I heard some homes burned down right along the beach in Malibu, and there is talks they may not be allowed to rebuild. Talk about a kick in the teeth. That’s a serious decrease in your property value. I guess maybe they can still camp out there, I think the kids call it “glampimg” haha

I'm probably gonna be wrong in thinking this but I believe after these fires alot of the high dollar celeberties demand change and Dems either change policies or they will turn Red.

Adam Gorilla was talking about wait until all these people that voted in all the liberal BS go to city hall and find out what it’s going to take to rebuild.



They will lose their minds.

It’s what they wanted.

I'll bet not a single thing changes.

Thanks for the response and I appreciate it. When we start comparing Texas to California in terms of anything wildfire related, we start comparing apples to oranges. While they both use similar personnel and equipment to put fires out, thats about where the similarities end.

California is night and day more organized with far superior firefighting resources, hands down, it isn't even close in terms of how they respond to wildfires. Nearly half our nation's most elite hotshot crews are based in California. 1 smokejumper base. Multiple helitack crews. Hundreds of engines, many manned with personnel that are trained for both structure and wildland fire. Maybe they could use more help, but last I looked, there aren't many orders for out of area resources to mobilize to California.

When Texas starts getting fires, we are nearly instantly reliant on out of state resources, it’s just a part of it. I've also worked in Texas, and have alot of pride in the work i've done here, but within the national wildland fire community, texas does not have near the reputation as some other state in terms of maintaining a organized and professional wildfire response. I could shower you with all sorts of examples of things I saw over the years in Texas. Trust me. I love Texas, we are average at best at putting fires out and doing the proper things to prevent them. Creative, i'll give you that. And improvement are being made. Day in and day out Texas firefighters are just not exposed to the complexities that exist in California to ever have the same experience and skillset.

I agree that California has a lot of problems, and politics that are all over the place. I don't see anything major changes in the horizon. This problem existed well before biden, trump, or newsome and it will continue on like it has for decades. You're best off not living there. If you chose to live there, you had better have enough money on hand to rebuild and be willing to quickly evacuate. Thats that, I don't see a cure to the problem, not more money, not more of anything. If you live on an active volcano you have to accept the fact that one day, you might lose it all. its basically the same thing.

I hope everyone stays safe, and does their part to help reduce the risk of wildfires. Remember what Smokey Bear said.

Also, Fox Business is reporting that FAIR, the California insurance of last resort that over 1,000 homeowners were forced into because California won’t allow insurance companies to include reinsurance (insurance for the insurance company itself) into the cost to the policy holder, was on the hook $458 BILLION. FAIR currently has $700 million cash on hand.

this right here pizzes me off. You're right we (the rest of the country) are gonna get stuck paying the bill for these multimillionaires and their multimillion dollar homes.