The situation in Los Angeles is not good. Now, it’s the winds. It’s horrible to watch and there are more neighborhoods under threat:
Firefighters were slowly making progress in their battle to contain the inferno that has burned wide areas of Los Angeles’ Pacific Palisades neighborhood to the ground, but spreading flames and strong winds still threatened communities in the populous San Fernando Valley on Sunday.
Aircraft dropped water and fire retardant on steep hills to stem the eastward spread of the Palisades Fire and KTLA television reported that ground crews had managed to save a number of houses, although others were lost.
“LA County had another night of unimaginable terror and heartbreak,” Los Angeles County Supervisor Lindsey Horvath said.
Six simultaneous blazes that have ripped across the second-largest U.S. city since Tuesday had killed at least 14 people as of Sunday morning. At least 16 people are estimated to be missing.
California Governor Gavin Newsom said he expected the death toll to rise. “I’ve got search and rescue teams out. We’ve got cadaver dogs out and there’s likely to be a lot more,” he told NBC’s “Meet the Press” program.
It’s unreal that we’re watching scenes like this in a civilized country. You’d expect the fire hydrants to pump water, but not in Los Angeles. It’s a horror movie except that this time it’s not Hollywood making it.
There is a lot of blame to go around. Yes, Mayor Bass is in over her head and Governor Newsom is not far behind. However, what we are seeing here is the collapse of the blue model. The Democrat Way used to be about taking care of workers and their families, but this is not your father’s party. This modern version of the Democrats is more into pronouns, making excuses for criminals, and making everything about race.
We have not started counting heads for the 2030 census but the projections don’t look for the guys with a “D” on their caps. This is what we are expecting to happen: