High N Dry in California

PJ_Soul

I love Tom Selleck.

hedonist

My husband actually scolded me when I got pissed off over the initial story. Told me that the media typically fucks it up, and damned if he was right - and damned if I ignored my own self-imposed caveats when it comes to things "reported".

Valuable lesson learned.

Jason P

hedonist said:

I must retract my fuck-you to Selleck, as it appears there was a contract in place for his water use.

(how the DWP wasn't aware of this, I don't know)

So the district paid $22K for a P.I. to investigate Magnum P.I. and they couldn't discover the water was being paid for?

Posers.

HesCalledDyer

I think we've only had about 6 or 7 days of pure sunshine here in western Maryland. Too bad we're not collecting this stuff in barrels and shipping it across the country. We just had the wettest June in 30 years here. Poorest excuse for summer I've ever experienced.

callen

HesCalledDyer said:

I think we've only had about 6 or 7 days of pure sunshine here in western Maryland. Too bad we're not collecting this stuff in barrels and shipping it across the country. We just had the wettest June in 30 years here. Poorest excuse for summer I've ever experienced.

Wettest last three months in Texas in 30 years. All lakes are full. Everything is green. Dryer last couple weeks. Also wish I could have sent this to. Ca.

Godfather.

callen said:

HesCalledDyer said:

I think we've only had about 6 or 7 days of pure sunshine here in western Maryland. Too bad we're not collecting this stuff in barrels and shipping it across the country. We just had the wettest June in 30 years here. Poorest excuse for summer I've ever experienced.

Wettest last three months in Texas in 30 years. All lakes are full. Everything is green. Dryer last couple weeks. Also wish I could have sent this to. Ca.

with my house going up for sale at least I have an excuse for the dead front and back lawns hahhahhahhahah !

Godfather.

brianlux

Godfather. said:

callen said:

HesCalledDyer said:

I think we've only had about 6 or 7 days of pure sunshine here in western Maryland. Too bad we're not collecting this stuff in barrels and shipping it across the country. We just had the wettest June in 30 years here. Poorest excuse for summer I've ever experienced.

Wettest last three months in Texas in 30 years. All lakes are full. Everything is green. Dryer last couple weeks. Also wish I could have sent this to. Ca.

with my house going up for sale at least I have an excuse for the dead front and back lawns hahhahhahhahah !

Godfather.

Lawn? What's a lawn? Haha! Good luck with the sale, Godfather.

We went out for a short hike at Jenkinson Lake (a.k.a. Sly Park Lake which is actually a reservoir not a true lake) up near Pollock Pines today. The water level was low of course but what was really a bit shocking was to see some of the deciduous trees with leaves turning already. Strange!

hedonist

Oh man. There's a brush fire east of here that has not only shut down a local freeway, but set on fire some of the cars and a semi that are stuck on the road. Packed highway and they're just there, nowhere to go.

Looks surreal.

May they keep safe.

hedonist

I've never in my life seen water-drops like this - on automobiles. Their precision (using buckets?!) is something else...and the actions of these firefighters, whether on the ground or as pilots - are heroic.

brianlux

Dang! I don't think I've ever heard of a brush fire causing so much havoc on a freeway. Stay safe down there, Hedo!!

Saw this article with some pics of the fire on the 15;

http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/30-Acre-Brush-Fire-Shuts-Down-15-Fwy-at-Cajun-Pass-316347791.html

hedonist

Thanks, B! Fortunately, I'm not even close but it's all over our local news.

Have always been terrified by the prospect of (unwanted) fire...I so feel for these people.

Asterisk on the Street

hedonist said:

Oh man. There's a brush fire east of here that has not only shut down a local freeway, but set on fire some of the cars and a semi that are stuck on the road. Packed highway and they're just there, nowhere to go.

Looks surreal.

May they keep safe.

It's bad. I have family in Hesperia and Phelan. They are safe, but some were stuck down the hill at work and could not get home because of the 15 freeway shut down.

hedonist said:

I've never in my life seen water-drops like this - on automobiles. Their precision (using buckets?!) is something else...and the actions of these firefighters, whether on the ground or as pilots - are heroic.

They are truly heroic.

On another note, I think California needs to pass laws requiring mandatory prison time for the idiots flying the drones which are interfering in the firefighting efforts. I was watching a news update this morning talking about five separate drones were in the air yesterday while the water and flame retardant material were being dropped. It became dangerous for the planes, so the planes were grounded for 26 minutes while police located the owners of the drones and made them ground the drones. That cost firefighting efforts valuable time in trying to contain the fire. This was about the same time that the freeway was overrun by the fire.



Very sad. Luckily, no one was seriously hurt.

ktla.com/2015/07/18/firefighting-efforts-in-cajon-pass-hampered-by-drone-activity-fire-officials/

Asterisk on the Street

Now there is another California wildfire in Wrightwood, not too far from the first fire. Lots of campgrounds in that area where about 300 campers, mostly kids, had to be evacuated late last night. The fire is only 5% contained today.

brianlux

Asterisk on the Street said:

Now there is another California wildfire in Wrightwood, not too far from the first fire. Lots of campgrounds in that area where about 300 campers, mostly kids, had to be evacuated late last night. The fire is only 5% contained today.

It's going to be a long, unsettling fire season. We had two in our area last year. Rather unnerving, to say the least.

hedonist

Asterisk on the Street said:

On another note, I think California needs to pass laws requiring mandatory prison time for the idiots flying the drones which are interfering in the firefighting efforts. I was watching a news update this morning talking about five separate drones were in the air yesterday while the water and flame retardant material were being dropped. It became dangerous for the planes, so the planes were grounded for 26 minutes while police located the owners of the drones and made them ground the drones. That cost firefighting efforts valuable time in trying to contain the fire. This was about the same time that the freeway was overrun by the fire.



Very sad. Luckily, no one was seriously hurt.

ktla.com/2015/07/18/firefighting-efforts-in-cajon-pass-hampered-by-drone-activity-fire-officials/

I hope your family keeps safe - same goes for you too, B. A fair amount of lightning and thunder here today, but not sure if the rain has helped much.

And Asterisk, I've meant to mention this drone business - makes my blood boil. Can these fuckers idiots refrain from their it's-about-me bubbles when such serious shit is going down? Just wastes precious time, and I hope there's some way to fine them for their actions because fire season is well-upon us.

Jason P

We have so much rain in the Midwest it isn't even funny. Local farmers replanted corn a few weeks ago and it was just coming out of the ground Friday and then we get another 4 inches over the weekend. DOA.

Someone get Shattner on the phone ....

brianlux

Jason P said:

We have so much rain in the Midwest it isn't even funny. Local farmers replanted corn a few weeks ago and it was just coming out of the ground Friday and then we get another 4 inches over the weekend. DOA.

Someone get Shattner on the phone ....

LOL, Jason! Yes, PLEASE BEAM US OVER SOME H2O!

Asterisk on the Street

brianlux said:

Asterisk on the Street said:

Now there is another California wildfire in Wrightwood, not too far from the first fire. Lots of campgrounds in that area where about 300 campers, mostly kids, had to be evacuated late last night. The fire is only 5% contained today.

It's going to be a long, unsettling fire season. We had two in our area last year. Rather unnerving, to say the least.

During the fire season of 2007, it seemed like much of California was on fire in October. The dry conditions are similar this year. Unnerving, indeed.

hedonist said:

Asterisk on the Street said:

On another note, I think California needs to pass laws requiring mandatory prison time for the idiots flying the drones which are interfering in the firefighting efforts. I was watching a news update this morning talking about five separate drones were in the air yesterday while the water and flame retardant material were being dropped. It became dangerous for the planes, so the planes were grounded for 26 minutes while police located the owners of the drones and made them ground the drones. That cost firefighting efforts valuable time in trying to contain the fire. This was about the same time that the freeway was overrun by the fire.



Very sad. Luckily, no one was seriously hurt.

ktla.com/2015/07/18/firefighting-efforts-in-cajon-pass-hampered-by-drone-activity-fire-officials/

I hope your family keeps safe - same goes for you too, B. A fair amount of lightning and thunder here today, but not sure if the rain has helped much.

And Asterisk, I've meant to mention this drone business - makes my blood boil. Can these fuckers idiots refrain from their it's-about-me bubbles when such serious shit is going down? Just wastes precious time, and I hope there's some way to fine them for their actions because fire season is well-upon us.

The Authorities have to get the drone interference under control immediately. People are going to lose their lives in these fires due to the drones if they don't crack down now. It makes me so angry.

hedonist

I need to do additional due diligence, but apparently a bill is up that allows the droning ones (those flying, not the idiots "controlling" them) to be shot down during dire times.

Let's get her done!

Gotta have your machine flying around, serving your ego and social media exposure, at the expense of people's lives, homes, pets, property?

Fuck you.

brianlux

hedonist said:

I need to do additional due diligence, but apparently a bill is up that allows the droning ones (those flying, not the idiots "controlling" them) to be shot down during dire times.

Let's get her done!

Gotta have your machine flying around, serving your ego and social media exposure, at the expense of people's lives, homes, pets, property?

Fuck you.

Right on, Hedo! Shoot them fuckers down, I say!