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

On Jan 19, 2025 at 5:23:46 PM PST, "Your Name" <YourName@YourISP.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.

 
I don't know about that particular Los Angeles reservoir, but most
water reservoirs are usually filled by rainfall. It would take far
longer than two weeks of rainfall to make any significant difference.

This one is manually filled with water pumped in. If we had to wait for rain
here to fill it, it would never be full.

 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?