The historic LA fires :(

[ocnbrze]

benefit concerts to be held here in LA:

Homepage - FireAid

Join us for an evening of music and solidarity. The FireAid benefit concert will be held at Intuit Dome on January 30th dedicated to rebuilding communities that have been devastated by wildfires.

fireaidla.org

crazy lineups for both arenas.

 

[ocnbrze]

so the palisade fire is 70% contained. while the eaton fire is 95% contained.

Incidents | CAL FIRE

www.fire.ca.gov

for those who do not know what the percentages mean:

 

[treb1797]

Saw some clips on the IG with people looting. Some lady was trying to steal someone's Oscar or Emmy award.

 

[PitCarver]

State official sparks debate with new rule that could change homeowners insurance forever: '$700 higher annual premiums'

“Full transparency is what keeps insurance rates honest but Commissioner Lara’s rule does away with that protection."

www.yahoo.com

You'll pay for the LA fires even if you don’t live near LA

Two recent U.S. natural disasters could end up raising homeowners insurance rates in the near future, even for people who live thousands of miles from the natural disasters.

www.10news.com

 

[ocnbrze]

not surprising, but is no worse than it is in other states such as Florida. you can even say that it is due to climate change.

How climate change is contributing to the home insurance crisis in Florida and across the country

The home insurance market in every other state seems to be headed down the road that Florida has paved. We dove into this issue through a partnership with NPR station WWNO in New Orleans for their podcast, "Sea Change."

www.wusf.org

 

[Bearsyzf]

don't forget our Border 2 fire down here in Otay.

 

[treb1797]

don't forget our Border 2 fire down here in Otay.

 

[The_Chief]

Somebody in LA has some 'splainin' to do...

 

[Clementine_3]

So it's LA's (and Democrats in general I assume) fault that a private business is running their private business as a private business the way they see fit?

 

[The_Chief]

I think the point is that the private business wouldn't have non-renewed those policies had proper wildfire risk mitigation been performed by the county. In my opinion, the fact that the decision was made last year speaks volumes about the county's utter disregard for public safety.

 

[Clementine_3]

I got that that's the argument being made but perhaps the links to the the wildfire risk mitigation policies and cancellations should be linked or directly quoted and referenced instead of saying 'it's out there, look it up'. The clip you posted is more focused on State Farm than LA's practices. There is no solid information given about that, just the suggestion to do your own research. The point of all this guy's outage was never really made, just more yelling and without a smidgen of information to back it up.

Here's some research

It's a long article so I don't expect you to read it really but it's all about brush removal pros and cons, the effects of removal to the environment, the different types of brush in CA all from various people with various views. But, at the end of the day, the underlying fact remains that absolutely nothing was going to prevent, slow or stop those fires.