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From: BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com>
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Subject: Re: Remember That Empty Reservoir in L.A.?
Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2025 20:31:26 -0000 (UTC)
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On Jan 20, 2025 at 12:06:38 PM PST, ""Adam H. Kerman"" <ahk@chinet.com>
wrote:

> suzeeq  <suzeeq@imbris.com> wrote:
>> On 1/18/2025 10:29 PM, shawn 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. No reason was given why the repairs were taking
>>>  so long but I know how that can go. The pool in my complex has been
>>>  undergoing repair work for over a couple of months. There are multiple
>>>  guys here every day. I have no idea why it's taking so long but they
>>>  keep working.
>>>  
>> Huh, maybe lacck of funding in LA?
> 
> Repair and maintenance on a timely basis is unaffordable but we can
> afford fire damage?
> 
> Is that how politicians think?

Not to mention, "repair and maintenance on a timely basis is unaffordable",
but we can afford to spend $2.4 billion on vagrants, which only makes the
problem worse.

And "repair and maintenance on a timely basis is unaffordable", but we can
afford to spend billions on cradle-to-grave health care for illegal aliens and
pay for them all to have lawyers to fight perfectly legal and constitutional
deportation proceedings.