TK0001

Maybe. It does appear that the taxpayer raised money by the state government for forest management at the very least was not managed and allocated properly. Same with the money raised to build reservoirs, desalination plants, to battle the homeless issue, etc. Seems to me these were just clever ways to extract money from the pockets of the taxpayers. The one common denominator is Democrat leadership.

I'm not dismissing the fact it could just also be crazy people not affiliated with anything or who have no agenda. There are tons of crazy people out there, especially in Southern Cali.

Wind doesn't make fire, though. My point is they were started somehow, then the Santa Anas gold hold of them. And I don't know how common small fires are. My guess is there are a lot that get put out immediately, like from errant camp fires or someone tossing a cigarette butt. These six just got out of control immediately. Or it was a coordinated arson attempt. I'm torn.

Same time frame? Like within a week or so? I don't honestly know, just asking. I also don't know how common these fires are, when not whipped up to apocalypse levels by the Santa Anas.

Glad to hear you're well, Suze. I've been wondering about you. My step-mom's sister (my step-Aunt, I guess) lives in the Palisades and lost everything. She and her husband are in their 70's and will now have to start over. But at least they made it out. There are currently six fires in the LA area, all which started at the same time. I don't know how common that is during wildfire season, but from my view from Michigan it certainly feels like coordinated arson. I would be livid at the waste of taxpayer money that was supposed to be used to minimize this. Newsom requested $800M ADDITIONAL for forest management in 2023. Still the forests are (were) way too alarmingly dense and the warning signs were everywhere.

What other board? What answer are you looking for here?

Hear, hear. I've seen lots of people who used to be funny get embroiled with daily hate-posting here and it actually changes their personalities. This place is toxic and nowhere near the great board it used to be.