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2025-01-17 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-

LA house spared by fire is split in half after being hit by another natural disaster

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Posted by Skidmark 2025-01-17 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11148 views ] Top

#1 The photos of the source article show a long row of burnt-out houses right on the beachfront. AFAICT, there was nothing to prevent a homeowner from running an intake pipe down the beach and into the seawater. Along with a fuel powered pump, that water could have been used to fight a fire, if only for buildings directly on the shoreline. The expense of doing that seems very small in proportion to the expense of replacing the destroyed building.

Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2025-01-17 01:17|| 2025-01-17 01:17|| Front Page Top

#2 That whole area's subsurface is tenuous at best for building foundational support. Not much topsoil and an underlying loose rock structure.

Take away the ground cover (like, in a fire) and the soil in steeper areas looses any support. Given any amount or water (or even a very minor earthquake), it lets go pretty easily.

Posted by Mullah Richard 2025-01-17 07:54|| 2025-01-17 07:54|| Front Page Top

#3 Fires and earthquakes.... who knew ?

Posted by Besoeker 2025-01-17 07:57|| 2025-01-17 07:57|| Front Page Top

#4 So I guess the lack of water for firefighting was a mudslide preventative measure?

Posted by Skidmark 2025-01-17 10:17|| 2025-01-17 10:17|| Front Page Top

#5 Except that the engine necessary for the pump is probably against California law.

Posted by swksvolFF 2025-01-17 12:31|| 2025-01-17 12:31|| Front Page Top

#6 Fires and earthquakes.... who knew ?

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Posted by Skidmark 2025-01-17 13:14|| 2025-01-17 13:14|| Front Page Top

#7 It’s retribution for the Snow White reboot. That was too much.

Posted by Super Hose 2025-01-17 13:55|| 2025-01-17 13:55|| Front Page Top

#8 Should probably cancel the live action How to Train Your Dragon, just to be safe.

Posted by swksvolFF 2025-01-17 15:52|| 2025-01-17 15:52|| Front Page Top

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