No, but a sufficiently funded and adequately equipped fire department as well as equivalent federal agencies could have potentially saved more lives and more property.
No, but a sufficiently funded and adequately equipped fire department as well as equivalent federal agencies could have potentially saved more lives and more property.Is there really a way to contain a wildfire driven by 100 mph winds?
So 'clearing the insurance rolls' there was clearly fraud, and should be treated as such. That company should be bankrupted with lawsuits, tomorrow.
In 99% of cases brick is a facade, and there's wood and plastic and paper and all sorts of other material behind it. Even castles can burn with sufficient heat and something that can catch fire inside it.I'm horrified by the images I'm seeing of entire blocks burned to cinders.. and not even 1 structure left standing.. but I'm curious about something..
1. Are there no brick houses there?
2. Are brick houses are equally at risk of a big fire like this?
I always thought brick walls and asphalt roof shingles were non flammable. Am I wrong?
They interviewed a fire chief (IIRC) on ABC news tonight who said this. He said many of the PP homes had sprinkler systems (I think the kind that go off if a house is on fire, but maybe also irrigation systems as well) that continued to "leak" water after the house was lost to the flames, further reducing available water and pressure.A likely aggravating factor in the system getting depressurized was that so many homes burnt down resulting in massive leakage. I believe this also happened in Lahaina.
He's highly incompetent, worse yet is he doesn't know he is (or acknowledge it), can't be bothered to determine what competence is. Naturally, when it comes to appointing cabinet his concerns do not include competence.The hell he shouldn't, treating the pandemic like a public relations problem rather than a health emergency like nations such as South Korea and Japan that were run by responsible adults did.
In 99% of cases brick is a facade, and there's wood and plastic and paper and all sorts of other material behind it. Even castles can burn with sufficient heat and something that can catch fire inside it.
I'm going to see family next weekend, including my nephew & family who live in west L.A., not far from PP, but they are probably safe. They have long time roots there, I'm sure they know people who just lost their homes, it's a sure thing.My friends just lost their entire home & everything in it. I sure hope that insurance doesn't give them hassle. Their family & pets made it out safely, thankfully.
Nursing homes evacuated:
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What appear to be brick houses, at least in coastal California aren't supported by the bricks but by wood frames. The brick is exterior to the supporting structure. This is earthquake country afterall.Never been a resident, but having spent tons of time in southern California for both work and family, I can't recall ever seeing a brick home.
Never been a resident, but having spent tons of time in southern California for both work and family, I can't recall ever seeing a brick home.
Yeah no idea either. They're common in some dry environs, TX at least. I cannot comment on southern CA itself though.Never been a resident, but having spent tons of time in southern California for both work and family, I can't recall ever seeing a brick home.
Newsom is calling for an independent investigation of contributing factors.A DWP official acknowledged that the reservoir’s absence likely contributed to some diminished pressure and dry hydrants in upper regions of the Palisades.
Would it have made a significant difference, probably not. It was just Murphy's law rearing it's head. For the people asking why they where working on the reservoir in December/January, I ask those people, what time frame would you have picked? I expect the DWP will conduct a post mortem on what happened and probably the results will make nobody happy.
The California Fair Plan isn't really a company. It's an insurance entity that was created legislatively so that property owners could get insured when insurance companies wouldn't insure them.So 'clearing the insurance rolls' there was clearly fraud, and should be treated as such. That company should be bankrupted with lawsuits, tomorrow.
Then the entity should be sued out of existence. If Congress voted to create it, they should be on the hook for it. Personally, if it cannot perform the job it was created to perform.The California Fair Plan isn't really a company. It's an insurance entity that was created legislatively so that property owners could get insured when insurance companies wouldn't insure them.
I don't think Congress has anything to do with it. I think it is a California thing, the governor and legislature created it. If it didn't exist a lot of people wouldn't be able to insure their homes.Then the entity should be sued out of existence. If Congress voted to create it, they should be on the hook for it. Personally, if it cannot perform the job it was created to perform.
The CA Fair Plan is a ``last resort'' insurer. They cover homes when other carriers won't due to wildfire risk, bad claim history, etc. These policies are bare bones and don't come with liability coverage and don't cover certain perils.Jul 18, 2024
Then the entity should be sued out of existence. If Congress voted to create it, they should be on the hook for it. Personally, if it cannot perform the job it was created to perform.
Stucco is far more common than brick in CA.Never been a resident, but having spent tons of time in southern California for both work and family, I can't recall ever seeing a brick home.
Brick veneer is anchored to the home with metal clips that are nailed to the framing and extend into the mortar joint between the bricks. The walls crumble in an earthquake.I'm horrified by the images I'm seeing of entire blocks burned to cinders.. and not even 1 structure left standing.. but I'm curious about something..
1. Are there no brick houses there?
2. Are brick houses are equally at risk of a big fire like this?
I always thought brick walls and asphalt roof shingles were non flammable. Am I wrong?
Republicans are blaming DEI on the fires.
Who was responsible for Covid when the white man was in charge?
China.Republicans are blaming DEI on the fires.
Who was responsible for Covid when the white man was in charge?
Of course China.....
And people refusing to wear masks played no part in it?China.