Informative on water and fire in CA. The guy really knows his stuff. A few points below.
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Link: https://youtu.be/yH19B6dMXx0?si=E_LcygX3Y8_RnIhC
Replies to: Informative on water and fire in CA. The guy really knows his stuff. A few points below.
Something tells me DFH will be responding shortly.
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It’s actually a pretty fair assessment of LA’s water infrastructure problems…
A couple of key points brought up:
Natural gas powered generators. A highly needed technology when power is cut.
Reservoirs under maintenance during this time of year is a big issue.
There is no water shortage. LA and most of SoCal have issues pumping enough water through the system at times of desperate need.
Another key point that I didn’t hear mentioned is the Santa Ana winds. Nothing can be done when a fire starts in gale force scenarios.
To your point on water storage...as yesterday's data shows, CA's reservoirs are near or well above
yearly storage averages (see chart). It's the previous year's drought affecting all the vegetation in the hills around L.A., along with hurricane force winds that caused this catastrophe...and they are the products of Climate Change. The Lorba Linda water expert also seems to assume that the Colorado River hasn't been affected by CC and will keep providing 60% of SOCAL's water needs...he should know better since all seven states bordering it are struggling to work out an allocation plan for the future that factors in the sharp decline in available water from Mountain snow packs, etc.
Not the best source of information on the L.A. fires I've seen recently.
Link: https://cdec.water.ca.gov/resapp/RescondMain
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I hope it comes to an end soon.
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And then Jim will tell us that the reservoir was full.
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I'm just glad he won't engage in any personal insults......
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No good Reagan Republican ever would.
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To summerize, too many unforced errors.
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Ignored the need for gas-fired generators to power water pumps when utilities cut the power.
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Inadequate water storage.
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LA DWP infrastructure bad. 100-year old pipes caused flooding everywhere, e.g. UCLA library floodin
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LAFD strength basically same for decades while population doubled. Serious staffing shortage.
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50% emergency calls to LAFD are from homeless. A third of all LAFD calls involve arson. Good job, LA
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