tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16816866.post1000387915571923069..comments2024-02-29T02:10:56.878-08:00Comments on J O S H U A P U N D I T: Back Home - The Things You Can't Leave BehindFreedom Fighterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13649470110087808596noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16816866.post-54766029723251082772009-09-01T10:27:28.587-07:002009-09-01T10:27:28.587-07:00i'm happy that you are good nowi'm happy that you are good nowWhat Antique Furniturehttp://www.whatantiquefurniture.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16816866.post-32566966384931477412009-08-31T17:30:15.070-07:002009-08-31T17:30:15.070-07:00Hi louie,
Thanks for the good wishes.Let's hop...Hi louie,<br />Thanks for the good wishes.Let's hope my run of luck holds.<br />Here's the problem with your suggestion.<br /><br />First, we are talking about a very large expanse of territory and rough terrain,( mostly non-residential) and no, water, electricity, gas etc. isn't run through all these areas. A lot of them don't even have roads.These fires generally start in remote, non-populated wilderness. <br /><br />It's also VERY VERY DRY, especially when you have a few years of successive drought like we have.And there are far too many people in CA for the existing infrastructure. <br /><br /> A lot of these fires happen much closer to the ocean, in places like the Malibu hills and the Santa Monica Mountains,and the last big ones were in Laguna and Santa Barbara, and in Ventura County so access to water isn't a problem. This time,it is.<br /><br />Another factor is the state's wack job environmentalists, who sue and lobby to keep brush clearance in mountain areas at a minimum. So of the areas burning now haven't been burnt in forty, fifty years.<br /><br />RE: Monkey, I'm sure he would have made room for us up in his Hollywood Hills place,but with him, Gruppstein and Baby Monkey it would have been way overcrowded. <br /><br />Some things are better left imagined.Freedom Fighterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13649470110087808596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16816866.post-7397871277490630542009-08-31T17:04:55.374-07:002009-08-31T17:04:55.374-07:00first, i'm glad you/yours are safe. let's...first, i'm glad you/yours are safe. let's stay that way, ok? i can see your position/outlook on what to do about leaving. it must be a very surreal feeling. <br />the reason i go to southeastern oklahoma so often is to be around a familiar/friendly ghost as well.<br /><br />with that said, allow me to be a stick in the mud.<br />i've never understood these fires.<br />every year, in different areas, we in flyover country hear about these fires.<br />the utilites can string electricity, water, sewer, and natural gas through these areas. why not tap the water system for a network of hydrants that are accessible in areas that are prone to fires. nothing like a 100 foot grid, but maybe a 2 mile grid.<br />i've made this comment to others from southern kahleefornia and they say i don't understand the layout of this territory. that's correct, i don't, but i do know that thousands of dollars in damage are done year in and year out by these fires and it sounds as though no one is interested in doing any type of prevention.<br /><br /><br /><i>and what would you leave behind?<br /></i><br /><br />monkey boy.louielouienoreply@blogger.com