Posted on 01/13/2025 2:40:09 AM PST by Libloather
The big fire that almost burned the city of Redding, CA to the ground was caused by the safety chains of a trailer dragging on the ground and causing a spark.
The real problem was it started the brush on PUBLIC lands. Then by the time they had a meeting and decided whether to put the fire out it had grown to thousands of acres.
As opposed to a private timber owner who who have put up a helicopter to spot the flames. Then dropped off crews to put the fire out the same day. Therefore, limiting the destruction of their crop lands (TREES).
Even if the fire started on January 8th, house sales made on the first of January or December 31 would not have settled, so the market value on January 1st would be less than lot value.
Gruesome Newsom already has it figured out. Trump and Musk started the fire.
It appears getting a job at The Department of Water & Power is pretty lucrative.
I can understand the Chief Pilot at the Port of LA is a very important and specialized job.
Just think what these people get in retirement pensions too.
Forty years ago people that took a job with the government either state or federal did it because of the job security. Meaning they usually did not pay close to what you made in the private sector. That has all changed. Now, there are LIFEGUARDS in California making the same amount or more than people in finance and Wall Street.
Then when they retire they still get 80% of what they made when they were working.
This is why so many of the US states are going bankrupt. I spoke to my local NH state rep yesterday. He is on the finance committee. He said that they need to make state budget cuts of 500 Million dollars from somewhere to balance the NH state fiscal budget.
This doesn’t seem possible. The source is a pay site.
Somebody riding an old dirt bike with no spark arrestor in the exhaust pipe? A spark arrester is a device that’s installed in the exhaust pipe of a vehicle or engine to prevent flammable particles from being emitted and causing a fire.
Like John Kerry said. Of course those important people need private jets, multiple massive mansions, and huge yachts in the Medd and Caribbean . Saving the planet is a lot of hard work. It requires luxury to relax from the strain of such awesome responsibilities. They buy their climate indulgences from the Holy Goreacle to make up for it.
Funny thing i know a scientist that was working on that one he also lived in the palisades his house survived so far
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