Posted on 01/11/2025 4:58:31 AM PST by MtnClimber
Someone forgot to fill up the fire hydrants.
James Howard Kunstler ping
This smells love me scapegoating to me. They’re trying to deflect blame away from their stupid ecological policies.
“You also have to wonder how this disaster will end up affecting the movie industry.”
Gee, that is way down on my list of things to remotely care about. They haven’t had an original idea in decades. As far as I’m concerned, Hollywood, and celebrity culture died long ago. I feel for those who lost their homes, but I somehow cannot muster sympathy for the movie industry.
Excellent article! Thank you for posting!
There are enough old movies that I’ve yet to see that would keep me busy for the next 20 years. I couldn’t care less about Hollywood
Yuppers...
and the Sit-Coms Box sets except for Seinfeld!
I know the area where the 2 biggest fires started very well, Palisades and Eaton, I have lived her for 64 years. There is absolutely NOTHING for Miles and miles from where these fires started. It is way to far off the beaten path for them to be homeless camps, Miles Uphill and far from civilization where they could congregate and panhandle for their drugs. I do not believe it was a miraculous case of spontaneous combustion from the ice cold winds. I firmly believe every last one was intentionally set, why, well your guess is as good as mine. But they DID NOT START ACCIDENTALLY.
You also have to wonder how this disaster will end up affecting the movie industry.
Los Angeles is going to take a financial hit that they may not recover from. The loss of the property tax revenue is one thing, but also the loss of all the businesses paying taxes, and the people in those communities paying taxes.
All gone and will take decades if ever to be back to where it was.
We in the rest of the country may be in for cant-find-a-contractor as they flock from the fifty states to get on the disaster in California gravy train. This is a situation where guys will put up with a lot of hard living and hard work for eighteen months to rake it in …
“multi-million-dollar houses, even modest ones built in the 1960s”
No, they are $100,000 houses built on multi-million dollar land.
I heard the LA fire dept has never lost a foundation or location.
BTTT
I wouldn’t worry about a contractor shortage anytime soon.
The permitting process will take years.
Literally.
Two interesting links...
Joel Pollak
@joelpollak
Sunset Boulevard is a scene of destruction, including in the center of Palisades — though, notably, @RickCaruso’s Village Mall looks largely intact. Caruso’s employees apparently fought the fire themselves. He lost to Mayor Karen Bass in 2022. She was in Ghana yesterday. (8/15)
9:30 PM · Jan 8, 2025 22.8K Views
https://x.com/joelpollak/status/1877181134334750755
And this one...
Note in particular the mention of Caruso’s recent loss to Bass.
The bit about it being a narrow loss.
Gee, sounds familiar, doesn’t it. Another electoral squeaker.
The firetrucks sent from Oregon had to be inspected prior to being driven to LA and then they have to be inspected again before heading home.
Obviously.
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