The Real timschochet

No I’m not, but some folks in here looking to use this as an excuse to attack liberals (not that they ever need one) is focking disgusting. I could just as easily attack conservatives for ignoring climate change, and with a whole lot more merit, but I’m not going to do that, because it won’t change anything and frankly it’s not the time to have that discussion. Thousands of people are waiting to find out if their homes burned down, including my loved ones. This is a terrible tragedy. You guys that want to attack Newsom or Bass or libs in general, go f*ck yourselves. Seriously.

Speaking of Rick Caruso whom I wanted to be mayor, his shopping center, Palisades Village, is completely gone, burned to the ground. This was one of the most beautiful retail centers I’ve ever seen. Took years to build. What a tragedy, just terrible.

Yeah none of this is relevant to the current crisis. And anyhow it’s total bullsh!t

Lol you guys think you caught me here with some sort of whataboutism argument. Think again. I’m not for any of that crap, and it’s irrelevant to the topic.

Sure. I find that bizarre as well. Difference is these guys might actually get it.

Nope, you just call out the liberal ones or anyone else you disagree with. You throw out the DEI claim without any evidence, and then imply incompetence without any evidence. It’s completely bigoted and racist no matter how much you guys try to pretend otherwise. It’s really pretty disgusting.

Whatever we gain Denmark would lose. That doesn’t work for me.

So far apparently the Getty Villa actual buildings are unharmed which bodes well for the homes above it (where my FIL’s home is) but who knows? I think their church may have burned down.

It’s only by sheer luck that Detroit is part of the United States- George Clark (older brother of the explorer) made it to the fort before the British did, just barely.

I don’t live in LA. If I had I would have voted for Caruso.

Because Trump said it might be necessary to use military force in his presser. If he hadn’t said it I wouldn’t have even thought it was an option. But apparently it is. Is this all a game? Total bluster? Who the fock knows with this guy? I’ve given up trying to predict what he’s actually going to do. I get that some of you think it’s to our advantage to have an unpredictable guy in charge. I don’t.

LA has a tremendous economy AND the city budget faces shortfalls- both can be, amd are true at the same time,

Not a fan of Karen Bass. I wanted the other guy to win. I’m not gonna call her a POS like @Strike though. I don’t think a mayor can cut funding on her own, that’s done by the city council I think: also the trip to Ghana is typical for big city mayors and in truth there are advantages to be gained by such trips in terms of trade and investment opportunities. It’s just bad luck that she is there right now. All in all it’s not a good look for her but trying to blame her for this catastrophe would be misguided.

At the Democratic Convention, Kamala Harris said “In many ways Donald Trump is not a serious person.” I think that’s true. It was a key reason, one of many, that I didn’t vote for him. But my side lost. I think we’re going to be dealing with 4 years of unseriousness and incompetence at the head of government. I hope it doesn’t hurt us too much.

Gonna be a lot of stories like this over the next few months.

Thats because scientists tell us it plays a significant role. But whatever it’s not worth arguing now. Too late anyhow. These fires are going to cost billions and as for the insurance companies… I shudder to think.

Firefighters are basically helpless until the winds die down.

I don’t.

He was always partly right about this but very wrong to offer it as an alternative to climate change. Both are factors: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-46183690.amp But in any event the issue of forest management doesn’t really apply to the current Palisades fire.

Yes but not in this area. There have been fires in the past but nothing like this. And in this case it’s based on severe drought and impossibly strong winds, not the items you chose to highlight.

I’m sorry you feel this way. Not my intent to ever be dishonest or come across that way. I don’t expect you or most people here to agree with my views but I do value my integrity.

Is that the same woman? I had no idea.

Yeah it’s a crapshoot. Apparently some houses in the neighborhood have already been lost (that’s what we’re hearing, no confirmation) but the embers jump from house to house burning down some and completely skipping others.

Nothing like this has ever happened before in this area. Never been any fire close to this bad.

My FIL and his wife live in Sunset Mesa, just above the Getty Villa on PCH near Sunset Blvd. They were safely evacuated several hours ago, thankfully. Now we’re all waiting to learn if their house survives. We won’t know for some time….