California Dreaming No More 4

[Garbage1]

https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2025/01/09/susan_crabtree_fires_obliterate_emissions_gains_from_californias_green_policies.html

 

[Garbage1]

Prescribed burns were stopped that could have prevented the rapid spread of wildfires in high risk areas. See attached article on Utility getting sued for trying to clear brush in utility easements and replace wood poles with steel to prevent wildfire ignition and rapid spreading.

Quote: "Wildfire Woes: California Regulators Halted Palisades Fire Prevention Project to Save Rare Shrub"​

Quote "In 2019, the LA Department of Water and Power (LADWP) set out to replace aging wooden power poles - some nearly a century old - with fire-resistant steel poles and widen fire-access lanes in the wildfire-prone Topanga State Park. The $2 million project was designed to bolster fire safety after the area was deemed an "elevated fire risk."

"This project will help ensure power reliability and safety, while helping reduce wildfire threats," the LADWP stated at the time, the NY Post reports.

But the effort came to an abrupt halt when an amateur botanist hiking through the park noticed that some of the rare Braunton’s milkvetch shrubs - an endangered species with only a few thousand wild specimens - had been damaged during the work. Conservationists raised alarms, accusing the city of working without proper permits, and California’s Coastal Commission ordered the LADWP to stop the project, replant the damaged shrubs, and pay $2 million in fines.

Fast forward to 2024: Nearly 24,000 acres - including much of Topanga Canyon - have gone up in smoke, taking with them not only homes and wildlife but the same shrubs the project was supposed to protect.

The Palisades Fire has destroyed 12,000 homes, businesses, schools and other structures - and has claimed at least 24 lives, and left thousands displaced. Meanwhile, firefighters struggled with low water pressure and empty hydrants as they battled the inferno."

Wildfire Woes: California Regulators Halted Palisades Fire Prevention Project to Save Rare Shrub | ZeroHedge

ZeroHedge - On a long enough timeline, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero

www.zerohedge.com

 

[TugboatEng]

Any theory as to why disease may be more likely to strike Democratic chickens?

Why yes, California banned the sale of eggs from chickens that are not "cage-free" in 2022 with prop 12. California chickens get more exposure to wild birds which is how they contract bird flu. I only know California specifically but there may be other states.

As for the culling, there is a declaration of emergency that doesn't clearly state what will be done but we are experiencing a shortage of eggs and high prices that follow a mass culling so put one and two together...

 

[GregLocock]

It takes a few months for the chicken flock to get rebuilt after a mass culling. One of our friends runs a free range chicken and sheep rotational farm, and is understandably concerned about bird flu, since we have outbreaks of H7 about an hour's drive from here. He now uses town water for the chickens rather than dam water.

 

[TugboatEng]

Little do they know, California banned the sale of this type of equipment.

Creator of homemade water pump that saved home from Palisades Fire speaks out

A San Gabriel Valley man who built a water pump that was credited with saving a home from the Palisades Fire is getting inundated with calls and emails from apprehensive homeowners looking to protect their homes from the next time tragedy strikes.

www.nbclosangeles.com

 

[Compositepro]

Who will start the pump and keep it running when neighborhoods are under mandatory evacuation orders? It used to be that homeowners would be on their roofs with garden hoses to put out embers that land. Now you see hundreds of homes all together burned to ash with plastic trash cans still intact on the streets in front of them. This evacuation policy is the main cause of the degree of devastation we are seeing. It is like the policy not to resist hijackers that resulted in 9/11.

 

[TugboatEng]

Welcome to the darkside. I will include a photograph of my new cowboy assault rifle, a must for anyone interested in protecting their home.

We all need to stop relying on gooberment to protect ourselves. They're a handy asset but they can't be everywhere within thee timeframe required

 

[dtimberlake]

Hi TBE,

What make and model is your long gun?

When I first saw the lever in your picture I was imagining this -

https://media.tenor.com/V06yNnCTfYsAAAAM/the-rifleman-chuck-connors.gif

thanks,

Dan T

 

[TugboatEng]

Henry Big Boy carbine in 45 Colt. it's a soft shooter using standard factory loads but if you hand load it can exceed the performance of 44 magnum.

 

[Garbage1]

Looks like LA gonna clear the vegetation now, in order to remove the toxic remains from the Wlid Fires, and risk the mud slides.

As fire-fanning winds continue, Southern California readies for potential rain and toxic runoff

Parched Southern California continued to face dangerous winds but could get some badly needed rain this weekend, forecasters said Tuesday, dampening the prospects of another round of killer wildfires though even a small amount of precipitation could could create new challenges like toxic ash...

www.yahoo.com

Quote. "Mayor Karen Bass issued an executive order to expedite cleanup efforts in burn areas and mitigate the environmental impacts of fire-related pollutants. She ordered crews to remove vegetation, shore up hillsides, install barriers and reinforce roads ahead of the possible weekend rain, which could create mud and debris flows."

 

[btrueblood]

"Toxic ash" is fertilizer in some places.

 

[Garbage1]

'An Ounce of Prevention Is Worth a Pound of Cure'​

 

[dik]

"Toxic ash" is fertilizer in some places.

They will likely have a surplus.

 

[dik]

'An Ounce of Prevention Is Worth a Pound of Cure'​

...like closing the stable door.

 

[TugboatEng]

A lot of California's laws seem to be written with the intention of separating individuals from their property so that it can be acquired by larger corporations. My neighbor's house caught fire some years ago. They pulled all of the drywall down, primed the framing, and rebuilt. No toxic material removal. Now, California is forcing homeowners to excavate the site and send soil to special disposal dumps at a cost impossible for individuals to afford. Then, the developers can come in and buy the land at incredibly low prices. I think we've all seen governor Newsom dancing with glee when talking about the developers taking over Maui.

Or, maybe, all of this rooftop solar and home batteries really does put off significant toxic waste

 

[Garbage1]

"Proposition 65 requires businesses to provide warnings to Californians about significant exposures to chemicals that cause cancer, birth defects or other
reproductive harm."

"Proposition 65 became law in November 1986, when California voters approved it by a 63-37 percent margin. "

Proposition 65 needs to apply to Californif..... Government and Officials.

 

[Garbage1]

Almost another 'Climate Change Event' in LA County.

Tables turned on Los Angeles arson suspect in caught-on-cam takedown: 'Wrong neighborhood, buddy'

A man accused of lighting a brush fire in wildfire-ravaged Southern California has been arrested after nearby neighbors chased him down

www.foxnews.com