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-Signs, Portents, and the Weather-
The death toll from the California wildfires has risen to 16, with more than 12,000 buildings destroyed
2025-01-12
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Posted by:Fred

#14  Many, many Superfund sites.
Posted by: Skidmark   2025-01-12 23:35  

#13  ^There goes the tax base.
Posted by: Bobby   2025-01-12 15:22  

#12  A lot of these 12,000 buildings destroyed are $1 million structures (by California standards) on $7 million lots; even if they are insured, only the structural losses will be covered, though most of the financial losses will be because the land cannot be rebuilt on. I suspect governments, at various levels, will pick up that loss by buying the land for parks or reserves or such at some large fraction of pre-fire 'value.'
Posted by: Glenmore   2025-01-12 15:06  

#11  Some progress in containment of the Eaton fire. Yesterday was about 15%, today about 27%.

Still struggling to contain the Palisades fire, only 11% contained.
Posted by: Lord Garth   2025-01-12 13:31  

#10  [X]
Posted by: KBK   2025-01-12 13:31  

#9  Biden promises to cover 100% of the costs while hurricane Helene victims are still living in tents and might get $750.
Posted by: Deacon+Blues+   2025-01-12 13:04  

#8  Ref #6: Moskowitz: Ability and Capability of Disaster Response Seems to Have Gotten Worse

That really does appear to be the plan.
Posted by: Besoeker   2025-01-12 11:56  

#7  Those areas will likely be labeled 'fire prone' and NOT be permitted for rebuild. They will be returned to nature.

"ONLY YOU" can prevent this from happening again. [sarc off]


Maui Fire Update One Year Later - Aug 2024: Lahaina Rebuild in FocusAccording to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 1,399 homes need rebuilding. As the community pursues rebuilding efforts, county officials have only approved a fraction of the disaster recovery building permits submitted by homeowners or their representatives.

To illustrate the sluggishness of this process, it is worth noting that the first residential property is currently only in the rough-framing phase, which occurs during the early stages of reconstruction. However, there has been progress on other lots with laying utility lines and foundations. The premium on reconstruction labor in Hawaii when compared with the mainland U.S. is 40%.
Posted by: Besoeker   2025-01-12 11:30  

#6  Moskowitz: Ability and Capability of Disaster Response Seems to Have Gotten Worse
Posted by: Skidmark   2025-01-12 08:18  

#5  Too many parallels to Maui.
Posted by: Super Hose   2025-01-12 08:03  

#4  In a weird sense ‘Climate Change’ did cause this. But not in the way Leftist think; it was caused by Leftist twisted Climate Change ideology leading to very poor decisions.
Posted by: Airandee   2025-01-12 06:47  

#3  Why LA fires will hit almost every American in the pocket even if you live nowhere near California
Posted by: Skidmark   2025-01-12 06:41  

#2  OBTW: Reservoir just happened to be DRAINED for Inspection during Fire Season. DEI may have played a role in this.
Posted by: NN2N1   2025-01-12 05:33  

#1  
Wondering what the destruction data looks like from a social-class and economical class standpoint?

Are we seeing more average Joe or Rich & Famous getting burnt out or killed?

In short, has LA applied equal fire fighting across the area?

Posted by: NN2N1   2025-01-12 04:44  

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