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Los Angeles commuters bracing for traffic nightmare as fire closes major freeway
ABC News ^ | 11-13-23 | Bill Hutchinson

Posted on 11/13/2023 1:25:05 PM PST by AirForceVet1988

Commuters in Los Angeles are bracing for an all-day traffic nightmare after one of the nation's busiest freeways was shut down indefinitely by a massive fire that erupted over the weekend in a storage yard underneath the normally congested artery.

The 10 Freeway, traversed by more than 300,000 drivers daily, remained closed in both directions as authorities suggested a series of detours and announced there is no timeline on when the thoroughfare through downtown Los Angeles will reopen.

"As we made clear yesterday, this was a huge fire and the damage will not be fixed in an instant," Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass said during a news conference Monday morning. "Engineers have worked all night and are working right now to determine our path forward."

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: california; fire; freeway; la; traffic
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To: AirForceVet1988

“...was a storage yard, where some homeless called home.”

Finally, a correct description, rather than the either/or crap.

No question, if the city hadn’t been (probably illegally) storing stuff under the elevated freeway, it would have been merely a minor homeless fire.


41 posted on 11/13/2023 2:14:52 PM PST by steve86 (Numquam accusatus, numquam ad curiam ibit, numquam ad carcerem™)
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To: Steely Tom
Time after time, the public is lied to about "infrastructure security" and "if you see something, say something" while Democrats not only ignore such risks, they actively encourage them. This is not the first time a critical bridge or raised roadway has been damaged by a fire from a homeless encampment.

These bureaucrats simply have no incentive to do their jobs.

42 posted on 11/13/2023 2:15:36 PM PST by T.B. Yoits
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

And nothing like ten years later when my parents took me to see Disneyland and Knott’s and orange groves and tar pits and beautiful, safe beaches.


43 posted on 11/13/2023 2:18:25 PM PST by steve86 (Numquam accusatus, numquam ad curiam ibit, numquam ad carcerem™)
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To: AirForceVet1988

PERFECT time for a union strike. DO IT. Let the Los Angelinos experience the full force of democrat policies. Bums. Illegals. Homeless camps. I wonder if that idiot Jennifer Granholm will come out and say “Well if they took public transportation they wouldn’t have this problem.” Or Pete Bootygag saying “This just proves we need to transform to a “clean” energy economy.”


44 posted on 11/13/2023 2:20:38 PM PST by Organic Panic (Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes)
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To: AirForceVet1988
re. "Engineers have worked all night ..."

No doubt first focusing on the diversity of the working group to ensure it meets all applicable standards. /s

45 posted on 11/13/2023 2:22:39 PM PST by ken in texas
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To: All

Something similar happened last summer on I95 in Philadelphia. It took a couple of weeks to replace the burned out overpass with a temporary 6 lane structure. They are still working on the permanent structure.


46 posted on 11/13/2023 2:28:34 PM PST by EVO X ( )
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To: AirForceVet1988

So . . . THAT’s where the Washington Ave, Phoenix Homeless went!

This is the worst thing since the Mianus Bridge collapse.


47 posted on 11/13/2023 2:40:20 PM PST by Dr. Sivana ("If you can’t say something nice . . . say the Rosary." [Red Badger])
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To: AirForceVet1988; All

Get the Army Corps of Engineers on the job and it will be repaired in a matter of days.


48 posted on 11/13/2023 2:53:30 PM PST by Cobra64 (Common sense isn’t common anymore)
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To: steve86

Orange groves everywhere. No homeless, no bums. What drugs there were and the homos were all kept hidden out of sight probably in Hollywood. We lived in Westchester not far from LAX and dad was an engineer at Hughes. Other than the traffic and smog, it was wonderful.


49 posted on 11/13/2023 2:59:00 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom (“Occupy your mind with good thoughts or your enemy will fill them with bad ones.” ~ Thomas More)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Just talked to my son, he lives in LA...he said it was a place to go and buy wood pallets... and yes.... homeless


50 posted on 11/13/2023 3:18:30 PM PST by joe fonebone (And the people said NO! The End)
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To: steve86; ProtectOurFreedom

I lived through the golden era of Southern California: 50s, 60, 70s. A truly blessed time.

Except for the smog.


51 posted on 11/13/2023 3:54:20 PM PST by Jeff Chandler (THE ISSUE IS NEVER THE ISSUE. THE REVOLUTION IS THE ISSUE.)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom; steve86

Saturday night Dodger games, Hollywood Park and Santa Anita, 4th of July shows at the Colosseum, school field trips to The observatory and the museums, Pacific Ocean Park, Lazerium . . .


52 posted on 11/13/2023 3:58:33 PM PST by Jeff Chandler (THE ISSUE IS NEVER THE ISSUE. THE REVOLUTION IS THE ISSUE.)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom; steve86

Marineland, Queen Mary, Port’s O’ Call, Huntington Library, Arcadia Arboretum . . .


53 posted on 11/13/2023 4:00:25 PM PST by Jeff Chandler (THE ISSUE IS NEVER THE ISSUE. THE REVOLUTION IS THE ISSUE.)
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To: AirForceVet1988

Mayor Bass said “...any unnecessary bureaucracy or delays are not happening here.” Implying, of course, that they happen all the time in other places.


54 posted on 11/13/2023 4:30:59 PM PST by monkeyshine (live and let live is dead)
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To: Jeff Chandler

I lived in SoCal from 1962 when my dad was stationed at Norton AFB. I graduated from SDSU in 1978 and all 3 of my kids were born in Long Beach. In 1996 we left for AZ, which was the best decision we ever made.


55 posted on 11/13/2023 4:42:02 PM PST by Prince of Space (Trump 2024!)
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To: AirForceVet1988
I guess the “homeless” are only a sob story here when illegal aliens displace them. “Buy wuddabout duh homeless veterans!”

What we call homeless, veterans or not, we used to call bums in the old days.

56 posted on 11/13/2023 4:49:11 PM PST by Clemenza
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To: hanamizu

“”Didn’t something similar happen in Atlanta a couple of years back?””

It sure sounds familiar....


57 posted on 11/13/2023 5:07:18 PM PST by Thank You Rush ( )
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To: hanamizu

Yes like Atlanta. They fixed it quickly but it was a mess.


58 posted on 11/13/2023 5:20:38 PM PST by ActresponsiblyinVA
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To: EVO X
> Something similar happened last summer on I95 in Philadelphia. It took a couple of weeks to replace the burned out overpass with a temporary 6 lane structure. They are still working on the permanent structure.

That was a tanker truck that crashed and burned under the overpass. No homeless involved. They got a temp structure up in record time.

59 posted on 11/13/2023 6:33:43 PM PST by dayglored (Strange Women Lying In Ponds Distributing Swords! Arthur Pendragon in 2024)
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Gee, what a coincidence a fire got out of control in an area crammed with bums on one of the first cold nights of the season.


60 posted on 11/13/2023 6:54:52 PM PST by Henchster (Free Republic - the BEST site on the web!)
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