Re: Remember That Empty Reservoir in L.A.?

On Jan 20, 2025 at 12:06:38 PM PST, ""Adam H. Kerman"" <ahk@chinet.com>
wrote:

suzeeq  <suzeeq@imbris.com> wrote:

On 1/18/2025 10:29 PM, shawn wrote:

 On Sat, 18 Jan 2025 21:25:30 -0800, suzeeq <suzeeq@imbris.com> wrote:
 

 On 1/18/2025 8:12 PM, BTR1701 wrote:

 Well, it's still empty and the Santa Anas are expected to kick up again next
 week.
 
 Bad enough that it was empty the first time around but they've had two weeks
 to fill it and not one drop has been sent up there in that time.
 
 The three million gallons LAFD had to work with before the hydrants ran dry
 lasted them 17 hours. If they'd had the 117 million gallons in that

reservoir

 available, a little quick math indicates it would have lasted 663

hours before

 running out. That's 28 days.
 
 Oh, and have I mentioned that we only have half the fire department we need?
 The National Fire Institute, which sets standards for municipal fire
 departments nationwide, says you need 1.8 firefighters for every 1000
 residents. Los Angeles has 0.9. Exactly half of what a city this size needs.
 We're also 62 fire stations short of what is recommended. Sixty-fucking-two.
 But never fear! We've met and *exceeded* our quota of DEI executives, so
 that's reassuring.
 
 I swear to god, these 'progressive' Democrats in charge of the place are
 actively trying to destroy the city. I mean, if it was your goal to destroy
 Los Angeles, what would you do differently?
 
 

 I thought it was under repair? Maybe they're not done yet and ready to
 fill it.

 
 Just looked up an article over on the web and got the following quote:
 
 "Officials said that the Santa Ynez Reservoir had been closed since
 about February for repairs to its cover, leaving a 117-million-gallon
 water storage complex empty in the heart of the Palisades for nearly a
 year. "
 
 So the reservoir was still undergoing repair long before the  Santa
 Ana winds started up. No reason was given why the repairs were taking
 so long but I know how that can go. The pool in my complex has been
 undergoing repair work for over a couple of months. There are multiple
 guys here every day. I have no idea why it's taking so long but they
 keep working.
 

Huh, maybe lacck of funding in LA?

 
Repair and maintenance on a timely basis is unaffordable but we can
afford fire damage?
 
Is that how politicians think?

Not to mention, "repair and maintenance on a timely basis is unaffordable",
but we can afford to spend $2.4 billion on vagrants, which only makes the
problem worse.

And "repair and maintenance on a timely basis is unaffordable", but we can
afford to spend billions on cradle-to-grave health care for illegal aliens and
pay for them all to have lawyers to fight perfectly legal and constitutional
deportation proceedings.