Hedge Posted November 20, 2018 Share Posted November 20, 2018 8 minutes ago, DC Tom said: The lower-left cartoon is one of the least informative things I've ever seen. I agree. Why show a pool of sludge slowly inching it's way uphill into a thunderstorm? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chef Jim Posted November 20, 2018 Share Posted November 20, 2018 24 minutes ago, LABillzFan said: But wait...we need to clear the brush from the hillsides! This will prevent "forest" fires. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-Man Posted November 21, 2018 Share Posted November 21, 2018 Relentless California wildfires leave 84 dead, over 800 unaccounted for ABC News, by Morgan Winsor Original Article . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chef Jim Posted November 21, 2018 Share Posted November 21, 2018 And here come the rains and here comes the mudslides. Again, clearing the brush is not the answer. For me the answer is we just deal with it. We choose to live here and though we have earthquakes, fires, mudslides, Jerry Brown and now Gavin Newsome, at least I don't have to shovel snow just to get to work in the winter. So we got that going for us....which is nice. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxx Posted November 21, 2018 Share Posted November 21, 2018 6 minutes ago, Chef Jim said: And here come the rains and here comes the mudslides. Again, clearing the brush is not the answer. For me the answer is we just deal with it. We choose to live here and though we have earthquakes, fires, mudslides, Jerry Brown and now Gavin Newsome, at least I don't have to shovel snow just to get to work in the winter. So we got that going for us....which is nice. maybe it's just me but that sounds like being on the wrong side of the ledger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chef Jim Posted November 21, 2018 Share Posted November 21, 2018 21 minutes ago, Foxx said: maybe it's just me but that sounds like being on the wrong side of the ledger. Not at all. I've lived here for over 35 years. I have not lost so much as a wine glass to an earthquake, had one millimeter of mud in my house due to mudslides nor a bit of any tree on any of my properties singed by fire and I've lived in 9 different neighborhoods in that time. On the other hand all the WNY/East Coast folks have to shovel snow constantly every winter. So having said that I am absolutely on the right side of the ledger. Now the Jerry Brown and Gavin Newsome thing? Oh well it's not all Paradise. And after these fires who wants to live in Paradise anyway? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chef Jim Posted November 21, 2018 Share Posted November 21, 2018 Well it looks like PG&E will be safe from liability. https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/11/20/pge-friendly-wildfire-bill-being-eyed-by-state-lawmakers-in-wake-of-lethal-butte-county-inferno/amp/ BTW PG&E is responsible for 17 of the last 21 CA wildfires. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3rdnlng Posted November 21, 2018 Share Posted November 21, 2018 5 minutes ago, Chef Jim said: Well it looks like PG&E will be safe from liability. https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/11/20/pge-friendly-wildfire-bill-being-eyed-by-state-lawmakers-in-wake-of-lethal-butte-county-inferno/amp/ BTW PG&E is responsible for 17 of the last 21 CA wildfires. How many of the state, municipalities and teachers unions pensions are tied into PG&E? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boyst Posted November 21, 2018 Share Posted November 21, 2018 Butthurt Californians being butthurt is cute. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IDBillzFan Posted November 21, 2018 Share Posted November 21, 2018 (edited) 7 hours ago, Foxx said: maybe it's just me but that sounds like being on the wrong side of the ledger. It is for some, it's not for others. Jim is right in that beyond emergency supplies and wall mounts, there's little you can do with earthquakes other than worry you can get to a safe spot when one hits. Fires, on the other hand, don't care where you live. What happened in Paradise was the exception, not the rule. Most people get enough warning to pack up. Mudslides...well...you know what you get if you live in a mudslide area, so I'm not crying for those folks. Truth is, none of those things make CA a dangerous place to live. It's the people running the state, especially now that the lone bastion of red is now fully blue. Jim doesn't really care, in part because he's good with money and in another part because he understands he shouldn't reproduce. Having children in CA changes your view of the state for reasons too numerous to clog this thread. More to the point, I grew up plowing snow, and I can't wait to get the hell out of here and do it again. Tomato, tomahto. 1 hour ago, Chef Jim said: Well it looks like PG&E will be safe from liability. https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/11/20/pge-friendly-wildfire-bill-being-eyed-by-state-lawmakers-in-wake-of-lethal-butte-county-inferno/amp/ BTW PG&E is responsible for 17 of the last 21 CA wildfires. They also get to pass on their losses to their customers without question, following Brown's signature a few months ago. Edited November 21, 2018 by LABillzFan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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