Homeless π§ββοΈ π§ββοΈ who set the fires in California. It's just terrible. So sad
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ZolotoyRetriever β 1 year ago(January 10, 2025 11:57 PM)
If you're wealthy enough to have one of those homes in the nice areas of Southern California, hopefully you also have the good sense to have it insured to the max. Only problem is, previous wildfires in California (and resulting claims) have caused several insurers to leave the state - and no doubt more to come after these recent L.A. fires. I understand the ones who remain charge pretty high premiums.
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DrakeStraw β 1 year ago(January 12, 2025 04:50 AM)
Rebuilding will be a challenge. So much so that I expect it won't be attempted in those areas for a long time due to insurance, permitting, environmental impact etc. Those people will more likely just buy an existing home if they can afford it or move out of state. I'm a California ex-pat myself having left in 2006. None of my family closer than one first cousin is still there! All those left of my immediate family are spread out in Arizona now.
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Wu Ming β 1 year ago(January 12, 2025 05:08 AM)
DrakeStraw January 12, 2025 01:50 PM
Member since March 30, 2017
Rebuilding will be a challenge. So much so that I expect it won't be attempted in those areas for a long time due to insurance, permitting, environmental impact etc. Those people will more likely just buy an existing home if they can afford it or move out of state. I'm a California ex-pat myself having left in 2006. None of my family closer than one first cousin is still there! All those left of my immediate family are spread out in Arizona now.
Fleeing the flood and vulcanos.
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ZolotoyRetriever β 1 year ago(January 12, 2025 05:15 AM)
Rebuilding any disaster-hit neighborhood anywhere would be difficult, but you're right about the insurance, permitting, environmental impact issues etc. making it difficult, and probably more so than in other states. Not to mention there will be lawsuits filed against city government for failing to provide adequate firefighting services, etc. For example, why was the 117-million gallon Pacific Palisades reservoir empty and offline months before the fires?
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ir001 β 1 year ago(January 15, 2025 01:22 AM)
It surprises me that these abodes have no fire resistancy built into them. Anything made of metal would burn out but it would not burn down.
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Wu Ming β 1 year ago(January 10, 2025 10:42 PM)
Steve Lake January 11, 2025 06:50 AM
Member since February 19, 2018
Homeless π§β
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οΈ who set the fires in California.
It's just terrible. So sad
It was also big in the news here.
Braveheart
's house!
What a pity about the really beautiful house.
What a pity about the many beautiful houses!
So much destroyed, so many deaths (people, flora and fauna).
Mel Gibson: Los Angeles fires
"devastating, itβs emotional"
Mel Gibson's Malibu Estate
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soapbox original gangster β 1 year ago(January 10, 2025 10:51 PM)
in lethal weapon 2, Mel's character single-handedly, with his Ford pick-up truck, pulls down the (evil,murderous) South African consulate general's house; and now 30 odd years on, his house in the same area as the fictional one, destroyed.
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Wu Ming β 1 year ago(January 10, 2025 11:14 PM)
soapbox original gangster January 11, 2025 07:51 AM
Member since October 31, 2021
in lethal weapon 2, Mel's character single-handedly, with his Ford pick-up truck, pulls down the (evil,murderous) South African consulate general's house; and now 30 odd years on, his house in the same area as the fictional one, destroyed.
Yahβ¦
'Karma is a bitch'
.
Mel Gibson also tries to take it with humour.
In the interview (video above) he said that it looks like after the
"Firestorm in Dresden"
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Wu Ming β 1 year ago(January 13, 2025 09:01 AM)
by /.γ € January 12, 2025 11:45 PM
Member since January 25, 2022
He's also an antisemitic asshole.
Nopeβ¦Yah, I know about Mel's faux pas when he was as blue as hundred Russians. π€ͺ
Steve Lake
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"antisemitic asshole"
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Wu Ming β 1 year ago(January 11, 2025 07:49 AM)
Some impressive and heartbreaking photosβ¦
Firefighters battle the Palisades Fire as it burns during a windstorm on the west side of Los Angeles.
People embrace as they evacuate in Altadena.
A hollow tree burns in an Altadena neighborhood destroyed by the Eaton Fire.
β¦and many more.
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/article/los-angeles-palisades-california-fires-photos
January 10, 2025
