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I really don’t understand turning down FDNY. It can’t be cost as the feds are covering everything. Maybe it would trigger some shitty union contract? But public opposition would overwhelm that.

At least take a token representation, even if it’s just a few FDNY firefighters on a plane (who could arrive same day).
 
Serious question here. Is there somewhere his hands are supposed to go? Is he supposed to panic the moment he steps out of the vehicle? Start barking commands at whom ever personnel is near by?
The first look at a situation, the size up, is to be met with calm observation. This what I see. I do it, sometimes sticking my hand in my pocket as I process what the situation is and what my plan will be.

OP's (here) and OP" (X) take here is retarded. Just stupid, clearly showing a lack of how to do basic situational awareness.

Either show your experience, or reveal your stupidity. There is no middle ground.
You're right actually! Whenever I see a fire consuming the civilian's welfare of my own state, I too would just observe and size up the situation for the hundredth time in two days. It's the right thing to do for my countrymen.
 
internal attempts to break the state up (as recently happened with Baton Rouge)
The city of Baton Rouge was not broken up. An unincorporated area of the parish (county) voted to form their own city because a disproportionate amount of the taxes they pay were being diverted to the city of Baton Rouge than was being spent serving their needs.
 
You're right actually! Whenever I see a fire consuming the civilian's welfare of my own state, I too would just observe and size up the situation for the hundredth time in two days. It's the right thing to do for my countrymen.
From the picture, he is not in an area of immediate danger. He is no where near the fire line. No need to run. You can get near enough to the fire line to observe and not freak out and run when the situation is safe enough.
I would suggest that you specifically run if you see a wildfire, obviously you have no need to be near the situation. Let people braver and more capable than you take care of the incident.

Dont be a dumbass. Your joke isn't that funny either.
 
Jesus, there is still smoke. This dosen't end.
My dear boy, where do you think you are? Nobody gets off Miss Karen's wild mismanaged DEI ride!
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I'll just say this.

I do not take pleasure in possibly a million people being displaced depending on if this actually gets deep into LA. Likewise, I do not take pleasure in an equally large number of people dying of a mixture of exposure and thirst, also all the deaths from the looting which would inevitably start. However, and I don't mean this in a ghoulish way, I do not mourn Sodom and Gomorrah.
 
Are you seriously pretending Gavin Newsom even resembles a competent person?
I'm pointing out the premise of putting ones hands their pocket while observing and thinking is somehow a failure to fix everything, is retarded. A retarded take showing not knowing anything about emergency situations. Do you think he should be panicking at the moment of the picture? That is what people want too see, him freaking out. Because, le funny!

The public opinion about him and his performance as governor, is irrelevant to calling out the absurdity of the post.

Edit: Tell me how I am wrong. Please?
 
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The Palisades Fire is moving south in a chunky manner and paralleling Mandeville Canyon as per Watch Duty so there’s some good news for the SFV area.
Oh for fucks sake I want to see fire tornado videos, not christian larpers acting like jilted prophets, it's 1/3 of the thread at this point.
The next person that brings up Sodom and Gomorrah is getting haunted by Californian fire ghosts.
Don’t forget the skinwalkers, they’ll be mighty pissed about the loss of potential prey.
Too bad about the turtle. The wrong reptile died.
This one just pisses me off, one of the animals in our family menagerie is a red-eared slider with a missing front foot and we’d never leave her behind even if it meant digging her out the pond she’s in.
 
Maybe we have Gavin Newsom and Karen Bass wrong.
Let's let nature decide.
If we put them in the middle of the fire and they don't burn, they are evil and must be expunged.
If we put them in the middle of the fire and they do burn, they were just doing their best and we'll give them a nice memorial service.
Sounds fair, yeah?
 
I just hope this fire ends Newsom’s political career forever. He was already awful during COVID, but this negligence is just criminal. Even if we take climate change being the cause of this (which is what the Democrats have been saying), it should never have gotten this bad (due to this negligence). Precautions that should have been in place weren’t there, and Newsom is in partial control of his state’s budget and GDP. He had the power to allocate money to fire prevention, and he cut that budget. He’s technically right that he can’t control everything, but it’s so disingenuous of him to act like he has the same amount of power over this as just the average person. By definition, he isn’t. He is the freaking governor. If this actually did happen in a red state, there wouldn’t be this push to blame climate change entirely, and would likely have media talking heads calling for the governor to rightfully resign due to gross incompetence and mismanagement. The climate change excuse doesn’t work when the California governor decided to neglect basic needs like water conservation in his own state, among other things.
 
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