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   On 2025-12-21 10:22 p.m., BTR1701 wrote:   
   > On Dec 21, 2025 at 6:05:26 PM PST, "Rhino"    
   > wrote:   
   >   
   >> On 2025-12-21 4:17 p.m., Adam H. Kerman wrote:   
   >>>   BTR1701  wrote:   
   >>>>   moviePig  wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>>>>   . . .   
   >>>   
   >>>>>   If "plants and critters" are never "prioritized", say goodbye to them.   
   >>>   
   >>>>   Wherein moviePig explicitly endorses the idea that at least sometimes   
   it's   
   >>>>   appropriate to let people die if it means some rodents might otherwise   
   >>>>   perish.   
   >>>   
   >>>   While moviePig is being an unsympathetic jerk here, I will comment that   
   >>>   humans should not live surrounded by these forests subject to wildfire   
   >>>   and will expect to be burned out at some point.   
   >>>   
   >>>   In this case, given that the decision had been made decades ago to allow   
   >>>   this home construction, then there was no choice but to use mechanical   
   >>>   means to smother the fire and not to allow it to smoulder till it became   
   >>>   a threat to human life, despite consequences for conservation. Too late   
   >>>   for that consideration as the presence of human settlement had forever   
   >>>   changed the forest.   
   >>>   
   >>>   But the town doesn't have to be rebuilt where it is subject to wildfire.   
   >>   
   >> You could also turn that around and observe that cutting back the   
   >> underbrush near people's houses would actually be a clever idea to   
   >> minimize the risk of fire to those newly rebuilt homes.   
   >   
   > The state is actually required by law to do that and hadn't in years, despite   
   > calls from residents complaining about it.   
   >   
   > They go around fining residents who don't maintain their brush according to   
   > legal standards, but they themselves don't bother to obey the law.   
   >   
   > Just one more reason Newsom and Bass will be destroyed in court over this. I   
   > can't even imagine the billions the government will be on the hook for. It's   
   > just too bad we can't throw them in prison for this debacle.   
   >   
   >> Also, keeping the reservoirs filled would be handy, ESPECIALLY during the   
   >> Santa Ana   
   >> winds.   
   >   
   > The state is now claiming against all science and just plain common sense   
   that   
   > the empty reservoir is irrelevant because having an extra 117 million gallons   
   > on hand would have made no difference when the hydrants ran dry.   
   >   
   Huh? Weren't the hydrants getting their water FROM that reservoir? If   
   so, the emptiness of the reservoir is EXTREMELY relevant!   
      
   >> Oh, and hiring a fire chief for his/her skill rather than to win   
   >> Diversity Awards would be better.   
   >   
   > Even before we get to that, we should start by electing a mayor based on   
   > competency and ability rather than skin color and genitals.   
   >   
   >   
   Agreed!!!   
      
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   Rhino   
      
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