Subj : Re: LA Fires
To   : Gamgee
From : Uber-Geek
Date : Tue Jan 14 2025 09:34 am

Since this topic has been clogging the feeds for a while, I'll give my two cents:

It was never about lack of money or water.

As stated by an LA firefighter offical: No system in existence would have been able to deliver enough water to supress the fires. The amount of sustained water release needed to quell a fire driven by high winds simply isn't available.

When fires like this happen they rely on air units to deliver the majority of the water supression. With the winds in the 70MPH+ range, that was not possible during the initial stages of the fires.

Once the winds had died down, you got an idiot out there flying his drone and it hits one of the planes, which resulted in them grounding all air operations for a time. I hope his Youtube channel gets lots of views.

We're seeing positive suppression now that the air units are able to resume operations. Had they been able to do so in the beginning, it would have been a different story.

The time for focusing on money and who to point a political finger at is not now. Right now everyone needs to focus on fighting the fires and helping people. Those in the policital spectrum who only point fingers should remember there are three others pointing right back to them.

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