Josh Smith
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But the other thing with these power lines is like in Montana, when we trim trees and vegetation away from our power lines, we have the advantage that shit doesn't grow around here for like six, seven months. In California, your vegetation is growing 12 months out of the year. You know, again, who's going to pay for all that, right?
But the other thing with these power lines is like in Montana, when we trim trees and vegetation away from our power lines, we have the advantage that shit doesn't grow around here for like six, seven months. In California, your vegetation is growing 12 months out of the year. You know, again, who's going to pay for all that, right?
And even if you do that, like you were talking about the brush management and the trees and all that stuff in just subdivisions, like who's going to pay to keep the brush growing you know, to a non-dangerous fire level in an entire state that's already broke.
And even if you do that, like you were talking about the brush management and the trees and all that stuff in just subdivisions, like who's going to pay to keep the brush growing you know, to a non-dangerous fire level in an entire state that's already broke.
And even if you do that, like you were talking about the brush management and the trees and all that stuff in just subdivisions, like who's going to pay to keep the brush growing you know, to a non-dangerous fire level in an entire state that's already broke.
Yeah, bank's not going to loan against it. No, and a lot of times insurance companies will loan, I know because I burned my house down, will insure you against like your own kind of accidents, right? If you're burning pine needles or you cigarette or a candle or something like that, but they won't on the act of God stuff. So floods.
Yeah, bank's not going to loan against it. No, and a lot of times insurance companies will loan, I know because I burned my house down, will insure you against like your own kind of accidents, right? If you're burning pine needles or you cigarette or a candle or something like that, but they won't on the act of God stuff. So floods.
Yeah, bank's not going to loan against it. No, and a lot of times insurance companies will loan, I know because I burned my house down, will insure you against like your own kind of accidents, right? If you're burning pine needles or you cigarette or a candle or something like that, but they won't on the act of God stuff. So floods.
Force fires. Yeah. Yeah. I don't know. And even as far as rebuilding that, There again, with the infrastructure that all has to be put back in, all those gas rig stations that all got burned, like everything has to be inspected and brought back up to a safe standard. Power lines have to be rebuilt, all the junction cans, transformers, like substations.
Force fires. Yeah. Yeah. I don't know. And even as far as rebuilding that, There again, with the infrastructure that all has to be put back in, all those gas rig stations that all got burned, like everything has to be inspected and brought back up to a safe standard. Power lines have to be rebuilt, all the junction cans, transformers, like substations.
Force fires. Yeah. Yeah. I don't know. And even as far as rebuilding that, There again, with the infrastructure that all has to be put back in, all those gas rig stations that all got burned, like everything has to be inspected and brought back up to a safe standard. Power lines have to be rebuilt, all the junction cans, transformers, like substations.
I mean, there's a massive amount of work that has to happen before you can even hook a house up to that system, to that grid. So they have a long road ahead of them.
I mean, there's a massive amount of work that has to happen before you can even hook a house up to that system, to that grid. So they have a long road ahead of them.
I mean, there's a massive amount of work that has to happen before you can even hook a house up to that system, to that grid. So they have a long road ahead of them.
Yeah. I don't know. It's a challenge. I mean, we raised $325,000 through that Heller high water deal that we just did half of that. We're going to, we're actually going to build a family, a home in North Carolina with half of that. We're, uh, I guess kind of announcing it here, but we're working with Tulsi Gabbard's sister.
Yeah. I don't know. It's a challenge. I mean, we raised $325,000 through that Heller high water deal that we just did half of that. We're going to, we're actually going to build a family, a home in North Carolina with half of that. We're, uh, I guess kind of announcing it here, but we're working with Tulsi Gabbard's sister.
Yeah. I don't know. It's a challenge. I mean, we raised $325,000 through that Heller high water deal that we just did half of that. We're going to, we're actually going to build a family, a home in North Carolina with half of that. We're, uh, I guess kind of announcing it here, but we're working with Tulsi Gabbard's sister.