There are raging fires in Palisades, Eaton, Sunset, Lidia, Kenneth, and Hurst.
The raging fires and firefighters doing their best.
Here in California, we are aware of Earthquakes and Fires.
The fires, spreading and surging and covering thousands of acres, are fed by the famous whipping 100-mile-per-hour Santa Ana winds.
41,000 acres were burnt, over 200,000 plus - were evacuated, and over 10,000 homes were incinerated—all linked to the Palisades fire and other fires.
Twenty-five thieves have been arrested for breaking into homes and stealing. Meanwhile, those suffering are told to follow the eviction notice and are burdened with more bad news - with home breaks.
We have some totally senseless people using drones - impeding helicopters and planes from operating safely in the skies.
One drone collided with a helicopter, damaging the helicopter's wing. In this case, the pilot landed safely.
These fires are significant and have surprised the Firefighters—they are an apocalyptic event.
Given the high speed of the whipping winds—over 100 miles per hour—we cannot fight and defy nature as long as we have whipping winds over 100 miles per hour that create a dangerous environment.
The time has come to create regional firefighting operations - where there are high standards - and equipment and water operations linked to water tanks and hydrants are vetted.
Our capacity to fight the recent fires in California, both in Paradise in the north and now in the many cities in the south, including Los Angeles, is becoming the norm.
There are no longer four seasons; we have one that favors drought and a dry season, with no rain in sight for the last nine months.
We must maintain a firefighting force, like the army, to go into action once the emergency is delivered.
When doing a needs assessment, we must remember that the planning and positioning of homes near natural elements and the Santa Ana whipping winds can carry ambers miles away in various directions, depending on which way the Santa Ana whipping winds decide to travel and land.
California Conservation Corps firefighters are on the frontline fighting the fires and helping those who need help the most.
We thank the firefighters from Mexico for helping us all in this time of need. We must be willing to work together and maintain reasonable, healthy relations. That is the American way.
This plane is doing what it does best: dousing the fire with chemicals that can stifle the fire, allowing those on the ground to contain the surging fires.
We also must realize that Climate Change is here to stay.
Water and various chemicals are needed to contain the flames, but we can only do so much when more than 100 miles per hour of whipping winds are in control.
It would be best to inspect new housing every six months—even now, as new housing is planned. Hospitals, schools, shopping centers, grocery stores, churches, temples, synagogues, and other places of worship should also be inspected.
The technology linked to plumbing, generators, and hydrants has all been improved to help assets and folks live a safer life with amenities that favor saving lives.
We have improved roof materials. The best materials are improved to keep fires from spreading to roofs and other structures.
For the first time - Los Angeles can take the lead and work with - the many Planning Departments, institutions, laboratories, factories, scientists, and contractors to make places safe - more where human beings make their abode.
We forget that no one 70 years ago would have known so many people would come to live in and around Los Angeles, the second-largest city in the United States.
The Insurance Companies are playing games - for decades, they have been fleecing insurance clients - promising them this and that - and failing them each time there is a fire, flood, earthquake - or other calamity.
The State of California had to step in to create Fair Plan Insurance, which is helping some but is costly.
All the major Insurance Companies have refused to renew past insurance policies - after paying premiums for decades - such are the ways of those who will call the scum bags - who are greedy and turn on their clients.
We have seen rents go up, and the groceries in and around the Los Angeles fire locations have limited the buying of many products. All this and more must be assessed by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and done meaningfully.
We have federal agencies tasked to see that food security is in place, and all of them have helped. The air is tested, and the required messages are sent - every hour - to keep people safe - the Environmental Protection Agency.
Pharmaceutical companies and large hospitals can provide charity care and medicines. Mobile vans can also help the victims, and the Centers for Disease Control should rescue the many victims who are fast asleep in the cockpit.
In the meantime, the naserssist and egoistical maniac President Select - Donald Trump - should shut his mouth and stop spreading misinformation - and so should his sidekick Vice-President Select JD Vance. I give him nine months before Donald Trump throws him under the bus.
There are many Republicans - rich folks - who have fallen prey to the Santa Ana whipping winds and are suffering. At times like this, we must learn to help all - be patriots - and not take sides - only the morons are prone to do so.
Governor Gavin Newsom, who failed on many levels, knows all the key factors linked to the crooked insurance companies he has been cozy with.
Gavin Newsom is in bed with the California Public Utilities Commission - and it is time we hold the CPUC accountable - here in Northern California with Pacific Gas and Electric - and in Southern California with Edison Electric.
It is time to alert these large electric companies and the more prominent insurance companies, which have fleeced millions in the past and continue to do so with impunity, to do right.
We repeatedly learn that large fires are caused by fallen electric lines and other fires are initiated at faulty power plants.
Insurance Companies present clients suffering from past and recent fires with all sorts of impediments, making them sweat by asking questions and mandating documents - that have been lost in the fires and other calamities.
As it is, many are traumatized, and then when these goons behave like crazy fools and have no empathy - those suffering have serious mental issues, and this and more are not known to many - and help must be given to all suffering in a meaningful manner.
Gavin Newsom, the Governor of California, says he has a plan - soon FEMA will lead an inspection - a photograph taken of all the homes and facilities - adversely impacted.
One can then go online and file for insurance.
In the interim, those affected and screened can receive $780 monthly.
Some other institutions and Non-Profits can be approached for help - depending on how severe and immediate the situation is.
In the interim, the public keeps uplifting each other - with clothes, water, sandwiches, toilet paper, and other essentials for those adversely impacted - by the Los Angeles Santa Ana whipping fires.
The density of those living near the Santa Ana whipping winds is mind-boggling.
Hopefully, architects and housing planners - can address and improve - vertical and horizontal construction and structures experts.
We must learn to put our heads together - and bring about drastic changes - and, in the bargain, help - speed up permits - all the more can be done using Artificial Intelligence - and creating one-stop facilities - to get all the permits and more.
Here is an opportunity to train our young adults to work in construction using the latest technology, keeping Climate Change in mind.
We must STOP giving permits and contracts the old-fashioned way - to those who pay to play.
Fire Departments, Law Enforcement entities, construction institutions, and other experts focusing on buildings and sound social living can now bring about meaningful changes.
This is true in Germany, Norway, Sweden, Spain, and many other cities and towns that promote healthy living and respect for human dignity.
Social Media, primarily rightwing hypocrites, are now using disinformation and misinformation - blaming diversity, equality, and inclusion - into Los Angeles - the fire triggered by the whipping Santa Ana winds.
The Republicans should be ashamed of themselves - blaming diversity and inclusion - as a factor - that the raging fire - is not under control - the bias of these idiots and morons - knows no bounds.
These morons have no clue what it takes to fight raging fires - whipping winds more than 100 miles per hour - and the record people of color and Indigenous firefighters who are the best in the world.
The racist cowards have no clue how many - firefighters have laid their lives to save communities all over the United States.
We must incorporate the Native American firefighters - other specialized firefighters - and implement the operation on a war footing.
We must understand that we, in a way, create these conditions, depleting the ozone layer and fostering Climate Change.
Only those who respect Mother Earth know more about forests, dense vegetation, fodder, and undergrowth—how they ignite and must be cleared.
It is incredible how these ignorant folks now want to put the blame on our firefighters, be they of color - it is time to call a spade a spade.
It does not help that we will soon have a narcissist in the White House who has no clue about raging fires. He was stupid enough to say that the Swedes rake the undergrowth in Sweden to prevent fires, but the Swedes reminded him that this is not so.
The adverse economic loss to the locations - in and around Los Angeles impacted by these large surging fires - is estimated to cost over $150 billion.
It will take decades to build good homes - in the interim - tiny homes may be an option - and prefabricated homes that I doubt the Los Angeles Planning Department will permit.
While many of the homes burnt are high-end homes - thousands of homes belonging to blue-collar workers, teachers, doctors, nurses, safety officers, first responders, and artists and laborers, others in the thousands are homeless.
Those with no home to go to are trying their best to find shelter, and those who can drive, have relatives, and have friends have found refuge - but only for a short time.
Many property managers have increased rents, making it more difficult for those seeking shelter. They are denied help and left to fend for themselves.
Others have gone to places like Las Vegas, where many have offered shelter to those who need it.
In the few homes that survived, the owners opened their homes to their neighbors, each one uplifting the other.
Large areas look like a war zone - homes burnt to the ground.
Some have visited their homes - and all they see - are ashes - which reveals the 100 miles per hour winds - incinerated everything in the path of the Santa Ana winds.
Right now, there is a mandate not to go to the burnt areas, as not everything is under control and safe.
As long as the winds subside, helicopters and other assets can fight the fire linked to the Santa Ana winds before the winds surge and spread the fire to thousands of acres.
Right now, stronger winds are in the forecast -and no one can fight the Santa Ana winds laden with fire - anyone who has seen this firsthand will tell you how shocking it is to witness the embers - carried miles away and starting large fires one of a kind.
We must constantly remind ourselves the first responders - the firefighters - and the many other personnel involved in monitoring the fires - each of them is doing their best.
While conducting a deep needs assessment is too late, we must support those fighting the whipping winds linked to Santa Anna. The long hours—some working nonstop for 24 hours—are not something we can take for granted.
The armchair critics must stop their nonsense diatribe. It must be based on their skills and experience if they want to contribute. If you do not have any experience, please do not blame our firefighters—they all are doing God's work.
The First Responders and Firefighters have worked around the clock, with most taking small breaks after 18 hours and returning to fight the fires. Yesterday and today, some abatement linked to the wind helped the helicopters and ground firefighters contain the fires.
We are learning a lot about the hydrants that did not have sufficient pressure.
We know that helicopters cannot fly in winds over 100 miles per hour, and as much as we may want them, safety comes first.
The Firefighters are doing an excellent job—they always do—and at a time like this, we fully understand that when politicians talk from both sides of their mouths.
Politicians dare reduce funding for first responders, putting firefighters in danger.
In this case, firefighters nationwide have come to assist with the Palisades Fire and other fires, showing solidarity.
San Francisco has sent its firefighters, as we do, along with some specialized teams, to assist in rescuing and other detection operations.
$17.6 million was cut from the Los Angeles Fire Department - this fact reduced manpower and adversely impacted - morale.
Additionally, there have been serious issues with the hydrants, large tanks linked to generators where the power was cut off - impacting water flowing from the tanks to the pipes.
Leaking pipes, differed maintenance, enormous reservoirs and tanks that should be repaired, maintenance delays, and other issues have endangered the firefighters.
President Joe Biden has issued an Executive Order that will help those who have lost their homes - the cars, other essential things for those in wheelchairs - and those mentally and physically challenged.
President Joe Biden increased the help from 70% to 100%. This helps those in need now, and I hope it is delivered quickly and meaningfully.
Congress and the Senate are working on bills to help the homeless, the suffering, and children so that they can continue their studies.
There is a lack of clinics and hospitals, groceries, and safe places to take shelter - at times like this, the politicians wake up from their deep slumber and fumble the ball.
Climate Change is a given - and we must be prepared - more here in the United States.
The large Infrastructure Bill passed by President Joe Biden - has brought help to many States in the United States - however, again and again, we find out that when there is a large hurricane, a large earthquake, or flooding of the worst order, and in this case - a large fire - we find out we are not prepared.
Many problems are linked to deferred maintenance, a serious issue in many States, including California.
Leaks in pipes, valves that leak, and narrow pipes—the latest technology addresses pressure—water flowing from reservoirs and giant tanks.
However, most old systems have been used, and new technology is still being developed. It is time to standardize the equipment; there is more to the long-due changes.
Many of the large firefighting departments throughout California lack good leadership and the ability to make sound needs assessments.
Paradoxically, many water systems linked to fires are antiquated, and the more old fractures are used, the more pandemonium we have to deal with.
However, the resources are insufficient to buy the equipment and make good things happen.
These vast fires will occur from time to time -
We must be sensitive and not send emergency messages to the entire nation - false alarms - about an emergency in Los Angeles. As much as we talk about Artificial Intelligence and our digital world and pretend we have the best communication, some operations are like sending smoke signals.
Horses, mules, and other animals must be cared for—that is the American way. However, we repeatedly see that we do not care for our pets—more than our elders' pets—to heal them and keep them company.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) must be revamped.
We spend billions trying to go to the Moon - and have some big mouths who have secured billions of dollars - on projects the United States government has provided.
We must first address quality of life issues here at home.
Stop targeting the immigrants who pay over 195 billion into the coffers of the United States and get nothing in return.
Our politicians have no clue about the lack of sound communication and state-of-the-art firefighting equipment - state-of-the-art controls linked to water to our hydrants.
Our old-fashioned controls cannot maintain sufficient water pressure to fight the fires. If all the hydrants operate, access water goes to some hydrants, while the other hydrants have low pressure.
In some cases, the Power Companies cut off the power without paying attention to generators, which depend on electricity from the overhead grid.
Regular exercises must be held to determine how best to use our antiquated equipment. We cannot and will not serve the people when fighting large fires with antiquated assets.
Again and again, the laymen have to do the needs assessment and bring up the many deficiencies in our equipment - and try to blame our firefighters - who are deprived of the best equipment.
We must not take our Firefighters for granted.
In the Los Angeles area, funding for Firefighters was cut, and suddenly, when this situation arose, they were expected to work nonstop for 24 hours and more.
