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Offline MotorOil1

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« Reply #15 on: October 31, 2007, 02:32:13 PM »
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You know Faux News was playing this up as a terrorist  plot.


That's what I thought they said.  Guess the next story will be about the kid and his training camp in Afghanistan.
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« Reply #16 on: October 31, 2007, 05:36:41 PM »
That's neo-con propaganda.  We all know that global warming caused the fires.

Republican shill.
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« Reply #17 on: October 31, 2007, 05:39:29 PM »
On a serious note, I suspect that a "reasonable person" would find the parents of this child financially liable for damages in a civil trial.  I doubt they'd get either the kid or the parents on criminal charges even if someone was killed in that fire, but I bet civil charges would (will) stick.

21 So Cal houses... That's probably at least 10 mil in damages easy, even if the state doesn't come after them for firefighting expenses.
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« Reply #18 on: October 31, 2007, 09:28:19 PM »
Why do we build houses in an area or in such a way that they are so vulnerable to a kid with a match? So long as we have kids and matches there will be accidental fires.
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« Reply #19 on: October 31, 2007, 10:27:11 PM »
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Why do we build houses in an area or in such a way that they are so vulnerable to a kid with a match? So long as we have kids and matches there will be accidental fires.


You want to depopulate some 90% of the country because there are trees near the houses?

:huh
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« Reply #20 on: November 01, 2007, 12:41:14 AM »
There's always something.  We had a 5.6 earthquake yesterday.  I sweated out Hurricane Hugo in 1989.  Midwest gets tornados, NE gets crazy icestorms and then heatwaves (brown outs).

Anywhere safe in the U.S.?
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« Reply #21 on: November 01, 2007, 01:00:15 AM »
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Anywhere safe in the U.S.?
Not since 9/11 according to the Bush Administration and Faux News.
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« Reply #22 on: November 01, 2007, 02:28:18 AM »
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There's always something.  We had a 5.6 earthquake yesterday.  I sweated out Hurricane Hugo in 1989.  Midwest gets tornados, NE gets crazy icestorms and then heatwaves (brown outs).

Anywhere safe in the U.S.?



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« Reply #23 on: November 01, 2007, 07:51:53 AM »
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You want to depopulate some 90% of the country because there are trees near the houses?

:huh


Or, maybe better fire retardant building materials in the areas where one kid can wreak so much havoc?



Worth noting that these uncontrollable fires don't happen everywhere, certainly not in 90% of the country. I think it's more like 2-3%.
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« Reply #24 on: November 01, 2007, 08:16:08 AM »
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not since joshua took over.

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« Reply #25 on: November 01, 2007, 12:20:07 PM »
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Or, maybe better fire retardant building materials in the areas where one kid can wreak so much havoc?



Worth noting that these uncontrollable fires don't happen everywhere, certainly not in 90% of the country. I think it's more like 2-3%.


If it wasn't for the strict building codes - including fire retardant materials, a lot more than 21 homes would have been lost in Irvine and the Canyons.

There are a lot of homes around here that are in dangerous areas and a lot of home owners could do a much better job of protecting their property by clearing brush etc, but the thing you have to remember is the fires of last week were extreme - even for here. When you're dealing with fires capable of jumping 10 lane freeways in seconds, your fate and that of your home is in God's hands.

Wildfires don't affect 90% of the country, but tell me what percentage of the country is entirely safe from some form of natural disaster?

1. Hurricanes
2. Tornadoes
3. Ice Storms
4. Earthquakes
5. Volcanic activity
6. Wildfires
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« Reply #26 on: November 01, 2007, 01:59:46 PM »
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Wildfires don't affect 90% of the country, but tell me what percentage of the country is entirely safe from some form of natural disaster?

1. Hurricanes
2. Tornadoes
3. Ice Storms
4. Earthquakes
5. Volcanic activity
6. Wildfires

you left off
7. floods
8. Blizzards
9. Locust
10.  (and just for Mac) hords of Flying Monkeys....
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« Reply #27 on: November 01, 2007, 02:37:27 PM »
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That's what I thought they said.  Guess the next story will be about the kid and his training camp in Afghanistan.


That Fox news story didn't say it WAS Al-Qaeada starting the fires. They brought up the possibility of it being caused by Al-Qaeada based on an FBI memo about Al-Qaeada maybe starting fires in the western US.
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« Reply #28 on: November 01, 2007, 02:42:22 PM »
and any mention or followup yet on the guy the police shot and killed that was trying to start another fire?

and btw I read the kid was only 6.
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« Reply #29 on: November 01, 2007, 03:04:29 PM »
Damnit, where's ghi when you need him...
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