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barbabang
Terrible news!
I hope Bob will continue working. The Sheperd's Bush 99 release sounded really really good because of good the production by you Bob.
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TheflyingDutchman
Do those people overthere have an insurance against this kind of inferno ?
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Do those people overthere have an insurance against this kind of inferno ?
In some ways, no. Not everyone. Quite a few. It seems, though, that the ones that do have insurance it won't matter. More fires to happen soon.
It could possibly be the end of Los Angeles for quite a while.
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TheflyingDutchman
Do those people overthere have an insurance against this kind of inferno ?
In some ways, no. Not everyone. Quite a few. It seems, though, that the ones that do have insurance it won't matter. More fires to happen soon.
It could possibly be the end of Los Angeles for quite a while.
Beyond the immediate trauma to life and property, I think you may be right, the legacy of this could last for a generation, or probably longer. It will never be the same. So sad.
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Do those people overthere have an insurance against this kind of inferno ?
In some ways, no. Not everyone. Quite a few. It seems, though, that the ones that do have insurance it won't matter. More fires to happen soon.
It could possibly be the end of Los Angeles for quite a while.
Beyond the immediate trauma to life and property, I think you may be right, the legacy of this could last for a generation, or probably longer. It will never be the same. So sad.
I can't speak for whoever outside of it but from my eyes, having experienced multiple hurricanes since 1995, the fires are way beyond. I have known people that have had their homes cleanly wiped off the planet from hurricanes but it's nothing like the fires of Los Angeles.
Not even close.
It really does seem like there's no bother in rebuilding - it's one thing to rebuild after a hurricane, or a couple: higher.
Fire?
Why rebuild?
It's what people do. I've never had to rebuild living in a hurricane zone but I know people that have. "It's what we do. It's home."
Ok.
It's home.
Got it.
But... how many times? And how?
As in, how? Insurance can't pay EVERY time. Well, ok, of course insurance can... if your premium is... but at some point, no matter what someone pays, it's a numbers "game".
Game over.
Insurance companies are fleeing if they haven't already.
Utah to Montana will fill up this year and into 2026 with Los Angeles people. Maybe Denver becomes the new Hollywood. Who knows. But it's looking like rebuilding in LA will be pointless. The destruction is truly incredible.
Hurricanes don't hit the same place every year. In 2004 Florida had 3 landfalling hurricanes. Between 1995 and 2004 and then 2005 and 2017, no major hurricanes hit Florida (and none in the same place).
Florida is not all it's cracked up to be with hurricanes.
Fires in Los Angeles? Every year somewhere in California has a fire. Southern California won't fall into the Pacific Ocean - it will burn before it.
We're witnessing history... witnessing history isn't romantic, it's vile, sad and frustrating. If LA etc rebuilds hopefully it's wiser.
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Pietro
My hometown. I am heartbroken. Every time there is one of these disasters, I wonder if people will start getting serious about climate change.
I can remember standing beside my mother in L.A. in about 1965. A hot wind was blowing. She said, "Those are the Santa Ana winds." Usually the wind blows off the Pacific, but in late fall and winter, the Santa Ana wind blows from the east, the hot Mojave Desert. What happened in L.A. was, the city didn't get a drop of rain all fall or early winter. The ground was bone-dry, so when the hot winds came, and they were especially strong this year, they knocked down power lines, starting fires, and the embers landed on the very dry ground, spreading fire and starting new fires. Horrible!
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Pietro
My hometown. I am heartbroken. Every time there is one of these disasters, I wonder if people will start getting serious about climate change.
I can remember standing beside my mother in L.A. in about 1965. A hot wind was blowing. She said, "Those are the Santa Ana winds." Usually the wind blows off the Pacific, but in late fall and winter, the Santa Ana wind blows from the east, the hot Mojave Desert. What happened in L.A. was, the city didn't get a drop of rain all fall or early winter. The ground was bone-dry, so when the hot winds came, and they were especially strong this year, they knocked down power lines, starting fires, and the embers landed on the very dry ground, spreading fire and starting new fires. Horrible!
The USA can't change the worlds climate alone. Until all of the most populous countries around the world are on board we'll have to adapt to the change.
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Pietro
My hometown. I am heartbroken. Every time there is one of these disasters, I wonder if people will start getting serious about climate change.
I can remember standing beside my mother in L.A. in about 1965. A hot wind was blowing. She said, "Those are the Santa Ana winds." Usually the wind blows off the Pacific, but in late fall and winter, the Santa Ana wind blows from the east, the hot Mojave Desert. What happened in L.A. was, the city didn't get a drop of rain all fall or early winter. The ground was bone-dry, so when the hot winds came, and they were especially strong this year, they knocked down power lines, starting fires, and the embers landed on the very dry ground, spreading fire and starting new fires. Horrible!
The USA can't change the worlds climate alone. Until all of the most populous countries around the world are on board we'll have to adapt to the change.
Well...the lead polluters need to lead, and I'll leave it at that.
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stargroover
There’s folk in other parts of the world without homes and relatives