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    Quote Originally Posted by T. A. Gardner View Post
    Agreed. California's oppressive environmental and building code rules have pushed the state to where it is. If you can't clear brush and other tender from your property, if the state refuses to build fire breaks in forests, and you are prohibited from taking steps to protect your home from fire by code without onerous permitting processes and inspections, the blame falls entirely and squarely on government.
    There are many rules, state, county as well as fed & city but many ppl are resisting clearing their property 60-100 ft from homes/structures..

    & even many of these are inadequate in high winds......

    Last year fire insurance in the state- in the foothills/mountains quadrupled... A real wake up call along w/ the power outages....
    "There is no question former President Trump bears moral responsibility. His supporters stormed the Capitol because of the unhinged falsehoods he shouted into the world’s largest megaphone," McConnell wrote. "His behavior during and after the chaos was also unconscionable, from attacking Vice President Mike Pence during the riot to praising the criminals after it ended."



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    I have not been able to verify this but I long ago read an argument that what needs to happen is logging most everything, and planting trees that are better suited for the climate, that what happened was that long ago trees were selected for their use a lumber and pulp (which makes sense) but if we are not going to allow logging then these are not the right trees. THAT I was told was the original sin, not global warming. Obviously this is not something that anyone is going to want to talk about, because it depowers the desired narrative on global warming, because it would take 30 years to accomplish, and because there is no dream even of finding the money to do what ideally would be done.
    This illegal illegitimate regime that runs America is at fault...not me.... they do not represent me and I have long objected to their crimes against humanity.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Hawkeye10 View Post
    I have not been able to verify this but I long ago read an argument that what needs to happen is logging most everything, and planting trees that are better suited for the climate, that what happened was that long ago trees were selected for their use a lumber and pulp (which makes sense) but if we are not going to allow logging then these are not the right trees. THAT I was told was the original sin, not global warming. Obviously this is not something that anyone is going to want to talk about, because it depowers the desired narrative on global warming, because it would take 30 years to accomplish, and because there is no dream even of finding the money to do what ideally would be done.
    The only trees that should be planted around there are ones that are native to the area. That's very important stuff.

    God knew what he was doing when he put certain trees in certain areas.

    I heard there's no hardwoods out there.
    Last edited by Matt Dillon; 09-08-2020 at 07:57 PM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Matt Dillon View Post
    The only trees that should be planted around there are ones that are native to the area. That's very important stuff.

    God knew what he was doing when he put certain trees in certain areas.
    That argument fails if the climate is changing significantly.

    Anyways California has failed completely up to this point in managing the problem, their work is generally terrible, there is no money, so this problem will in all likelihood never be addressed anywhere close to good enough.

    My advice is to give up on California....leave.
    This illegal illegitimate regime that runs America is at fault...not me.... they do not represent me and I have long objected to their crimes against humanity.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Hawkeye10 View Post
    That argument fails if the climate is changing significantly.

    Anyways California has failed completely up to this point in managing the problem, their work is generally terrible, there is no money, so this problem will in all likelihood never be addressed anywhere close to good enough.

    My advice is to give up on California....leave.
    Yeah no, no it doesn't.

    Government got money to do things...

    https://www.firehouse.com/prevention...-trump-support

    Having a hard time finding it..but Newsome did start an effort to address all the deadwood n stuff 2 months before the Camp fire happened.
    It was too little , too late though.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Hawkeye10 View Post
    I have not been able to verify this but I long ago read an argument that what needs to happen is logging most everything, and planting trees that are better suited for the climate, that what happened was that long ago trees were selected for their use a lumber and pulp (which makes sense) but if we are not going to allow logging then these are not the right trees. THAT I was told was the original sin, not global warming. Obviously this is not something that anyone is going to want to talk about, because it depowers the desired narrative on global warming, because it would take 30 years to accomplish, and because there is no dream even of finding the money to do what ideally would be done.
    ???These are native trees burning, not tree farms.

    I hike in those & they are pretty well managed....
    "There is no question former President Trump bears moral responsibility. His supporters stormed the Capitol because of the unhinged falsehoods he shouted into the world’s largest megaphone," McConnell wrote. "His behavior during and after the chaos was also unconscionable, from attacking Vice President Mike Pence during the riot to praising the criminals after it ended."



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    This is an example of how pedantic California's rules are...

    Let's say I own a property somewhere in one of these fire prone areas.

    I buy and have available a sprinkler system for my home and have cleared what brush etc., I can under state law.



    I then need a fully reliable supply of water to run my sprinklers. The state's laws on rainwater harvesting are such that I can't put gutters on my house and install a say 2500 gallon cistern on my property to store that water. Can't do that. I by law have to let it run off or be used for immediate ground water recharge. So, I would have to buy the water and fill the cistern. But I likely can't install the cistern in any case. It like swimming pools are heavily restricted by building code.
    But somehow I manage to get them to let me do one let's say... Now I have to install a reliable on-site power supply and pump system to supply the sprinklers. This too requires permits and inspections and will meet resistance unless I use something like bio-diesel fuel because of environmental laws.
    Then there's the sprinklers and environmental laws where I have to have the correct kind of roof on my house to prevent roofing material from contaminating the ground or water supply...

    That's how California is today. If you're a millionaire you can probably do this stuff. You're some working stiff that makes decent money you are screwed even if you can do all of this yourself. The state just wipes out your chances with bureaucracy and the cost of that bureaucracy.

    Now, if I could install this system, the chances of my house burning down in a wildfire go down by roughly 90%. The state doesn't care. They only care I follow their one-size-fits-all rules and pay for all the permits and fees.

    The reason I can't rely on a water supply system like one the city or state has to my house is because in wildfires my neighbors will likely be using it too and the fire department then starts using it so the supply pressure drops to nothing and I get no water for my sprinklers. Hence the need for an independent system with sufficient capacity to go 8 to 12 hours.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Hawkeye10 View Post
    Figuring out how to pay for what must be done....PG&E is now debt ridden, and the electric rates are already almost the highest in the nation....even as they have done a crap job over a lot of years.



    https://www.wsj.com/articles/pg-e-kn...s%2065%20years.




    https://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/...ia-probe-finds
    'Gender Reveal Parties'.
    This is what happens when you let the LGBT Community hold their Coming Out parties in the State Parks.

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    Quote Originally Posted by T. A. Gardner View Post
    This is an example of how pedantic California's rules are...

    Let's say I own a property somewhere in one of these fire prone areas.

    I buy and have available a sprinkler system for my home and have cleared what brush etc., I can under state law.



    I then need a fully reliable supply of water to run my sprinklers. The state's laws on rainwater harvesting are such that I can't put gutters on my house and install a say 2500 gallon cistern on my property to store that water. Can't do that. I by law have to let it run off or be used for immediate ground water recharge. So, I would have to buy the water and fill the cistern. But I likely can't install the cistern in any case. It like swimming pools are heavily restricted by building code.
    But somehow I manage to get them to let me do one let's say... Now I have to install a reliable on-site power supply and pump system to supply the sprinklers. This too requires permits and inspections and will meet resistance unless I use something like bio-diesel fuel because of environmental laws.
    Then there's the sprinklers and environmental laws where I have to have the correct kind of roof on my house to prevent roofing material from contaminating the ground or water supply...

    That's how California is today. If you're a millionaire you can probably do this stuff. You're some working stiff that makes decent money you are screwed even if you can do all of this yourself. The state just wipes out your chances with bureaucracy and the cost of that bureaucracy.

    Now, if I could install this system, the chances of my house burning down in a wildfire go down by roughly 90%. The state doesn't care. They only care I follow their one-size-fits-all rules and pay for all the permits and fees.

    The reason I can't rely on a water supply system like one the city or state has to my house is because in wildfires my neighbors will likely be using it too and the fire department then starts using it so the supply pressure drops to nothing and I get no water for my sprinklers. Hence the need for an independent system with sufficient capacity to go 8 to 12 hours.

    You know most of the state barely gets 20 inches of rain??

    The entire system of water regulation/rights in the west is convoluted & antiquated..

    This is Santa Rosa, Calif..... A sprinkler wasn't going to help in this fire
    "There is no question former President Trump bears moral responsibility. His supporters stormed the Capitol because of the unhinged falsehoods he shouted into the world’s largest megaphone," McConnell wrote. "His behavior during and after the chaos was also unconscionable, from attacking Vice President Mike Pence during the riot to praising the criminals after it ended."



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    Quote Originally Posted by Bill View Post
    You know most of the state barely gets 20 inches of rain??

    The entire system of water regulation/rights in the west is convoluted & antiquated..

    This is Santa Rosa, Calif..... A sprinkler wasn't going to help in this fire
    A sprinkler system like the one I showed would save your house roughly 90% of the time.
    Exterior sprinklers have better than a 90% success rate in saving structures in wildfires.
    http://www.onestopfire.com/sprinklers.htm

    Look at the pictures in that link. Sprinklers work and they work great. They're worth the $2000 to $5000 to install a full system. With a cistern, generator, and pump on site like I mentioned, the cost is $7500 to $20000 depending on how much you contract out.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bill View Post
    You know most of the state barely gets 20 inches of rain??

    The entire system of water regulation/rights in the west is convoluted & antiquated..

    This is Santa Rosa, Calif..... A sprinkler wasn't going to help in this fire
    Horrible.

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    Quote Originally Posted by T. A. Gardner View Post
    A sprinkler system like the one I showed would save your house roughly 90% of the time.


    http://www.onestopfire.com/sprinklers.htm

    Look at the pictures in that link. Sprinklers work and they work great. They're worth the $2000 to $5000 to install a full system. With a cistern, generator, and pump on site like I mentioned, the cost is $7500 to $20000 depending on how much you contract out.
    Fires do not just set roofs on fire.

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    Quote Originally Posted by T. A. Gardner View Post
    A sprinkler system like the one I showed would save your house roughly 90% of the time.


    http://www.onestopfire.com/sprinklers.htm

    Look at the pictures in that link. Sprinklers work and they work great. They're worth the $2000 to $5000 to install a full system. With a cistern, generator, and pump on site like I mentioned, the cost is $7500 to $20000 depending on how much you contract out.
    Did you even bother to read what the conditions were during that fire & several others we have had?? This aint Canada.....

    Imagine that sprinkler in this wind.
    "There is no question former President Trump bears moral responsibility. His supporters stormed the Capitol because of the unhinged falsehoods he shouted into the world’s largest megaphone," McConnell wrote. "His behavior during and after the chaos was also unconscionable, from attacking Vice President Mike Pence during the riot to praising the criminals after it ended."



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    "There is no question former President Trump bears moral responsibility. His supporters stormed the Capitol because of the unhinged falsehoods he shouted into the world’s largest megaphone," McConnell wrote. "His behavior during and after the chaos was also unconscionable, from attacking Vice President Mike Pence during the riot to praising the criminals after it ended."



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    Quote Originally Posted by Phantasmal View Post
    Horrible.
    Yep, very, very sad & so sudden.... I would have never thought it possible.

    I see the winds & fires in south Calif but they lack much vegetation but here there are trees & add fire & 70-80 mph winds & just like that, it's gone..

    I drove by their area 6 months or so after on my way to the coast & it look unreal..... It jumped the 8 lane highway & burned a modern shopping mall......

    My house is stucco, tile roof, so I thought that can't happen here...........

    After reading more on it I saw the wood beams protruding from the roof, some bushes next to the house etc......
    "There is no question former President Trump bears moral responsibility. His supporters stormed the Capitol because of the unhinged falsehoods he shouted into the world’s largest megaphone," McConnell wrote. "His behavior during and after the chaos was also unconscionable, from attacking Vice President Mike Pence during the riot to praising the criminals after it ended."



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