Marketplace NPR program had a helpful segment on today, with the CA Insurance commish. Except for the part about googling for the phone number, there was some helpful info in there.

#CAWildfires #wildfires #EatonFire #PallisadesFire #insurance #Disasters

https://www.marketplace.org/shows/marketplace-morning-report/navigating-the-maze-of-insurance-after-destructive-fires/

Question:

Didn't google maps had Crisis-related alerts once? What happened?
Did Trump say
"Do not mention the #wildfires !!! (!) People need hotels and ATMs"
or what?

I mean they are probably not as evil as Elmo or Mark but any hint would be nice.

But hey, am just working on with federated geocoding and stabil federated local knowledge bases - it won't be for nothing.

#eatonfire #pallisadesfire

The following is a series of reposts of a Reddit user anakaine, who is a Fire Scientist at one of the #Australian agency.

He was opinionating about the likelihood of #pallisadesfire repeating in Oz.

"To reduce risk you either need to:
1. Manage fuel.
2. Manage weather.
3. Remove people and property from an otherwise unmanaged area.
4. Change ecology of an area.

Of the above, only option 1 is really viable, unless you're chain dragging a paddock, in which case 4 becomes an option (but now you need to manage grass fires)."

1/x

#bushfire #fire

About the LA Fires: State Farm and other insurers dropped fire coverage for everyone (I think countywide) effective the end of 2024. Replacing the coverage proved time consuming to impossible. Many many are NOT insured. I know two who weren't insured because of this fiasco; one lost their family house.

The photo is of a friend's mother's house and I did not take it.

#BoostingIsSharing

#lafire #fire #pallisadesfire #Photography #Photo #Wildfire #BushFire #BrushFire #Writer #Author #WritersOfMastodon #WritingCommunity

Since #PresidentMusk's puppet insists on #playingPresident, the #media should be asking #Trump what he is doing to coordinate with #PresidentBiden to help the #Pallisadesfire victims and make sure the response is uninterrupted across #InaugurationDay. Is Trump using #Musk's control over the #HouseRepublicans to fast track aid?

Ignore all his blathering about nonsense and force him to talk about the #American people and their needs. Remember #grocery #prices...?

#HurtsFire 505 acres

#EatonFire 2,227 acres

#Pallisadesfire 2,925 acres

01/08/2025 - 7 am