It was all the rage in talk radio a few days ago. Every show.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/conservatives-play-blame-game-california-wildfires-pointing-fingers-de-rcna186983

Lazy media will never fill in this part of it. I don’t know that about hydrants.

Unfortunate too many people don't.

That’s how they do it.

Glossing over issues isn’t a fix. 20%. It’s made a difference in saving homes and neighborhoods. Why is this political?

Let's get the fires put out then deal with the hydrants. Trump is using this as an excuse to not help.

Some people want to blame Democrats. What’s true today ATF joined the FBi to investigate what is happening.But
Anyone can spread propaganda. For instance I can say, MAGA started the fires for their first 100 days of shock and awe.

Karma for this... Right back in his Assface.

Of the claim that 20% of hydrants were dry?

This is political because RW liars have made it so.

and never read the article this thread was based on. It’s true. This comes from our side. This should be heavily looked into and people should absolutely lose their jobs.

“Los Angeles officials addressed the claim during news conferences on Jan. 8. Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass and Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) CEO Janisse Quiñones told reporters that 20% of fire hydrants in the Pacific Palisades area — around 200 out of 1,000….”

The way that fire was spreading by winds and embers flying it wouldn’t have mattered how many there were to try and stop it under those conditions.

The winds were insane around here and we’re not normal winds. Deadly winds is an understatement.

In no industry is a 20% failure rate ok. That’s crazy to think that’s it’s ok and trying to push a bad narrative. Maybe 1%…not 20%. The fireman were on station in many areas and could not put out small fires that became large without water. It did make a difference.

Freely affecting water pressure all over the area.

we're all used to water coming out of our taps... but imagine what would happen if everyone on the system all turned on every faucet in their house full blast at the same time... not enough water pressure is available for that scenario.

She is a fake.

I wonder if she went with Joe and Mika to Mar-a-Lago . . .

Every weekday afternoon around 4 PM my internet slows to a crawl.

Seems that when the kids get home from school and the parents get home from work, they all go online.

Since my house is at the end of the line, the heavy traffic means my internet slows to a trickle.

I reckon something similar happens to water lines.

Refresh rates are always a fraction of potential peak discharge rates. Everywhere.

That’s why there’s tanks up there.

This is true of any utility. Electric and gas also have short peak surges built into their systems.

It’s math and physics. I wouldn’t expect loudmouth Retrumplicans to understand.

If anyone is still reading this post, let me know.

Sure, the system could be designed for the peak refresh rate to match discharge. If the water is available, but it’s the middle of an 8 month global warming induced drought. That’s a different topic.

Building systems that way is extremely inefficient and expensive. (I suppose Eloon would know all about it. ) The additional equipment would sit there unused 99.999 to 100% of the time and would have to be maintained and tested pending a black swan scenario. Have I mentioned expensive?

All of that money for these contingency systems would have to come from bonds or taxes, because no investor in their right mind is going to lay down cash to support a system like that. There’s no ROI.

I am willing to bet a simple Internet search (You wouldn’t even need to use AI. ) would yield decades of Retrumplicans whining about paying taxes, which would ultimately be used for things even more critical than this. Such as child care, Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid.

Oh, wait! There’s an incoming administration which has dedicated itself to slashing taxes. So, no search is needed.