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Newsom calling for independent investigation into the loss of water pressure to local fire hydrants
2025-01-11
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[Epoch Times] Reports of water systems that could not provide water to emergency crews during the initial response to the Palisades Fire in Southern California have prompted Gov. Gavin Newsom to demand an official inquiry into why some fire hydrants failed to operate.

"I am calling for an independent investigation into the loss of water pressure to local fire hydrants and the reported unavailability of water supplies from the Santa Ynez Reservoir," the governor posted on Jan. 10 on social media platform X.
"We need answers to ensure this does not happen again and we have every resource available to fight these catastrophic fires."

In a letter addressed to Janisse Quiñones, CEO and chief engineer of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, and Mark Pestrella, director of LA County Public Works, the governor said mistakes were made that "likely impaired the effort to protect some homes and evacuation corridors."

"The ongoing reports of the loss of water pressure to some local fire hydrants during the fires and the reported unavailability of water supplies from the Santa Ynez Reservoir are deeply troubling to me and to the community," Newsom wrote. "We need answers to how that happened."

He is directing a group of state firefighting and water officials to research what happened and produce an independent report that determines the causes of the failure and suggests improvements for future responses.

[X] One cause:
Posted by:Fred

#14  He even put on his best Biden outfit.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2025-01-11 13:56  

#13  Look in the mirror weinerhead.
Posted by: Deacon+Blues+   2025-01-11 13:18  

#12  Note the tears in #6 when Biden wouldn't take his calls. His career dissipation light isn't blinking. It's gone out.
Posted by: Skidmark   2025-01-11 12:45  

#11  Yesterday Skidmark posted a comment with a link to the Daily Mail with a video in which Joe Biden claimed that Los Angeles fire hydrants hadn't run dry because of a water shortage, but due to power being cut to water pumps because of the killer wildfires.

Biden lets slip real reason LA fire hydrants were dry when flames began as Gavin Newsom and Karen Bass cling to their jobs

Maybe I was too quick to assume that Biden knew what he was talking about, which no one should ever do. If that really was the reason, the blame is on Newsom who appoints members of the state's Public Utilities Commission and they have consistently failed to ensure that all of the state's power companies bury their damn power lines.

Later that day I wondered why those pumps were not powered by diesel engines. I dunno, maybe the greenies don't want all that nasty, smelly diesel smoke polluting their air. Now their air is polluted by the out-of-control fires.

Whatever the reason for the failure, and in spite of the tragedy, it might be fun to watch the Democrats turn on each other. Popcorn all around!
Posted by: Abu Uluque   2025-01-11 12:45  

#10  I like how Boobie is like, yeah trying to call the president right now just no cell coverage oh well.

Obviously he is lying, put he puts himself into a corner, like why is there no cell phone coverage, no temp towers? That would be another failure.

These people have no thoughts, no opinions, just prepared remarks made by somebody, and they get off script they are just horrible befuddled untalented improvs.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2025-01-11 12:43  

#9  I can't make Wretchardthecat's Google Map 'slider' work, but on the current map, the map icon for 'Palisade Fire' is about 3,000' due west of the Santa Ynez reservoir.

Ironic, eh? Or maybe a "message"?
Posted by: Bobby   2025-01-11 12:28  

#8  Wildfire season will be followed by recall season.
Posted by: Super Hose   2025-01-11 12:24  

#7  Investigation of the local fire hydrants? There's time for that later. Newsome had best figure out how to put the fires out in LA ASAP! If he can't do this, he is just another worthless politician who should never been in office in the first place!
Posted by: JohnQC   2025-01-11 10:46  

#6  Gavvy, boobie, if they are state officials they are not independent.

Let us help:

Posted by: swksvolFF   2025-01-11 10:20  

#5  James Woods and Adam Carolla are pretty independent.
Posted by: Super Hose   2025-01-11 09:23  

#4  So my Epoch Times article I just posted is redundant. Easier to read than Newsone's embedded letter....
Posted by: Bobby   2025-01-11 09:13  

#3  "So what we need is not to blame me...we need A COMMISSION!"
Posted by: Frank G   2025-01-11 08:20  

#2  CYAWP
Posted by: Procopius2k   2025-01-11 07:29  

#1  So he can steer the narrative.
Posted by: Skidmark   2025-01-11 00:28  

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