California has come to its senses in requiring locomotives operating in this state to be fully electric by 2030 by ending this requirement. This is the best part of the article. Even my 3yo would probably understand the railroads position:
Although BNSF has been testing out electric...
I'm willing to bet the cause of the Palisades fire was arson. The conspiracy theorist in me feels they may have been a part of the LAFD illustrating the point to the top elected officials about how their dept was financially fucked and illprepared. Just saying. Could be true
Finally got around to washing the coffee cart. I also took the opportunity to replace my old, peeling Rubicon hood stickers with the ones bentac1 sent me nearly 2 years ago...haha. IMO looks a lot better. Hard to believe this thing just turned 13 this month!
What you're not understanding is that it would have taken a mile wide fire break to potentially do anything. There are all kinds of existing fire breaks, they're called roads! Fires in the situation we just experienced jumped them with ease. Also you don't understand that in times like this...
I'm sure in theory something like this would work. The big issue I see is practical application and then operation. Maintenance and who turns it on? Also it would have years and years of sitting with no use except for periodic testing. I've seen the aging fire sprinkler system on an 80yo...
I'm not letting the politicians off at all, but I'm also not sure what you think could have been done. Are you suggesting that all the hillsides be cleared of brush? If so that's just ridiculous. Could they have tried building a huge fire break around these communities? Yes. Biggest problem with...
Given my past experience this is exactly my opinionas well. Once it started the conditions all aligned and it was unstoppable. It would have jumped fire breaks and all the clearing wouldn't have mattered because houses and structures were the fuel carrying its forward rate of spread. The best...
He also said today that the federal government would cover 100% of the recovery effort. What about the people affected by Hurricane Helene? Surprised it isn't going to Ukraine.
Biden says federal government to cover 100% of costs for initial LA fire recovery
Ventura, Carlsbad, the Owen's valley, and small towns in Northern, CA near the OR, NV boarder. CA is great and so much to offer but has been completely ruined by its politics.