Greg Pierce

Yeah, I'm in Los Angeles. I'm OK. Everyone I know is safe. A close relative lost their home and plenty of people were evacuated. and facing much worse things than me. But yes, I am in Los Angeles.

Yeah, I'm in Los Angeles. I'm OK. Everyone I know is safe. A close relative lost their home and plenty of people were evacuated. and facing much worse things than me. But yes, I am in Los Angeles.

Yeah, I'm in Los Angeles. I'm OK. Everyone I know is safe. A close relative lost their home and plenty of people were evacuated. and facing much worse things than me. But yes, I am in Los Angeles.

I can't say that I had that thought independently. And I guess in some ways, I think, you know, it's a little bit of a boring story, but what the public officials have been saying, though, is true.

I can't say that I had that thought independently. And I guess in some ways, I think, you know, it's a little bit of a boring story, but what the public officials have been saying, though, is true.

I can't say that I had that thought independently. And I guess in some ways, I think, you know, it's a little bit of a boring story, but what the public officials have been saying, though, is true.

by my judgment and everyone i've talked to who actually knows about the topic which is that urban water systems aren't equipped to fight wildfires of this nature but when i first heard or actually saw the smoke plume as i was coming to ucla that day i didn't know that it was going to be such an intense fire and that our you know ability to fight it would be so poor

by my judgment and everyone i've talked to who actually knows about the topic which is that urban water systems aren't equipped to fight wildfires of this nature but when i first heard or actually saw the smoke plume as i was coming to ucla that day i didn't know that it was going to be such an intense fire and that our you know ability to fight it would be so poor

by my judgment and everyone i've talked to who actually knows about the topic which is that urban water systems aren't equipped to fight wildfires of this nature but when i first heard or actually saw the smoke plume as i was coming to ucla that day i didn't know that it was going to be such an intense fire and that our you know ability to fight it would be so poor

Yeah, it's pretty simple in a way, which is that the water system in the Pacific Palisades, which is the city of Los Angeles' water system, the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, the largest and certainly among the most technically powerful Competent water systems in the county, if not the state, is not set up to fight wildfires.

Yeah, it's pretty simple in a way, which is that the water system in the Pacific Palisades, which is the city of Los Angeles' water system, the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, the largest and certainly among the most technically powerful Competent water systems in the county, if not the state, is not set up to fight wildfires.

Yeah, it's pretty simple in a way, which is that the water system in the Pacific Palisades, which is the city of Los Angeles' water system, the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, the largest and certainly among the most technically powerful Competent water systems in the county, if not the state, is not set up to fight wildfires.

The fire hydrants and the fire flow are really there for everyday fires, structure fires, whatnot. And that capacity to fight wildfires is not something that I'm aware of that any water system in the world has, especially when they grew this quickly, this fast.

The fire hydrants and the fire flow are really there for everyday fires, structure fires, whatnot. And that capacity to fight wildfires is not something that I'm aware of that any water system in the world has, especially when they grew this quickly, this fast.

The fire hydrants and the fire flow are really there for everyday fires, structure fires, whatnot. And that capacity to fight wildfires is not something that I'm aware of that any water system in the world has, especially when they grew this quickly, this fast.

That's not to say that if some things had not been different, that the water would have lasted a bit longer and gone a bit further. But it certainly wasn't going to stop a fire of this nature in its tracks and probably wasn't going to even make a big dent. I understand that's a kind of a frustrating or non-intuitive answer for folks, but that is the reality.

That's not to say that if some things had not been different, that the water would have lasted a bit longer and gone a bit further. But it certainly wasn't going to stop a fire of this nature in its tracks and probably wasn't going to even make a big dent. I understand that's a kind of a frustrating or non-intuitive answer for folks, but that is the reality.

That's not to say that if some things had not been different, that the water would have lasted a bit longer and gone a bit further. But it certainly wasn't going to stop a fire of this nature in its tracks and probably wasn't going to even make a big dent. I understand that's a kind of a frustrating or non-intuitive answer for folks, but that is the reality.

And again, it's been confirmed by everyone who seems to know about the topic. First of all, part of the reason why the water pressure runs dry is that, I mean, rationally, individual homeowners are leaving on their hoses and other things trying to water their own place. So the pressure is dropping because a lot of the private property around is trying to water.

And again, it's been confirmed by everyone who seems to know about the topic. First of all, part of the reason why the water pressure runs dry is that, I mean, rationally, individual homeowners are leaving on their hoses and other things trying to water their own place. So the pressure is dropping because a lot of the private property around is trying to water.