubber factory.

Maybe it's all of the OTHER fires started by batteries.

 

[Billy ray]

 

[peternorth]

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A bit cruel asking Alanis Morissette and Earth, WIND & FIRE to perform

 

[Plugger35]

At least Arcade Fire aren't part of the line up

 

[Plugger35]

Some Adam Carolla stand up about Gavin Newsom from 4 years ago, he was ahead of his time.

A NSFW warning on this video, especially if you work in a place where people can get offended.

 

[Chief]

Wait... Adam Carolla makes money from doing stand up?

 

[Plugger35]

Wait... Adam Carolla makes money from doing stand up?

Well he gets some funny guests for his stand up shows like Jay Mohr and Adam Ray to help him out but he is pretty funny himself.

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