Los Angeles Fires...

SirNotAppearing · 11-01-2025, 11:20 AM

Originally Posted by Peaky:

$3m covers a hell of a lot of rebuild cost, especially in the US with their construction approach... pretty sure most of the value of those properties is the land and building rights.

Obviously there will be a long wait to find capacity in the construction industry to rebuild at this scale though, and plenty inflation of quotes especially with all the delays and frictions that will come from insurance and lawyers. As an example Christchurch still isn't looking very finished...

Can't even imagine how much insurance premiums are going to go up in CA after this.

mrgoodkat · 11-01-2025, 11:33 AM

Originally Posted by hullexile:

Sympathy should not a limited resource.

It's kind of a useless resource though.

Peaky · 11-01-2025, 11:34 AM

Uninsurable I'd say... but a wealthy and noisy constituency so it'll fall back to the state or even federal level. Hope you're all still praying for Paris Hilton

chobochobo · 11-01-2025, 11:42 AM

Originally Posted by hullexile:

Nature is stronger than money.

Absolutely. I'm just talking out of my ar*e, but if it was Putins house at risk, he'd get engineers to dig a mile wide ditch around it as a firebreak. How does fire spread so quickly in an urban environment?

hullexile · 11-01-2025, 12:35 PM

Originally Posted by chobochobo:

Absolutely. I'm just talking out of my ar*e, but if it was Putins house at risk, he'd get engineers to dig a mile wide ditch around it as a firebreak. How does fire spread so quickly in an urban environment?

A, lot of highly flammable stuff including petrol, gas as well as the buildings. Watch the videos of the fire in Hawaii.

SirNotAppearing · 11-01-2025, 01:14 PM

Originally Posted by chobochobo:

Absolutely. I'm just talking out of my ar*e, but if it was Putins house at risk, he'd get engineers to dig a mile wide ditch around it as a firebreak. How does fire spread so quickly in an urban environment?

Home to nice wooden fence to cedar deck to home, etc.

hullexile · 11-01-2025, 01:14 PM

Just watching a CNN report on an immigrant family, construction worker, carer. The family have lost all their three homes (him, parents, uncle). Relying on donated clothes. As I said, not all rich.