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From: suzeeq <suzeeq@imbris.com>
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Subject: Re: Has anyone heard from BTR1701 today?
Date: Thu, 9 Jan 2025 10:20:07 -0800
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On 1/9/2025 9:54 AM, Rhino wrote:
> On 2025-01-09 11:48 AM, shawn wrote:
>> On Thu, 9 Jan 2025 10:45:23 -0500, Rhino
>> <no_offline_contact@example.com> wrote:
>>
>>> On 2025-01-09 4:49 AM, shawn wrote:
>>>> On Thu, 09 Jan 2025 05:59:01 GMT, Ed Stasiak
>>>> <user1263@newsgrouper.org.uk.invalid> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> Rhino
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Given the fires that are all over LA and the fact that he hasn't 
>>>>>> posted,
>>>>>> it would be nice to now that he and his pets are somewhere safe.
>>>>>
>>>>> Heard that the power was out in large parts of LA, both from the fires
>>>>> damaging lines and the power company turning off lines to prevent
>>>>> them from sparking fires.
>>>>>
>>>>> Though I'd expect him to have a generator (unless Kalifornia finally
>>>>> got around to banning them...).
>>>>
>>>> Having a generator at your home won't help if the cable/telephone
>>>> companies equipment has been destroyed by the fires. It's so sad to
>>>> see how spread out the fires are so they are impacting a huge number
>>>> of people. Saw a sad video from CNN with James Woods who lost his home
>>>> in the fires and had a 90 something neighbor who wasn't mentally all
>>>> there who almost died in the fires. (Apparently left behind but with
>>>> the intent to come back for him, but the fire took out the house about
>>>> an hour after they did remove him so it could have gone so much
>>>> worse.)
>>>>
>>> I saw that too. I think Woods was still in shock. What a frightening
>>> experience for all concerned! He's a good man for having checked with
>>> the son to determine the neighbour was at the house instead of just
>>> assuming that the old guy was safe in the hospital.
>>>
>>>> Looking at different videos it seems too many people didn't realize
>>>> how quickly the fires could spread. Which I get as even I would expect
>>>> the fires to spread slowly but with those winds of up to 80 MPH the
>>>> fires can spread so much faster than one would expect.
>>>>
>>>
>>> I hope they gather the smartest people available and try to figure out
>>> some ways to prevent recurrences of this kind of problem, whether that
>>> includes creating more fire breaks around communities, trimming back
>>> undergrowth, increasing the moisture on the plants and trees so they're
>>> not so flammable, etc. etc.
>>
>> They don't need to gather anyone together as I think they've known
>> what needs to be done for years. Cut back all the growth and the fires
>> won't spread, but that takes a lot of money and time. Where they can't
>> cut it back they need to kill it off but that has it's own problems.
>> (Plant growth helps limit mud slides.)
> 
> Then they need to get off their asses and do what needs doing. It's that 
> simple. If this fire isn't enough to motivate the necessary political 
> will then I don't know what it will take.
> 
> I saw James Woods interviewed again today and he said there was no water 
> in the water mains, severely limiting what the fire department could do. 
> He understood that the reservoirs were too low but I saw a comment that 
> the reservoirs were full so I don't know who was right. In any case, 
> someone needs to be held to account for the water mains being empty. 
> Lawsuits and or criminal charges - and convictions - may motivate the 
> necessary action to clean up the forests if basic human decency and 
> common sense don't do the trick.

It's hard to hold mother nature accountable for not maintaining water in 
reservoirs. If it's a dry year, there's no watcer to fill them.
> 
> And let's tap the minds of the cleverest people to do what we can to 
> preserve those rare species of plants and animals too. I can't help but 
> think they could set up greenhouses or other structures that preserve 
> the species even if their natural habitats have to be cut back. I don't 
> think this has to be a stark decision between doing everything to 
> preserve human life and property vs. preserving species. In my opinion, 
> we're smart enough as a species to do both.
> 
>>
>>>> Hoping all is well with BTR.
>>>
>>> Amen!
> 
>