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pfitz59

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9. LA County has more experience with wildfires

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Mon Jan 13, 2025, 12:24 AM

11 hrs ago

than most any other region on the planet. It's an insult to generations of hard-working men and women to say they were 'unprepared'. The magnitude of this firestorm was unstoppable by any reasonable measure. The best efforts can only lead to containment and cleanup without the GOP ghouls mucking things up.

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FEMA administrator says L.A. officials were very prepared for wildfires, but they have never seen 100-mile-an-hour winds [View all] BumRushDaShow 19 hrs ago OP

Fire ecologist with US Geological Survey: the winds far outweigh the fuel in fire's spread blm 19 hrs ago #1

I've been in front of a wildfire with 100 mph winds--2007 Harris Fire in San Diego's east county. Liberty Belle 19 hrs ago #2

Sounds like the FEMA guy is mistaken, then. The Mouth 16 hrs ago #3

She... littlemissmartypants 16 hrs ago #5

Thanks for the correction. The Mouth 11 hrs ago #10

We've never seen 100 mph winds in our beach towns. Inland desert foothills, yes. This is new. SunSeeker 15 hrs ago #6

Most of that forest land is federal. Do you mean that the US should prepare for this travelingthrulife 2 hrs ago #11

About natural disasters TexasBushwhacker 16 hrs ago #4

Fires can generate their own high velocity winds Deminpenn 14 hrs ago #7

A firefighters' nightmare, they can't even drown it. A fiery whirlwind Historic NY 12 hrs ago #8

LA County has more experience with wildfires pfitz59 11 hrs ago #9