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[RodgerDodger]

Surely California would be able to pull tankers from somewhere to ferry seawater or a municipal supply from elsewhere. A poor alternative to pulling off hydrants, but an alternative nonetheless.

I’ve performed tanker ops from a pond before in ruralfuckistan, but pulling from the ocean is a new one on me.

One Department I've worked with had a really neat setup for drawing from Long Island Sound. They had a tricked out Unimog with a large pump jutting from the front bumper. They would drive it down the beach and nose it into the water and start pumping. It worked surprisingly well. Granted they weren't dealing with Ocean surf. Another department had an old WW2 surplus Duck with a pump rig. Once it left the fire house it could not climb the steep hill from the harbor to get back. They would have to winch it back up. Scariest thing I ever saw. As it also really did not have anything resembling brakes. But it could float there and feed a couple of 3" supply lines. Assuming it didn't sink... again.

 

[hothead]

I'm honestly shocked california has any forest left at this point! This shit's even burning in winter now!

Pick your poison for the thread theme.

don't forget great balls of fire

 

[Hooked on phobics]

Classic DDR song, and very fitting

 

[A Man on Fire]

Last night, not far from me.

 

[George Lucas]

The person I was replying to asked a question about California wildfires in general.

Nobody gives a fuck about LA, it should make like the Salton Sea and die of AIDS, and no it doesn’t get a normal amount of rainfall or it wouldn’t need to steal water from the rest of the state, like the part that does agriculture

The agricultural areas use more water than the entirety of LA does.

If we were to restrict populations to areas sustainable from natural rainfall without irrigation the entire southwest would be vacant.

 

[Vyse Inglebard]

I'm hoping for it so bad bros, and that shitty fucking giant sign they have

don't worry, they have a great defense!

real talk though, sentiments echo @Bronze Age Baddie's:

Bit hesitant to wish such a death on people but watching them flee their seaside mansions a few months after saying the hollers of appalachia deserved to collapse and drown, best I can do is a "you voted for this".

 

[${Sandy}]

The peasants who just kinda live with their moms to save up and commute to work (ie: serving fruity frappuccinos to wealthy retards, or bagging groceries) are entirely fucked.

Everything is so shit here, alot of those "peasants" are stuck living in that purgatory no matter how hard you try to get out of it. Seriously, I feel bad for the people losing their houses. But this entire state also fucking deserves everything that happens. We created our own hell because 99% of californians are fucking spastic retards who keep voting for the same Crony Capitalist Democrat shit bags every single time and then wondering why most of us live in fucking misery.

 

[GaryGray]

Can we all just pause and stare at this image for 1 minute?
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Nice to see Carpenter updating his cover art.

 

[There She Glows]

But California basically doesn't have forests, it has brush that burns bright, and some trees. If it was actually a desert, it'd be much more fire resistant, instead, it gets some rain in spring, grows really green and lush for a short time, and then dies and burns.

Bruh have you ever been north of Santa Rosa or looked at it on a map?

Granted northern California (true north not the bay area) is more philosophically and culturally Oregon but it is still technically California.

Spoiler

 

[PyrrhicRustle]

I'm honestly shocked california has any forest left at this point! This shit's even burning in winter now!

It’s not forest that’s burning, it’s brush covered hills. There’s not many trees involved at all.

 

[Osama Bin Laden]

How will Derek Savage exploit this?

Cool Cat Starts a Forest Fire

 

[Hermann von Salsa]

Sodom and Gomorrah 2.0 lets goo.

But for real, praying for everyone having to go through this shit.

 

[The Lawgiver]

It’s not forest that’s burning, it’s brush covered hills. There’s not many trees involved at all.

Well, those bushes are gone too now... hahah FUCK.

 

[Takayuki Yagami]

Can some Burger knowledgeable with the subject educate us Euros why those huge wildfires can't be properly prevented?

There are 3 things I remember off the top of my head.

1. California has crystal-hippie-bitch environmental policy that makes the usual bits of forestry you’d do to stop this shit impossible. This is the most obvious part that helps these massive fires.

2. They’re incredibly hypocritical about said environmental policy particularly in regards to agriculture. They have a nasty habit of growing water hungry crops in the desert and fucking up their water table.

3. They plant a fuckton of eucalyptus trees for some reason. These tend to literally explode of you get them hot enough.

This is the stuff of nightmares, but I can’t really make myself get too attached considering this happens to the state on a very regular basis

 

[Space Faring Marsupial]

This is our/neighbor’s backyard in Los Angeles right now. Power lines sparking against trees. Neighbor and I have been trying to call 911 and Fire Department for 45 min with no answer (as instructed by Power Company). Yes, a lot is going on, but the city is failing us.

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If that is you gtfo bro.

 

[General Emílio Médici]

Classic DDR song, and very fitting

fucks sake for a moment I was confused about why there was East German pop music in english

 

[PyrrhicRustle]

But California basically doesn't have forests, it has brush that burns bright, and some trees. If it was actually a desert, it'd be much more fire resistant, instead, it gets some rain in spring, grows really green and lush for a short time, and then dies and burns.

Nigger you what, the entire northern half of the state is a forest of the biggest trees on earth. Which are also fire resistant.

They plant a fuckton of eucalyptus trees for some reason. They tend to literally explode of you get the hot enough.

No one has planted a eucalyptus on purpose for like a hundred years, they just grow like weeds by themselves.

 

[RodgerDodger]

I was thinking, how is it possible that a fire-prone state could only use seawater in a glorified bucket-line way, from fire truck to fire truck? Why wouldn't they have pulled together a contingency plan after all this time?

Of course, the answer is that they WANT the state to burn in the name of climate change. Welp, be careful what you wish for I guess.

Because generally you don't actually pump seawater inland unless you are cooling a nuclear reactor or digging a shipping canal. Relay Pumping IS the contingency plan. The problem is the high winds are grounding the aerial firefighting teams.

 

[Pierre D'Olnique]

Can't believe this hasn't been posted yet.

 

[The Lawgiver]

Nigger you what, the entire northern half of the state is a forest of the biggest trees on earth. Which are also fire resistant.

It's not the northern half of the state that's usually on fire constantly from what I remember so that makes sense.