Maybe something positive can come out of this tragedy. It is a super long shot but maybe this will change the trajectory of California and veer it away from progressive democrat garbage. Very affluent democrat strongholds have been charred so maybe something eill hooen.
All the other recent devastating wildfires affected rural California occupied by mostly conservatives. No one bat an eye to their plight.
My property for fire damage from the Bridge Fire which affected rural San Bernardino County. FEMA along with the democrat county and state workers denied everyone here.
Good point
Unfortunately add more zeroes to the end of that number before it’s all done
I am stunned that police and fire department are letting people into the fire areas to look at their homes, or what is left of them. After the Camp Fire destroyed Paradise, it was 4-5 weeks before residents were allowed in. I took a friend there on that day because her car was in the shop. There were check points where you were checked for having a residence there. The entire town was considered a HazMat site due to toxins released during the fire. We were given those white heavy paper suits to wear. That was one reason the place had been off limits. Another reason was for dead bodies to be found in the rubble and removed. As an archaeologist, I had volunteered to assist with that but FEMA called in a group of archaeologists from Louisiana! The death toll was officially 85, with some people found burned in their cars while trying to escape. I and many others think that death toll is not accurate. But that’s another story.
The thing too that isn’t being mentioned (other than the access issue) is what must happen next. The clean up will be massive. They can’t just take bulldozers and dump everything into garbage trucks for the local dump. In Paradise, special HazMat trucks were used. Loads were taken 45 miles away to Beale AFB where railroad cars waited to be loaded then went to a HazMat dump site in Idaho. Trees taken down could not be used; they were stored at various locations for disposal latter at HazMat sites. The trees themselves were considered contaminated. Even the dirt underneath the building was toxic. Up to 18 inches of soil was removed for each structure. The bottom cost to clear a parcel was $80,000. My friend could not afford this plus the cost of re-building. She defaulted on her mortgage and walked away.
There were so many special hazmat trucks used to carry off debris, that during a 45-minute drive south I could easily count 150 of those trucks coming or going.
Not everyone who is wealthy is losing their homes. How many had their insurance cancelled? How many will be like my friend and just walk away? These fires will definitely be a land grab either for land developers or the state.
Maui 2.0
Maybe something positive can come out of this tragedy. It is a super long shot but maybe this will change the trajectory of California and veer it away from progressive democrat garbage. Very affluent democrat strongholds have been charred so maybe something eill hooen.
All the other recent devastating wildfires affected rural California occupied by mostly conservatives. No one bat an eye to their plight.
My property for fire damage from the Bridge Fire which affected rural San Bernardino County. FEMA along with the democrat county and state workers denied everyone here.
Good point
Unfortunately add more zeroes to the end of that number before it’s all done
I am stunned that police and fire department are letting people into the fire areas to look at their homes, or what is left of them. After the Camp Fire destroyed Paradise, it was 4-5 weeks before residents were allowed in. I took a friend there on that day because her car was in the shop. There were check points where you were checked for having a residence there. The entire town was considered a HazMat site due to toxins released during the fire. We were given those white heavy paper suits to wear. That was one reason the place had been off limits. Another reason was for dead bodies to be found in the rubble and removed. As an archaeologist, I had volunteered to assist with that but FEMA called in a group of archaeologists from Louisiana! The death toll was officially 85, with some people found burned in their cars while trying to escape. I and many others think that death toll is not accurate. But that’s another story.
The thing too that isn’t being mentioned (other than the access issue) is what must happen next. The clean up will be massive. They can’t just take bulldozers and dump everything into garbage trucks for the local dump. In Paradise, special HazMat trucks were used. Loads were taken 45 miles away to Beale AFB where railroad cars waited to be loaded then went to a HazMat dump site in Idaho. Trees taken down could not be used; they were stored at various locations for disposal latter at HazMat sites. The trees themselves were considered contaminated. Even the dirt underneath the building was toxic. Up to 18 inches of soil was removed for each structure. The bottom cost to clear a parcel was $80,000. My friend could not afford this plus the cost of re-building. She defaulted on her mortgage and walked away.
There were so many special hazmat trucks used to carry off debris, that during a 45-minute drive south I could easily count 150 of those trucks coming or going.
Not everyone who is wealthy is losing their homes. How many had their insurance cancelled? How many will be like my friend and just walk away? These fires will definitely be a land grab either for land developers or the state.