Several sources list between 8 and 9 million undocumented workers in the US. Pew has 8.3 million. About 8.3 million U.S. workers in 2022 were...
News last night reported 24 confirmed dead from the LA fires, and about another 2 dozen missing. But until remains are found, they are going to...
Not an excuse. Simple economics. What happens to prices when supply drops? They go up. What happens to businesses that can't find employees to...
You could stay in business and follow immigration laws. Many businesses, such as farms, construction businesses, and convalescent homes cannot....
Cloud seeding needs around 75% humidity to work. Humidity levels were between 25% and 30%. Seeding would've been useless.
Seawater is a desperation move. And being used by helicopter only. Wouldn't have helped when the winds grounded them. Fire breaks would have...
Lol. The areas bulldozers might have helped are in hilly areas. Difficult to reach and more difficult to drive. And in hurricane force winds, the...
This is a good article with several experts agreeing, no municipal water system in the world would've made any difference. You just can't fight a...
Doubtful, given the conditions. Three things effect the severity of a wildfire. Temperatures, humidity, and wind speed. All three were against...
It's disheartening to say the least to witness people happy that a natural disaster has hit in an area where most residents are on the other end...
The hydrants weren't designed to fight a wildfire, burning entire townships, for days. Even with an additional reservoir, the water still would...
The Santa Ynez reservoir was closed due to scheduled maintenance. Unfortunate, for sure. But it's unusual to have fires and Santa Ana winds in the...
The reservoirs that feed the LAFD were at 100% capacity before the fire broke out. But the system simply wasn't designed to fight a raging...
Send the straight white guy with surplus materials to Israel now, and Ukraine the next day. Guaranteed world peace!
I also forgot. The LAFD also needed their old and surplus equipment they donated to Ukraine. Has they had their used nozzles and extra breathing...
Yep. Had the LAFD only hired a straight white guy, regardless of qualifications, all their problems world be solved! The fire would have bowed...
With an extra 2% of the budget, I'm sure the LAFD could have ended the drought and reduced the Santa Ana winds! LOL!
I know. Blame the lesbian, minority fire chief, right @vegasfox! Forget her impeccable, 25 year service record. If only the LAFD had hired a...
The failures aren't all on the state. 17 million acres of CA land are under Federal control, including many of the forests that have burned. And...
Several California fire districts, along with fire districts in 9 other states sent surplus and used equipment to Ukraine in 2022. This included...
