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Subject: Re: Remember That Empty Reservoir in L.A.?
Date: Sun, 19 Jan 2025 14:09:09 -0500
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On 1/19/2025 1:31 PM, BTR1701 wrote:
> On Jan 18, 2025 at 10:29:20 PM PST, "shawn" <nanoflower@notforg.m.a.i.l.com>
> wrote:
> 
>> On Sat, 18 Jan 2025 21:25:30 -0800, suzeeq <suzeeq@imbris.com> wrote:
>>
>>> On 1/18/2025 8:12 PM, BTR1701 wrote:
>>>>   Well, it's still empty and the Santa Anas are expected to kick up again next
>>>>   week.
>>>>   
>>>>   Bad enough that it was empty the first time around but they've had two weeks
>>>>   to fill it and not one drop has been sent up there in that time.
>>>>   
>>>>   The three million gallons LAFD had to work with before the hydrants ran dry
>>>>   lasted them 17 hours. If they'd had the 117 million gallons in that
>>>> reservoir
>>>>   available, a little quick math indicates it would have lasted 663 hours
>>>> before
>>>>   running out. That's 28 days.
>>>>   
>>>>   Oh, and have I mentioned that we only have half the fire department we need?
>>>>   The National Fire Institute, which sets standards for municipal fire
>>>>   departments nationwide, says you need 1.8 firefighters for every 1000
>>>>   residents. Los Angeles has 0.9. Exactly half of what a city this size needs.
>>>>   We're also 62 fire stations short of what is recommended. Sixty-fucking-two.
>>>>   But never fear! We've met and *exceeded* our quota of DEI executives, so
>>>>   that's reassuring.
>>>>   
>>>>   I swear to god, these 'progressive' Democrats in charge of the place are
>>>>   actively trying to destroy the city. I mean, if it was your goal to destroy
>>>>   Los Angeles, what would you do differently?
>>>>   
>>>>   
>>> I thought it was under repair? Maybe they're not done yet and ready to
>>> fill it.
>>
>> Just looked up an article over on the web and got the following quote:
>>
>> "Officials said that the Santa Ynez Reservoir had been closed since
>> about February for repairs to its cover, leaving a 117-million-gallon
>> water storage complex empty in the heart of the Palisades for nearly a
>> year. "
>>
>> So the reservoir was still undergoing repair long before the  Santa
>> Ana winds started up.
> 
> The *cover* was under repair, not the reservoir. It could still have been
> filled with water as fire season approached. The only thing the cover does is
> keep things like twigs and bird poop from getting into the water, making it
> unsafe to drink. It could still be used to put out fires.

If the basin needed maintenance too, maybe doing both made sense.