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Oregon Sent 60 Firetrucks to Help Los Angeles but...
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Posted on 01/10/2025 7:15:27 AM PST by TigerClaws

Lars Ultra MAGA Larson @LarsLarsonShow

Those 60 engines sent yesterday to the Cali fires are not on the fire lines...yet.

https://opb.org/article/2025/01/08/oregon-sending-crews-help-battle-los-angeles-area-wildfires/

They've been ordered to submit to a DOT inspection in Sacramento that's scheduled for 4:30 pm today. If they clear the inspection, they'll THEN be able to drive 400 miles to Pacific Palisades.

Talk about "looking a gift horse in the mouth." Then, on the way home, they get inspected again, and if they get red tagged, it's "fix it before you can return." Does liberal stupidity know no bounds? (I'm still waiting for a return call from @OSFM to explain this nonsense)


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KEYWORDS: bureaucracy; bureaucrats; california; disaster; firetrucks; oregon
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To: TigerClaws

Contrast 1994 earthquakes:

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-11-13/the-1994-earthquake-smashed-the-10-freeway-how-l-a-rebuilt-it-in-record-time

Yes, that’s the LA Times; and note what *isn’t* in the rebuilding or the story. No bureaucrats measuring everything for the EPA, no DEI garbage, no pause for a detailed study of whatever. Work and a bonus to get it done right and faster.

In response to Pete Wilson (not this, him generally) the Dead Kennedys song “California Uber Alles” was rewritten to slime him (and Reagan) as a Nazi.
https://genius.com/Disposable-heroes-of-hiphoprisy-california-uber-alles-lyrics


61 posted on 01/10/2025 9:40:11 AM PST by No.6
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To: guthunde47

I am going to borrow this thread to tell you about the electric grid in areas NOT on fire. Due to high winds, they cut the power yesterday under PSPS (Public Safety Power Shutoff) for approx 375,000 customers (Edison; LADWP, SDGE, and PGE might be more) so that might be about a million people at 3 per household and then businesses. So what are people doing? Running gasoline generators, because we all know that would be “safer”!!? And they turn them on then go in and go to sleep (never use unattended!). If the house is all-electric then there is nothing, no heat, no hot water, no stove - and they cannot charge their precious EV’s plugged into the house. And you just know there will be some who bring propane heaters or BBQs into the house and then die of CO poisoning. Not a peep on when they will be returning power as the shutoff approaches 24 hours...

Just FYI on life in the Dimbulb-led state.

And DailyMail absolutely trashed Karen Bass in 3 articles this AM. Yeah!


62 posted on 01/10/2025 9:45:17 AM PST by guthunde47
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To: Responsibility2nd

I take offense to that!/s


63 posted on 01/10/2025 9:57:30 AM PST by Sir_Humphrey (The “only Trumpers” are just as damaging to the conservative cause as are the “never Trumpers”)
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To: Sir_Humphrey

BTW I agree with your tagline.

To me Only Trumpers are Angry Trumpers. And they sure are eating crow these days as Trump is trusting Elon and Vivek, supporting Ron Johnson, working with Ron DeSantis and promoting H1B visas.

All the things they said if happened - they would NEVER support Trump.


64 posted on 01/10/2025 10:01:36 AM PST by Responsibility2nd (Climate Change is Real. Winter, Spring, Summer and Fall.)
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To: Dave911

Dumb as a oyster


65 posted on 01/10/2025 10:03:13 AM PST by Palio di Siena (Kralik…..you get the wallet )
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To: bray

I’m actually surprised that dumBass and Nuisance have not gone to all electric fire trucks.

Think of the pollution these ICE firetrucks are emitting.

And think about this.... The California fires produce as much pollution in 2 days as all the state’s cars do in a year.

Yet Enviroweenies cannot see the forest for the trees.

Come to think of it - they can’t even see trees anymore.


66 posted on 01/10/2025 10:06:34 AM PST by Responsibility2nd (Climate Change is Real. Winter, Spring, Summer and Fall.)
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To: TigerClaws

Fake news.

https://opb.org/article/2025/01/08/oregon-sending-crews-help-battle-los-angeles-area-wildfires/

Nothing in the link about inspections...


67 posted on 01/10/2025 10:07:42 AM PST by MinorityRepublican
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To: MinorityRepublican; All

Right. That was the original story of the trucks being sent.

I’m telling you what happened when they arrived.

Some ‘real reporter’ will have to post a story for you to believe it though. Right? Because the press is the arbiter of all truth??

Check this out.

This guy is STARTING FIRES and people stop him. Result?
No charges. No “probable cause” but they did get him for a parole violation.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWqNt7damng


68 posted on 01/10/2025 10:11:26 AM PST by TigerClaws
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To: Enterprise

“They should have turned around and gone home.”

Exactly. I’m not going to beg someone to let me help them.


69 posted on 01/10/2025 10:17:25 AM PST by PLMerite ("They say that we were Cold Warriors. Yes, and a bloody good show, too. 😁 " - Robert Conquest )
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To: drwoof

bttt


70 posted on 01/10/2025 10:20:02 AM PST by linMcHlp
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To: Responsibility2nd

This fire likely caused more polution than the entire country does in 6 mos, yet they want to make sure these firetrucks are carbon neutral.


71 posted on 01/10/2025 10:22:34 AM PST by bray (It's not racist to be racist against races the DNC hates.)
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To: Retain Mike
BTTT
Thomas Sowell said,
"You will never understand bureaucracies until you understand that for bureaucrats procedure is everything and outcomes are nothing."

72 posted on 01/10/2025 10:25:50 AM PST by linMcHlp
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To: TigerClaws

California’s regulations are going to get people killed.

5.56mm


73 posted on 01/10/2025 10:34:27 AM PST by M Kehoe (Thank you Jesus. )
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To: bray

Climate Changers will tell you that man made climate change is real. I’m starting to believe them.

The disastrous climate change these libs are causing is nothing short of pure evil.


74 posted on 01/10/2025 10:35:56 AM PST by Responsibility2nd (Climate Change is Real. Winter, Spring, Summer and Fall.)
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To: cgbg
Newsom obviously does not think

"There's Yer Sign !"

It really doesn't matter because once they get there they will not have a functioning Fire Hydrant to connect to.

Why the }{€££ are they not pumping water out of the PACIFIC OCEAN !?!?!?!?!? They have to have a spare pump or 10 and piping available (if not then why not ?) that can be connected to the existing water mains and use the salt water to put out the fires !!! If there’s any thing left to pump potable water to after the fires are put out then flush and “Burn” the Distribution System out and go back to normal supply of water. I don’t understand why they are not doing this OTHER THAN THE IDIOTS (NOT) IN CHARGE OF THE SITUATION ARE STUPIDER THAN STUPID...

75 posted on 01/10/2025 10:53:11 AM PST by mabarker1 ( (Congress- the opposite of PROGRESS!!! A fraud, a hypocrite, a liar. I'm a member of Congress!!!)
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To: VTenigma
"thousands of trees and homes burning

Should be "thousands of trees, homes and bodies burning"

76 posted on 01/10/2025 11:11:03 AM PST by jpp113
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To: All

To the poster asking me about the inverted cross - can see it being worn here against black blouse/dress at 21 minute in:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQkB6gwJ3_Y


77 posted on 01/10/2025 11:13:29 AM PST by TigerClaws
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To: Responsibility2nd

Thank you for adding and for the list.


78 posted on 01/10/2025 12:54:01 PM PST by guthunde47
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To: ClearCase_guy

Golly


79 posted on 01/10/2025 1:00:44 PM PST by Organic Panic (Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes)
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To: mabarker1

You explained this so well. These politcal hacks surround themselves with bootlickers instead of people with ideas and knowledge. Adding to your idea, from Pt Conception to the Mexico border there are numerous ports, harbors, marinas. They all have Coast Guard or Port-owned, some Navy, fire boats. The fire boats are smallish, just fuel tanks and pumps - they continuously suck up the seawater to spray at burning boats or docks, shore warehouses. Those could have saved homes on PCH most of which burned long after the PacPal Fire event began. In general the fire boats could have been, as you said, attached to pipes/hoses to the land to feed water trucks. The Navy has amazing abilities - too bad Pudding Cup was napping.


80 posted on 01/10/2025 1:03:42 PM PST by guthunde47
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