This is not about politics.
LA Times here (Dec 13) and weather services ALL had the high winds forecast TWO WEEKS before the disaster " in bone dry conditions".
These are not tornadoes.
Dec. 13 LA Times: They knew...
https://www.latimes.com/california/story...y-die-down
Plenty of time to fill the Reservoir for Palisades.
Enough time to pre position and stock up Fire Dept resources (trucks, firefighters, drop planes, logistical equipment, temporary gen sets... )
We have all seen these fires before. Everyone knows how quick and damaging the potential disaster can be.
Not me, not the Republican legislators, but Gov Newsom himself, a Democrat, is ordering an investigation into the poor preparation.
Two days ago, the Fire Chief Crowley herself, confirmed to reporters that the City Council and Mayor "failed" the efforts by cutting LAFD Budget. She said that. Not me.
Mayor Bass left for Ghana on Saturday Jan 4, knowing the forecast for "High winds, and dangerous conditions" across her entire jurisdiction, which was widely publicized.
Where was the order to fill the reservoirs and prepare?
How did DWP prepare? Newsom is investigating.
How is LA going to "rebuild" when they have no idea where Insurance Cos and funds are going to come from for >$200 BILLION in damages (the fires are sadly still burning)? FEMA and SBA are providing some initial assistance in small amounts. Not $billions, not close.
Finally, some of the Natl Guard are mobilized.
Example: Back in Feb 2021, for the Texas Freeze Fiasco and $16 billion in emergency energy costs (my mostly for power and fuel delivered -- the entire Board of ERCOT was DISMISSED for cause, poor preparation planning and miserable execution. Political Party doesn't matter.
Who is accountable to the public for preparation fail on a grand scale? How can this be prevented?!
SoCal has suffered permanent damage from this -- and I lived there from 1980-98. Each of my four kids were born in the Pasadena area. One still lives there in Pasadena; she evacuated to Oregon and now Palm Springs.
A lot of small businesses are just torched.
Some will not return. Schools will suffer further.
Palisades looks like Gaza.
The local tax base cannot support rebuilding.
State and Federal budgets are very strained.
Future funding sources do not have confidence in the LA leadership.
SAD.
LA Times here (Dec 13) and weather services ALL had the high winds forecast TWO WEEKS before the disaster " in bone dry conditions".
These are not tornadoes.
Dec. 13 LA Times: They knew...
https://www.latimes.com/california/story...y-die-down
Plenty of time to fill the Reservoir for Palisades.
Enough time to pre position and stock up Fire Dept resources (trucks, firefighters, drop planes, logistical equipment, temporary gen sets... )
We have all seen these fires before. Everyone knows how quick and damaging the potential disaster can be.
Not me, not the Republican legislators, but Gov Newsom himself, a Democrat, is ordering an investigation into the poor preparation.
Two days ago, the Fire Chief Crowley herself, confirmed to reporters that the City Council and Mayor "failed" the efforts by cutting LAFD Budget. She said that. Not me.
Mayor Bass left for Ghana on Saturday Jan 4, knowing the forecast for "High winds, and dangerous conditions" across her entire jurisdiction, which was widely publicized.
Where was the order to fill the reservoirs and prepare?
How did DWP prepare? Newsom is investigating.
How is LA going to "rebuild" when they have no idea where Insurance Cos and funds are going to come from for >$200 BILLION in damages (the fires are sadly still burning)? FEMA and SBA are providing some initial assistance in small amounts. Not $billions, not close.
Finally, some of the Natl Guard are mobilized.
Example: Back in Feb 2021, for the Texas Freeze Fiasco and $16 billion in emergency energy costs (my mostly for power and fuel delivered -- the entire Board of ERCOT was DISMISSED for cause, poor preparation planning and miserable execution. Political Party doesn't matter.
Who is accountable to the public for preparation fail on a grand scale? How can this be prevented?!
SoCal has suffered permanent damage from this -- and I lived there from 1980-98. Each of my four kids were born in the Pasadena area. One still lives there in Pasadena; she evacuated to Oregon and now Palm Springs.
A lot of small businesses are just torched.
Some will not return. Schools will suffer further.
Palisades looks like Gaza.
The local tax base cannot support rebuilding.
State and Federal budgets are very strained.
Future funding sources do not have confidence in the LA leadership.
SAD.