“When Disaster Hits, Trump Is the Blamer in Chief” As L.A. Fires Rage, Pointing Fingers Rather Than Facing Facts

I must say this LtE is spot on. The blame game. The urge to seek out opportunities to score cheap political points is irresistible for some people. But in today's environment what has always existed but was frowned upon is not seen as acceptable by a portion of our society.

To the Editor:
Re “When Disaster Hits, Trump Is the Blamer in Chief” (On Politics newsletter, nytimes.com, Jan. 10):​
Faced with one of the most devastating wildfires in U.S. history — after tens of thousands of Americans have been displaced or lost their homes and entire communities have been reduced to ash — the president-elect’s response is to attack and blame with false accusations: “No water in the fire hydrants, no money in FEMA. This is what Joe Biden is leaving me. Thanks Joe!”​
Where is the compassion? Where is even the faintest recognition of human suffering? Instead of uniting the country in the face of this tragedy, we get callous deflection and divisive rhetoric. Disasters demand solidarity, not scapegoating.​
What kind of government, devoid of empathy, decency and even a shred of moral integrity, is poised to take the reins and imperil not just disaster-stricken Americans but the very soul of our nation?​
David Sanders​
New York​

The finger pointing is being done by the people who were in charge: Lefty governor Newsome and lefty Mayor DEI Hire Bass. They can point the finger right at themselves, and then RESIGN.
 
Raking the forest.

That's brush clearing.

The machine is called a brush raker.

You're not actually so dumb you thought we were talking about hand rakes...are you?

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Except that spin is Fake News

next

note: the troll can't name a reservoir any Governor didn't believe in filling
The reservoir has been empty for almost a year, dainty.
 
The reservoir has been empty for almost a year, dainty.
Oh! You mean the reservoir that was being repaired?

They should've called Trump. once upon a time He repaired a skating rink.
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and it wasn't the Governor who was in charge (double :auiqs.jpg:) Some of us live in California, and specifically in LA. As you are quite ignorant on the subject, you need to :anj_stfu:

A 117-million gallon reservoir in one of the Los Angeles communities ravaged by wildfires was out of commission when the fire started in the area on Tuesday.​
The Santa Ynez Reservoir in the Pacific Palisades has been closed for repairs after a covering designed to preserve water quality tore. The Los Angeles Times first reported that the reservoir was offline.​
The reservoir’s status may have limited the water system’s ability to provide consistent pressure for firefighters, but Marty Adams, a former general manager of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, said it is unlikely to have made a significant difference in the battle against the Palisades Fire, which burned through 20,000 acres as of Friday afternoon.​
“It was out of service. I don’t know exactly how long it’s been out of service,” Adams said.​
During firefighters’ response to the Palisades Fire, some high elevation fire hydrants dried up, hampering efforts to fight the blaze.​
On Friday, California Gov. Gavin Newsom called for an investigation into the water supply troubles and the reservoir's lack of availability.​

"The ongoing reports of the loss of water pressure to some local fire hydrants during the fires and the reported unavailability of water supplies from the Santa Ynez Reservoir are deeply troubling to me and to the community," Newsom wrote. "We need answer to how that happened."

Newsom directed state water and firefighting officials to prepare an independent after-incident report "examining the causes of lost water supply and water pressure" and also requested that city and county officials provide a "comprehensive review examining their local preparation and response procedures" to the state.

Adams, who retired about eight months ago, said the reservoir could have preserved some additional water pressure to fight the fires, but that it’s unlikely it would have substantially changed outcomes.
 
Facts matter: A reservoir. Who here is saying you all wants polluted water?

Project Background​

The Santa Ynez Reservoir Floating Cover Project was being constructed to comply with two United States Environmental Protection Agency water quality regulations:

In order to meet these two regulations, the LADWP did the following:
  • Switch disinfectants from chlorine to chloramines
  • Cover Santa Ynez Reservoir
 
That's brush clearing.

The machine is called a brush raker.

You're not actually so dumb you thought we were talking about hand rakes...are you?

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Looks more like earth movers to me. I suppose you could strip a forested hillside down to bare earth with it, but with the stability of unconsolidated soils, in those hills, you would probably create huge landslide hazards, to if that is the equipment, pick your poison.
 
Oh! You mean the reservoir that was being repaired?

They should've called Trump. once upon a time He repaired a skating rink.
:auiqs.jpg:

and it wasn't the Governor who was in charge (double :auiqs.jpg:) Some of us live in California, and specifically in LA. As you are quite ignorant on the subject, you need to :anj_stfu:

A 117-million gallon reservoir in one of the Los Angeles communities ravaged by wildfires was out of commission when the fire started in the area on Tuesday.​
The Santa Ynez Reservoir in the Pacific Palisades has been closed for repairs after a covering designed to preserve water quality tore. The Los Angeles Times first reported that the reservoir was offline.​
The reservoir’s status may have limited the water system’s ability to provide consistent pressure for firefighters, but Marty Adams, a former general manager of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, said it is unlikely to have made a significant difference in the battle against the Palisades Fire, which burned through 20,000 acres as of Friday afternoon.​
“It was out of service. I don’t know exactly how long it’s been out of service,” Adams said.​
During firefighters’ response to the Palisades Fire, some high elevation fire hydrants dried up, hampering efforts to fight the blaze.​
On Friday, California Gov. Gavin Newsom called for an investigation into the water supply troubles and the reservoir's lack of availability.​

"The ongoing reports of the loss of water pressure to some local fire hydrants during the fires and the reported unavailability of water supplies from the Santa Ynez Reservoir are deeply troubling to me and to the community," Newsom wrote. "We need answer to how that happened."

Newsom directed state water and firefighting officials to prepare an independent after-incident report "examining the causes of lost water supply and water pressure" and also requested that city and county officials provide a "comprehensive review examining their local preparation and response procedures" to the state.

Adams, who retired about eight months ago, said the reservoir could have preserved some additional water pressure to fight the fires, but that it’s unlikely it would have substantially changed outcomes.
The reservoir that had a hole in its COVER! In other words COSMETIC damage, repairable in a day or so if they had bothered to actually do it.


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This Troll could not name a reservoir any Governor who didn't believe in filling in a reservoir. So it whines as it melts
2014 the taxpayers agreed to fund new reservoirs. Five I believe it was, and, as is usual with leftists in control of government. NOTHING WAS DONE.

That money simply went poof! Into the pockets of the bureaucrats and politicians.
 
The reservoir that had a hole in its COVER! In other words COSMETIC damage, repairable in a day or so if they had bothered to actually do it.


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fake news
 

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