One of two “super scoopers” on loan from Canada is out of commission after hitting a civilian drone this morning, further hampering efforts. Fortunately the plane managed to land safely with a hole in its wing and not crash into residential LA.
It is a crime to fly a drone in an active disaster area, with a $75k fine and up to 12 months in prison.
Firefighters lost water pressure when PG&E shut off electricity to the pumps that maintain water pressure to keep the lines from sparking new fires, again hampering fire fighting efforts. They are working on getting generators attached to the pumping stations to restore pressure.
At least one new fire started in LA today, suspected of being arson.
This already looks to be the most costly natural disaster in American history, and it is still unfolding.

I hope Biden manages to deliver the aid he has promised before he leaves office. The felon will clearly try to block any aid to a blue state out of personal spite and will leave us to fend for ourselves. (If only we could do the same)

Pacific Palacades Wiped Off The Map


These were all multi million dollar homes at the least.
Total economic losses are estimated by experts at $60 billion so far, with multiple fires still burning.

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My dad liked to play “kill the kid” where if he caught me walking in the road he would drive at me at 15-20mph, I would jump on the hood, he would hit the breaks so I rolled off, then he would drive off. He said it was to see what the neighbors would do, but he did it at our ranch with no neighbors to see more than once, so…..
Call it a prank, inappropriate joking, fun between a dad and his weird kid, or serious child abuse, it sure beat how my brother treated me…but yes, it left multiple scars I can still see 45 years later…they’re not the only ones. Growing up in Texas in the 70s was dangerous.
Nobody ever said anything. I know some of the neighbors and my mother saw him do it. That’s way scarier and more scaring than the car coming at me.
(Side note- Just because I’m paranoid doesn’t mean they aren’t trying to get me!)

That one caught me off guard

Show off.

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Oh no! Say it ain’t so!
Jr was caught repeatedly cheating on his fiancé Guilfoyle recently, and today they split up and she is being shipped off to Greece as our ambassador while he flaunts his new relationship with a hotter younger woman publicly in Palm Beach.
This is how they’re getting around NDAs now….offering high paid government positions of power (that they are unqualified for) to keep them quiet and under thumb.
Maga “loyalty”, maga “love”, it’s all just transactional.

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What would I do if I'm an American far right "Christian" seeing it taking off? CELEBRATE! They're a-OK with re-electing Trump and all the rapists & unqualitified TV personalities to the cabinet posts that Trump can find. What do these MAGA people care? Bring on Doomsday! Yeehaw!

The campaign publicly admitted Gaetz isn’t a good candidate for AG, but he is not meant to be a good AG he is meant as quote- “a big middle finger to the DOJ and FBI.”

And it turns out he brought the sex trafficked under age sex workers to Fox News to show them off in 2018-19 and he used his son’s name to hide his payments to them for sex on Venmo and other apps.

Don’t forget Cawthorn (hard core Republican) who quit congress because Gaetz wouldn’t stop trying to get him to come to his drug fueled sex parties with underage girls. This isn’t news to the house or Republicans, they knew it for years and years and years.

The next 4 years may destroy America….they will certainly harm it severely with this caliber of leadership.

I have a good story for that comment.
My wife and I went to Iceland (I went to a formula offroad event while there!) a while back, and one B&B host told us that for years they sent videos of Formula Offroad to SkyTV (the European version of ESPN) with no response. Eventually they got through to someone to ask why, and were told “SkyTV doesn’t broadcast remote control cars”….yes, for over a decade they assumed no human would drive like that and it must be RC cars! When they proved it was real full size cars with real live drivers, it was immediately put on air and has been popular ever since.
Good stuff.

Side note…these events are one main way Iceland funds most of its rescue teams that save stupid tourists that go off trail and get lost.