They have legit hidden pouches that are amazing. Lifetime warranty too. Best bag ever. **** Tümi.
Palisades fire
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This shit is getting really ghey. NTTAWWT
We had a guy like that. Mention his name to anyone in our age group and we all shudder.
No teacher ever f'd with him.
Couple of bros helping each other out? We’re not elephant walking, dude.
I guarantee the only squat that guy has done is on the toiletYou can't pull this off?
Mayor Bass just fired the first LGBTQ fire chief in LAFD history.
Her crime: complaining publicly about the budget cuts that have strained the department’s resources and capabilities.
Her crime: complaining publicly about the budget cuts that have strained the department’s resources and capabilities.
It wasn’t for incompetence. It was for speaking out.
Crowley may be incompetent, I don’t know. But I do know that this really isn’t the best time or situation to topple the department’s leadership.
If Karen Bass had any sense of dignity, she would resign.
It’s Newsom’s fault. Look into his relationships with PG&E, SCE, and the California Public Utilities Commission, it’s not pretty, not pretty at all.
https://www.latimes.com/california/...res-saw-massive-influx-in-faults-before-fires
Why don’t the electrical companies take care of their infrastructure? Because they don’t have to. For the answer, you’d have to ask Newsom about their zero liability policy, given to them for campaign contributions. PG&E was found guilty for the start of the Camp Fire that killed 85 people in 2018 - 16 felonies, admitted guiltiness on 85 counts. Where are they today? 24.4 billion revenue last year.
Also, look into the State’s plans for deforestation…uh, there are none.
Also, look into the water policies…billions of gallons diverted out to the ocean due to fish mattering more than humans. Ask the farmers in California where the water is.
Add to all of this the state regulations that just forced the fire insurance companies out of the state. AYKM
I realize you don’t know much about this. I lived in LA County for 4 years so it’s kind of a sensitive subject for me. Plus, one of my best friends was the Captain of a Fire Station in Ventura County. What happened in ‘18 got my attention. The Camp Fire was the worst ever for the State at the time.
Camp Fire (2018) - Wikipedia
In 2018 it got my attention. Wildfires were new to me, being from the Midwest, but I learned quickly how little I knew. I almost got caught on i10 on the way home from work due to a fire. They spread so quickly during the Santa Ana winds.
Santa Ana winds - Wikipedia
In the Fall of ‘20 when the Bobcat Fire was moving it came over the San Gabriel Mountains. We were living outside of Pasadena and thought we would be evacuated but the fire was put out hours before. Our condo windows were full of black powder.
A lot needs to be done, but the people in power are not the ones that will. It’s sad because of the great people and it’s such an amazing area to see this happen to. I have tons of friends out there and it hurts to see them go through this.
My son, after meeting a Pepperdine admissions officer in Yosemite on his 16th birthday, decided he wanted to go there. This was 2011 and tuition was ~60k then. When I asked what he wanted to study, he shrugged and said I haven't figured that out yet, but I'll figure it when I get there...
Let's figure it out in-state.
I think you should encourage him to go to grad school at Pepeperdine - on his dime.
They aren't jeans, they're flat front chinos. You can see the side stitching of the pockets above the hand holding the bag.I have a Filson tin cloth canvas bag that I’ll be cremated with. It’s the greatest bag I’ve ever owned.
Edit and my guy is rocking dark jeans with brown shoes.
Those aren't shoes, they're boots moc-toed boots. Maybe Frye's.
I can't tell re the pant color. Black chinos aren't too common. The suit above most definitely is not.
Cheezus Rice
This thread is proof that the hordes from the north will overrun us in 25
This thread is proof that the hordes from the north will overrun us in 25
Have you thought about how these fires will affect the Insurance Premiums in Indiana?
Any place dominated with pines needs to have controlled burns every year or two. Not only is it good for the environment but it’s naturally the way those areas function.
We even do this with warm season grasses every spring here in Indiana. Burn them down. A lot of private organizations are partnering with government agencies to make this happen on public and private lands.
But….
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Just a complete and total jackoff. Dumb. Evil. Good riddance.
That’s a very dumb comment out of LEFT field, moonbat.
Besides, I’m not even a grandfather, unfortunately. 😉
In most cases it will not impact at all. Majority of major carriers have set up separate subsidiaries in high risk states like Florida and California. That way low risk states aren't subsidizing high, plus it makes it easier to walk away if needed. The California Fair plan is the insurers of last resort and can assess in that state only, similar to Citizens in Florida.
Long term decisions will have to be made on rebuilding and land management. Ignoring budget cuts, DEI hires, etc. There simply is no way for that many hydrants to maintain pressure at the same time. Not of fires of this magnitude.
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Elon Musk’s Baby Mama Gives Grim Warning as She Evacuates L.A. Fires
The Canadian-born musician suggested time might be up for climate change, posting, “The vibe is rather Biblical out here.”
Thanks, mcm. It's been a sad thing and a wild couple of days, but gratefully we're all safe.
Appreciate it and appreciate all of the comedy gold in this thread. It's been a welcome source of big smiles. Men's fashion is far and away the #1 topic on The Cooler.
Okay good. We were hoping to hear from you
There are a lot of people speaking about things they don't know about from afar, so I don't blame you for it but the Mayor is actually right about this. The Santa Anas are an actual thing every year, but these winds were far beyond what the Santa Anas bring. Gusts of 80 to 100 mph and more that are far above usual 40mph gusts in the area from Santa Anas. That difference is what led area emergency management people to issue warnings of high fire danger the day before the fire spread. Fire personnel were surged PRIOR to the fires and the fires spread because it was that extraordinary of a series of events. The loss of life in this tragedy is extraordinary because of the low numbers in relation to the extent of the tragedy.
There is plenty of time for analysis of what has been done well and what has been done badly in response to the tragedy, but it's not the time for political recriminations, particularly when so many people are wrong about the facts.
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How far are you from the fires? What do you see/experience? Can you give us a little boots on the ground POV on this from where you are?
Re that pic and L.A., I feel like smart engineers could figure out a way to use ocean water to put a fire like that out. I'm sure the salt would ruin certain things, so maybe that's a cost I'm not taking into account, but it would at least prevent more damage in unaffected areas.
Equipment and fcks up the soil so shit can’t grow. That’s what I read
Saw the claim last night from crazed and dbm, but this morning there was still no reporting on any of my usual news sources. Then I saw that the tweet that dbm posted had been deleted. This is becoming routine.
You would sure think in 2025 we would have the technology to put out a fire at least within a day.
