LA Wildfires

[shadow puppet]

Are you still in California?

Yes.

 

[ArgoDuck]

Ironically, this ignorant and baseless comment holds just as much weight as that of a scientist who actually studies climate change, and social media ensures it gets out to the masses unchecked.

This is how much we've dumbed down this country.

And not just your country I’m afraid

It is remarkable that an expert diagnosis in almost any everyday field is usually accepted without question - for example, concerning an electrical or plumbing problem in one’s house - yet scientists are treated as bumbling idiots.

Of course there are many obvious entrenched interests that don’t want scientists to be right, hence the orchestrated pile on via any channel that works. Trump is just another in a long chain of deniers. I don’t blame most people for not knowing better. But it’s spreading to distrust of science in general, and that’s dangerous…

But I digress. Appalled at what’s happening around LA right now, hoping for the best, fearing for the future.

 

[Katbel]

Yes.

Stay safe!
I like your new Avatar: light at the end of the tunnel, the perfect one these days

 

[Eric]

Our PG&E bill was over $600 again because Newsom and the (Liberal) CA congress have approved 6 PG&E rate hikes in 2024 alone, all while their CEO got bonuses in the amount of $17 million. If we want to criticize him, this is one thing he deserves if for.

I don't care what party is in charge, the people have no representation right now.

 

[Katbel]

Our PG&E bill was over $600 again because Newsom and the (Liberal) CA congress have approved 6 PG&E rate hikes in 2024 alone, all while their CEO got bonuses in the amount of $17 million. If we want to criticize him, this is one thing he deserves if for.

I don't care what party is in charge, the people have no representation right now.

It's happening all over the world, sadly

 

[Yoused]

It is wholly ironic that the raving RW rhetoric reviles the "globalists" (essentially, an international oligarchy), so they unite behind the one asshole mostly likely to facilitate tightening their grip on the worldwide socioeconomic feudocapitalist system.

 

[shadow puppet]

As seen on Bluesky from D. Earl Stephens:

 

[Herdfan]

Nice explanation of how the super scooper works. The intakes are much smaller than I would have expected.

Also they have 20 canisters of “mix” that they add to the water. That’s why it’s pink.

Lots of nerves and skill here.

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www.facebook.com

 

[Yoused]

Firefighters catch man setting fires in San Gabriel Valley

Officers arrested a man for arson on Sunday afternoon after firefighters caught him actively lighting fires in Irwindale, according to the city’s police department. Irwindale Police said crews with…

ktla.com

some people need a stake-burning – and I am vehemently opposed to capital punishment, go figure

 

[fooferdoggie]

Stone statues surviving a fire is obviously God's will; no word on the destruction of homes, loss of wildlife, deaths of others

Calif. family’s Virgin Mary statue survives LA wildfire that destroyed home in ‘remarkable’ miracle

“It was remarkable how everything had gotten fried, but the statue of The Virgin Mary and another statue of Saint Joseph were in perfect condition,” Peter Halpin, the family patriarch, …

nypost.com

 

[Eric]

No fact checking allowed but at least they could respond.

 

[Herdfan]

No fact checking allowed but at least they could respond.

Problem is both comments are half true.

The Oregon trucks WERE stopped and had to pass a DOT safety inspection performed by CAL FIRE and some were detained overnight waiting on parts. Had they not been able to get parts, they might not have gotten those trucks in. So partially true.

As for the reply, it mentions nothing about being stopped for the DOT inspection as if nothing at all happened.

LA Wildfires: Out-of-state fire trucks did get inspected. But not for emissions tests

A social media post made rounds saying Oregon fire trucks were going to be turned away due to emissions. But that claim is false.

www.abc10.com

The problem with many fact checkers is they would look at the original comment and say FALSE and not provide any context such as them being stopped for the DOT inspection.

 

[Eric]

Problem is both comments are half true.

The Oregon trucks WERE stopped and had to pass a DOT safety inspection performed by CAL FIRE and some were detained overnight waiting on parts. Had they not been able to get parts, they might not have gotten those trucks in. So partially true.

As for the reply, it mentions nothing about being stopped for the DOT inspection as if nothing at all happened.

LA Wildfires: Out-of-state fire trucks did get inspected. But not for emissions tests

A social media post made rounds saying Oregon fire trucks were going to be turned away due to emissions. But that claim is false.

www.abc10.com

The problem with many fact checkers is they would look at the original comment and say FALSE and not provide any context such as them being stopped for the DOT inspection.

From your link:

People were upset the checks slowed the response of the out-of-state firefighters to get to the front lines, and others accused Cal Fire of running emissions tests. Law says those accusations are NOT true.
“Absolutely no emission testing, no emission certifications were looked at. That is completely false,” Law said.
A social media post also circulated saying Oregon fire trucks were going to be turned away due to emissions.
"No vehicles were turned away. All of the 216 vehicles we inspected did make their way down south,” Law said.

Stop making something out of nothing. It's like everyone is trying to help California and going through a lot of effort to do so, just to have Republicans trying to poke holes and shit on their every move. More than 12,000 homes, businesses, schools and other structures have been destroyed by raging wildfires that began ripping through the Greater Los Angeles area last Tuesday. Maybe think about those people instead of gluing yourself to faux right wing media outrage.

 

[Yoused]

more insanity

Exclusive | TikToker captures careless idiots releasing lantern balloons on Southern California beach as LA burns: ‘ Do you even know what’s happening?’

A Southern California woman caught a group of careless idiots launching fire-powered lantern balloons into the sky near a nature preserve — even as wildfires devastated Los Angeles communitie…

nypost.com

 

[rdrr]

So making sure these trucks didn't have bald tires and not leak oil is a bad thing? DoT rules should apply to first responders no matter what state you are in.

 

[Herdfan]

So making sure these trucks didn't have bald tires and not leak oil is a bad thing? DoT rules should apply to first responders no matter what state you are in.

Never said it was.

I do have to wonder how they were allowed to drive on Oregon or Washington roads with 20 year old bald tires. Those places get rain.

 

[rdrr]

Never said it was.

I do have to wonder how they were allowed to drive on Oregon or Washington roads with 20 year old bald tires. Those places get rain.

Department of Transportation rules apply to any state you are in. If 29 failed to meet those standards then its on the town(s) in Oregon that failed to keep up with the maintenance. It might be in the best interest of any state to keep their first responders safe.

 

[cbum]

I could imagine this was an all hands on deck situation, and every available vehicle was sent out - including those behind on maintenance.
Sure it would be great if everything was up to speck, but I suspect this is the sorry state of much of our systems.

 

[leman]

Problem is both comments are half true.

That's "half truth" to you?

The problem with you people is that you have an extremely selective perception of symmetry and asymmetry.

 

[rdrr]

That's "half truth" to you?

The problem with you people is that you have an extremely selective perception of symmetry and asymmetry.

William Safire defines a half-truth, for political purposes, as "a statement accurate enough to require an explanation; and the longer the explanation, the more likely a public reaction of half-belief"