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Los Angeles burns, could it be the best thing to happen to LA? (self.casualconversation)

submitted 5 days ago by j4k3 to c/[email protected]

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The plague of NIMBY's may yield if a real plan is put in place to rebuild better. Vast areas could be rezoned for density. A way of addressing the enormous number of displaced people could also address the largest homeless population in the USA. The city that defines urban sprawl could be redefined. How does this play out?

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[–] j4k3 8 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

That is totally tangential. LA has always had winds from the desert after the solstice. This is not unusual weather. It is very common here. I've fought this pattern every year for a decade and a half on a bicycle commuting everywhere. The dry desert wind will be countered by the southern coastal. Then it will go back and forth until the southern pattern produces rain. It works like this every year.

[–] [email protected] -4 points 5 days ago (2 children)

You are just plain delusional. There's no other way to put it.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

No, seriously, fire season is very normal for california.

When the fuel sources build up enough (i.e. no periodic burns), it can quickly run rampant in housing areas (which are mostly made of wood).

It's so normal, it's part of the ecosystem lifecycle!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_California_wildfires

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaparral#Fire

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Except for this slight problem of things getting WORSE and MORE FREQUENT with this cycle.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

If you look at the Wikipedia on California wild fires you will see that no, it's not more frequent

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

ignoring the word worse

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago

They also list total acres burned, and no, its not worse.

[–] j4k3 0 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Please block me as I have done you.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 days ago

Please go ahead and block but don't tell other people what to do.