Greater Los Angeles Wildfires

[Absolut]

So should LA County just scalp the mountainsides to prevent fires in the future?

Yes

 

[JT-Money]

a bunch of people with regular blue collar jobs and teaching jobs lost their only home. whack.

This is fukked up.

 

[jerzboy]

So should LA County just scalp the mountainsides to prevent fires in the future?

It’d be interesting. You’d lose one of the main things that make LA county desirable.

 

[TELL ME YA CHEESIN FAM?]

More before and after slides

https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/10/weather/before-after-images-los-angeles-fires/index.html

shyt is devastating

 

[Trojan 24]

So should LA County just scalp the mountainsides to prevent fires in the future?

There's probably some endangered rat cousin species living there that will make them say no

 

[Jesus H. Christ]

All these celebs homes being torched

fukk him. He got a sneak preview of what his afterlife will look like.

 

[CP3.]

So should LA County just scalp the mountainsides to prevent fires in the future?

Nah. There's a lot of wildlife there that call that home.

Also sets a bad precedent going forward cause where do they stop? You'll then have MAGA/Republicans that are getting lobbied from companies to tear down loads of forests/parks all over California/the USA that could be prime real estate instead of beautiful scenery.

 

[Bigblackted4]

fukked up that they have to do that because they would try and cancel they shyt

 

[jerniebert]

 

[xXMASHERXx]

Nah. There's a lot of wildlife there that call that home.

Also sets a bad precedent going forward cause where do they stop? You'll then have MAGA/Republicans that are getting lobbied from companies to tear down loads of forests/parks all over California/the USA that could be prime real estate instead of beautiful scenery.

Not to mention the impact these things will have on the ecosystem. That's part of the reason why we are in this situation in the first place.

 

[JT-Money]

fukked up that they have to do that because they would try and cancel they shyt

The Government is always late.

Thousands of Los Angeles homeowners were dropped by their insurers before the Palisades Fire​

Thousands of Los Angeles homeowners were dropped by their insurers before the Palisades Fire

About 1,600 policies for Pacific Palisades homeowners were dropped by State Farm in July, the state insurance office says.

www.cbsnews.com

 

[BK The Great]

 

[Absolut]

The Government is always late.

Thousands of Los Angeles homeowners were dropped by their insurers before the Palisades Fire​

Thousands of Los Angeles homeowners were dropped by their insurers before the Palisades Fire

About 1,600 policies for Pacific Palisades homeowners were dropped by State Farm in July, the state insurance office says.

www.cbsnews.com

Reactive instead of proactive and folks defending these clowns

 

[Malcolmxxx_23]

This is fukked up.

So many black people affected
This is sad

 

[charknicks]

So in reading that CBS news article about insurance, some quick math:
-Per article, there are about 9,000 homes in the Palisades area
-Average value of homes in that area are about $3.1 million
-Average cost of insurance on the FAIR plan is about $3,200/year (more then double typical rate)
-So that means State Farm (and others) would charge about $1,600/year
-If every homeowner had the FAIR plan, they would only collect $28.8 million/ year (Regular insurer: $14.4 million)
-That $28.8 million/year collected would only cover 9 of the 9,000 homes (Only 4/9000 homes on the regular carriers plans)

So what would insurance companies do? Where are they getting the rest of the money?