Police arrest arsonist in L.A., accused of setting at least one of the current fires

[Meister]

please do not try and score cheap political points on such a horrific...

never mind.

It's who you are

carry on

 

[SassyIrishLass]

Did you actually think before posting a reply?

Do you actually think before you look ridiculous? Who's in charge of California and how would Trump play into it? Ya blabbering jackass

 

[Harry Dresden]

Did you actually think before posting a reply?

lol...dante people have asked you that before .....

 

[marvin martian]

Nope.

I'm saying the blame game is expected and is as pathetic as expected

Funny, if Trump had been in charge of something out here,, you people-of-the-cult would be doing high jumps and back flips defending his every act and utterance and...

So, exactly what you're doing for Newsom.

 

[jwoodie]

DON'T FEED THE TROLLS

 

[Hellokitty]

Here you go: Jan. 9, 2025Updated 9:48 p.m. ET

Capt. Kevin Easton and his firefighting team had already spent hours battling an out-of-control fire sweeping through Los Angeles’s Pacific Palisades area, leaving gutted homes in its wake. Then, around midnight, their water lines started to sputter. Before long, the hydrants had run dry.

“Completely dry — couldn’t get any water out of it,” said Captain Easton, who was part of a small, roaming patrol of firefighters who were trying to protect the community’s Palisades Highlands neighborhood. Even on Wednesday afternoon — hours after the hydrants had gone dry — there was still no water. Houses in the Highlands burned, becoming part of the more than 5,000 structures destroyed by the Palisades fire so far.

Officials now say the storage tanks that hold water for high-elevation areas like the Highlands, and the pumping systems that feed them, could not keep pace with the demand as the fire raced from one neighborhood to another. That was in part because those who designed the system did not account for the stunning speeds at which multiple fires would race through the Los Angeles area this week.

“We are looking at a situation that is just completely not part of any domestic water system design,” said Marty Adams, a former general manager and chief engineer at the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, which is responsible for delivering water to nearly four million residents of Los Angeles.

Municipal water systems are designed for firefighters to tap into multiple hydrants at once, allowing them to maintain a steady flow of water for crews who may be trying to protect a large structure or a handful of homes. But these systems can buckle when wildfires, such as those fueled by the dry brush that surrounds Los Angeles’s hillside communities, rage through entire neighborhoods.

What did they do before the fire? It's already been explained the risk of fires in these areas was high, so what did they do in advance to prepare?

 

[Dante]

What did they do before the fire? It's already been explained the risk of fires in these areas was high, so what did they do in advance to prepare?

read again:

Officials now say the storage tanks that hold water for high-elevation areas like the Highlands, and the pumping systems that feed them, could not keep pace with the demand as the fire raced from one neighborhood to another. That was in part because those who designed the system did not account for the stunning speeds at which multiple fires would race through the Los Angeles area this week.

“We are looking at a situation that is just completely not part of any domestic water system design,” said Marty Adams, a former general manager and chief engineer at the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, which is responsible for delivering water to nearly four million residents of Los Angeles.

Municipal water systems are designed for firefighters to tap into multiple hydrants at once, allowing them to maintain a steady flow of water for crews who may be trying to protect a large structure or a handful of homes. But these systems can buckle when wildfires, such as those fueled by the dry brush that surrounds Los Angeles’s hillside communities, rage through entire neighborhoods.

 

[RoshawnMarkwees]

What did they do before the fire? It's already been explained the risk of fires in these areas was high, so what did they do in advance to prepare?

If you live in hurricane region you build your house to withstand the wind and flooding. But you can’t prevent hurricanes. These fires can be prevented.

 

[Superbadbrutha]

Do you actually think before you look ridiculous? Who's in charge of California and how would Trump play into it? Ya blabbering jackass

So, if someone out and the woods or behind someone's house sets a fire, how is that anyone's fault other than the fool that set it?

 

[marvin martian]

What did they do before the fire? It's already been explained the risk of fires in these areas was high, so what did they do in advance to prepare?

Booked a taxpayer funded trip to Ghana!