California Fires

[flogger]

Wildfires in California! We hear it year after year but this one hit hard. How could they run out of water at hydrants? Well, they voted to divert that money for water retention reservoirs to homeless shelters, Green Energy and slavery reparations.

I can't believe the press meeting with Biden and Newsom. Joking around while families are losing everything they own. California citizens sure know how to pick politicians. NOT!

Still worth dropping a prayer or donation their way.

[Ah Pook]

Don’t forget the DEI initiative.

Scary stuff.

[Sawin]

Between hurricanes, fires, hail and car theft (Yes CO is the worst state for Car theft!), the costs of insurance climbs for all, regardless of political leanings...I honestly believe there is a time when building a home or business in certain areas of our country will become "uninsurable"... when that happens, things will get very bad, very quickly for those areas.

[Doc45]

Saw an online article saying State Farm had already cancelled homeowners policies prior to the fires. I’m by no means a fan of CA but that’s beyond sad for those impacted.

I spent a lot of time in San Diego over a number of years, briefly thought about moving there but the screwed up politicians/politics kept me away. Haven’t been back in almost 17 years.

[BladesNBarrels]

Interviews on Good Morning America reported that insurance had been cancelled for some of the homeowners in the Palisade area.
During the Service for President Carter, it was mentioned that he started FEMA while president.
I don't think his vision for FEMA is what exists now.
I did some work in Santa Monica and would patronize Gladstones 4 Fish and Moonshadows restaurants, which are both great.
Moonshadows burned.
After experiences at the Marshall Fire in Colorado, wildfires sweeping through Lahaina, Hawaii, and this in the L.A. area, what will be the planning for future events?

[BushMasterBoy]

All the leaders are gathered around some dead idiot. They DGAF.

[eddiememphis]

The insurance thing is more complicated than just cancelling policies.

After a round of fires in '18, insurers had to pay out $23 billion, which was twice the collected premiums. When the state would not approve rate increases, they decided not to insure certain areas.

California responded by saying the state would insure homes with a state plan, offering up to $3 million in coverage for residential properties and $20 million on commercial. They have issued over 450,000 of the policies.

450k times 3m is 1.35t. Guess where is is headed?

That's right- insolvency! But don't worry. Insurers doing business in the state are required to bail out the fund.

So they will be forced to pay for losses to buildings they did not insure because they were not allowed to charge enough to cover the losses but will have to pay for them anyway, using money collected on other policies issued in the state.

Insurers will have no choice to either raise premiums on existing policies (which the state insurance commissioner will not allow) or cease operations totally in the state.

[XJ]

Are the C130s from Peterson out there? I thought the fancy equipment in the back had some installation time requirements, but that is a fuzzy memory from the unreliable Gazette.

[BushMasterBoy]

The C-130's primary mission is to protect the Space Force bases in the state of Colorado. So the Space Based Infared System at Buckley, the Global Positioning System Control at Schriever, NORAD, and other military assets are the priority.
The government takes care of the government first. It is a separate society. Same way the military has its own set of laws, the UCMJ.
This is why I cut down weeds on property that is not even mine. You need fire breaks. If the people with the big swimming pools in California had high volume water pumps, they could have probably saved their homes. If the houses had steel roofs rather than asphalt shingles, it is a game changer.

Building Codes are flawed. I keep a few water pumps handy and my neighbor has a huge swimming pool. One pump will suck a 5 gallon bucket dry in 2 seconds.

Think about it!

[Scanker19]

Don’t forget the DEI initiative.

Scary stuff.

You mean the retard carpet munchers?

Have fun parsing out which part of that sentence is more offensive.