LA Fire is now Political

[TB Roye]

I was wait for it to happen and it has. The Jr. Senator from my State in blaming the current administration for all the damge cause by the fire. Won't go any farther. Execpt to say how dumb, and she is not a blonde. If this gets deleted fine. Just had to blow off some steam.

Tom

[Sam Conder]

I was wait for it to happen and it has. The Jr. Senator from my State in blaming the current administration for all the damge cause by the fire. Won't go any farther. Execpt to say how dumb, and she is not a blonde. If this gets deleted fine. Just had to blow off some steam.

Tom

It's borderline. I am worried that the blondes might be offended.

[MilDoc]

Why? Did someone in Washington visit Ca. and drop a lit butt?

[gsmittle]

Why? Did someone in Washington visit Ca. and drop a lit butt?

I knew you could light a fart, but you can light a butt

Is that before or after the politician is done talking out of it?

g.

[germdoc]

I won't wade into the political debate. However, as my colleague pointed out, that area goes through cycles of rain and drought. People move out into the hills when the scenery is green and lush, and during the drought the brush and trees and grasses provide great fodder for raging firestorms. I feel sorry for anyone who lost a house, but let's face it--people who live on the edge of the desert are tempting fate, just like people who live on coasts where hurricanes hit.

I come from North Georgia which is going through a terrible water shortage right now. Why? Do you think the tripling of the population of Atlanta over the last 20 years and development of the I-75 corridor all the way to Chattanooga had anything to do with it?

Just a thought--Pogo was right.

[gsmittle]

Just a thought--Pogo was right.

Indeed he (it?) was, indeed he was....

I made the mistake of trying to drive past Atlanta last March--three hours to go three miles. Ouch.

g.

[TB Roye]

Now the Sr. Senator from Nevada says Global Warming caused it and it is fun listening to him back track. The population of the LA to San Diego area has grown so much they are putting houses in some spots they shouldn't. The concrete and asphalt you have leaves no were for the water to go when it does rain and then you get flooding. Like in the Sacramento Area they are building on Farm land that used to absorb the rain and have minor flooding now all that water is being dumped into the river which can't handle it, so now we are in an increased danger of flooding. There is not much flat land available in Southern Cal so they build in the hills and every October/November they get the Santa Ana"s (wind of the Devil) Things burn and then the rain comes and they have mud slides to finsh things off.

Tom

[Uncle Cracker]

Things burn and then the rain comes and they have mud slides to finsh things off.

Unless a quake happens to do it first...

[TB Roye]

No Huricains, no Tornados, no Blizzards, execpt in the Mountains (where they belong) but we do shake, rattle and roll from time to time, or depending on the temp, shake and bake.
In My life time, I think we have had more wildfires cause more damage that Earthquakes. The fire in the Oakland hill in 91 or 92 destroyed more home that the Loma Preatia Earthquake a few years before or the LA quake in 94 if I remember rightl. I know of a number of area in NorthernCa that are due a big fire if the wind was right and not far from Sacramento.

Tom

[Anthony]

So what is it exactly about thos SoCal weather?
Seems like they get every possible tragic form of Mother Nature that she has.
AND no water to boot.
Northeast baby all the way, all the weather available, none of it ever really deadly.

[Hoover]

Part of the problem is that people are building in areas that were considered to be unsuitable to build on 'til now. People are moving to the southwest every year, and are putting a strain on water availability, highways not designed for the amount of traffic, and so on. Human nature gets bested by Mother Nature continuosly.

[Rand]

The reason the fire got so out of control was because of the Santa Ana winds. The winds are nothing but hot air. So of course the fire was political.

[ragswl4]

Historical I believe one will find that these fires are generally started by humans with very small brains, called Arsonists. Some occur naturally but most are started by nuts running around getting their jollies watching it burn. Time will tell on these fires but at least two have been declared as started by arsonists.

The Santa Ana winds are just the trigger point that bring the nuts out of the woodwork because they know that type of wind will make the fires burn big and fast.

[JR]

The Santa Ana winds are just the trigger point that bring the nuts out of the woodwork because they know that type of wind will make the fires burn big and fast.

There was a desert wind blowing that night. It was one of those hot dry Santa Anas that come down through the mountain passes and curl your hair and make your nerves jump and your skin itch. On nights like that every booze party ends in a fight. Meek little wives feel the edge of the carving knife and study their husbands' necks. Anything can happen. You can even get a full glass of beer at a cocktail lounge.

-- Raymond Chandler, "Red Wind"