Greg Pierce

Yeah, that's a question a lot of people were asking who were honest about this. But yes, it appears the politics, you know, I'm not insensitive to the personal loss, had personal loss in my family through one of these fires. But the politics are dictating that apparently we're going to try to rebuild back everywhere.

Yeah, that's a question a lot of people were asking who were honest about this. But yes, it appears the politics, you know, I'm not insensitive to the personal loss, had personal loss in my family through one of these fires. But the politics are dictating that apparently we're going to try to rebuild back everywhere.

Yeah, that's a question a lot of people were asking who were honest about this. But yes, it appears the politics, you know, I'm not insensitive to the personal loss, had personal loss in my family through one of these fires. But the politics are dictating that apparently we're going to try to rebuild back everywhere.

I do want to make it clear, though, I think we can do, you know, maybe 50% to even 200% better with some expensive but not crazily expensive adjustments that would help us fight the typical fire better. But if a wildfire of the same nature or worse occurs, which is not outside the realm of possibility, then yeah, we're looking at a 5 to 15 times more expensive system. And we could do that.

I do want to make it clear, though, I think we can do, you know, maybe 50% to even 200% better with some expensive but not crazily expensive adjustments that would help us fight the typical fire better. But if a wildfire of the same nature or worse occurs, which is not outside the realm of possibility, then yeah, we're looking at a 5 to 15 times more expensive system. And we could do that.

I do want to make it clear, though, I think we can do, you know, maybe 50% to even 200% better with some expensive but not crazily expensive adjustments that would help us fight the typical fire better. But if a wildfire of the same nature or worse occurs, which is not outside the realm of possibility, then yeah, we're looking at a 5 to 15 times more expensive system. And we could do that.

We could pay for that. But that's a societal choice. And there are all sorts of sort of trade-off questions and societal value questions there that are really difficult to sort through.

We could pay for that. But that's a societal choice. And there are all sorts of sort of trade-off questions and societal value questions there that are really difficult to sort through.

We could pay for that. But that's a societal choice. And there are all sorts of sort of trade-off questions and societal value questions there that are really difficult to sort through.

Oh, absolutely. And you've already seen the politics at the city level, at the state level, and the federal level play into this.

Oh, absolutely. And you've already seen the politics at the city level, at the state level, and the federal level play into this.

Oh, absolutely. And you've already seen the politics at the city level, at the state level, and the federal level play into this.

Well, I don't think it was anyone's fault that there wasn't enough water because, again, from what I've been told and seen, that wasn't really possible. And no one, I can tell you for sure, no one was really talking about this a week ago or calling out that this area needed more water or that Los Angeles Department of Water and Power wasn't well equipped to fight this fire.

Well, I don't think it was anyone's fault that there wasn't enough water because, again, from what I've been told and seen, that wasn't really possible. And no one, I can tell you for sure, no one was really talking about this a week ago or calling out that this area needed more water or that Los Angeles Department of Water and Power wasn't well equipped to fight this fire.

Well, I don't think it was anyone's fault that there wasn't enough water because, again, from what I've been told and seen, that wasn't really possible. And no one, I can tell you for sure, no one was really talking about this a week ago or calling out that this area needed more water or that Los Angeles Department of Water and Power wasn't well equipped to fight this fire.

So I think they're going to find things, already things have been found that could have been done better. But I think the finger pointing there is largely political and was started at the city level and just escalated.

So I think they're going to find things, already things have been found that could have been done better. But I think the finger pointing there is largely political and was started at the city level and just escalated.

So I think they're going to find things, already things have been found that could have been done better. But I think the finger pointing there is largely political and was started at the city level and just escalated.

But in terms of finger pointing about what could be done in the future, I think that's more about how we've allowed people to get comfortable and not really anticipate that the climate change stories that we've already seen elsewhere hadn't quite experienced here with respect to fire were going to come to bear here, as well as us not wanting to pay for things that

But in terms of finger pointing about what could be done in the future, I think that's more about how we've allowed people to get comfortable and not really anticipate that the climate change stories that we've already seen elsewhere hadn't quite experienced here with respect to fire were going to come to bear here, as well as us not wanting to pay for things that