California wildfires are “historic”

[sojourner]

Quite the pic:

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Wow.

Ah, I see. Fake. Shame.

 

[Petcha]

Wow.

It's not real

 

[sojourner]

It's not real

I know that. Now. I posted without getting to the end.

 

[moochedit]

It's not real

The internet lied to me

 

[Petcha]

I did wonder about insurance claims. C4 are currently doing a piece on this. Apparently some insurance companies will be unable to cover it and they themselves will go out of business. One firm has $37bn exposure there

 

[Petcha]

Very strange response from the mayor. Ie. No response.



Surely just a few words?

 

[Happy Tree]

GTA5 will need an update

 

[ska invita]

I met someone from NY state in October gone saying lots of Californians are moving east because of climate change... Has pushed up cost of housing and availability.
Can't find a link with stats but this is from 2020

Only going to get worse

I Left California Because of Climate Change

Migration due to fires and hurricanes is already happening.

slate.com

 

[ska invita]

$52 billion in insurance claims according to one insurance forecaster

$52 Billion Cost Would Rank LA Fires Among Worst US Disasters

(Bloomberg) -- A preliminary estimate of the financial impact of the Los Angeles blazes ranks the incident among the costliest ever natural disasters in the US, and likely the nation’s most expensive ever wildfire.Most Read from BloombergNYC Condo Owners May Bear Costs of Landmark Green Building...

uk.finance.yahoo.com

 

[Yossarian]

Naturally Trump is blaming this on the Governor and Mayor. Nothing to do with man-made climate change.

Apparently there is a water main in Northern California that Gov. Newsom needs to personally open up that will solve all the problems of Southern California

 

[Yuwipi Woman]

I did wonder about insurance claims. C4 are currently doing a piece on this. Apparently some insurance companies will be unable to cover it and they themselves will go out of business. One firm has $37bn exposure there

There's going to be a lot of uninsured people. Over the last few years, a lot of companies have decided not to cover anything in California. State Farm left a year ago. Those that have insurance have seen unprecedented rise in premiums. Even where I'm at the cost has risen faster than inflation and my insurance is now more than my property taxes, which are the 6th highest in the country.

 

[Cloo]

gsv has contacted his cousin Y who lives around Beverley Hills (yes, they very rich). They were out of town and are OK, they're a few miles away from the fire, but I'm guessing it's not moving in their direction as it doesn't sound like they're been told to evacuate.

 

[Shippou-Sensei]

There's going to be a lot of uninsured people. Over the last few years, a lot of companies have decided not to cover anything in California. State Farm left a year ago. Those that have insurance have seen unprecedented rise in premiums. Even where I'm at the cost has risen faster than inflation and my insurance is now more than my property taxes, which are the 6th highest in the country.

A problem even Luigi would struggle with.

I hear the same is true across Florida. Too many storm events for insurance to handle.

 

[Flavour]

Good to some celebrities and rich cunts lose their homes tho

 

[Sasaferrato]

What a clown, 'the other can't fill the reservoirs', that would be because, err <checks notes>, a fucking drough

It is a failure. California has unlimited solar power, they should have been building cisterns filled with semi-desalinated sea water, you cannot simply flood the area with pure sea water because you kill the land.

I would bet a lot of money that when this is over work will start, Too late for this time, as always.

It always takes an utter catastrophe to kick start prevention.

 

[Sasaferrato]

Good to some celebrities and rich cunts lose their homes tho

No. It isn't.

 

[SpookyFrank]

I did wonder about insurance claims. C4 are currently doing a piece on this. Apparently some insurance companies will be unable to cover it and they themselves will go out of business. One firm has $37bn exposure there

My in laws have a property in northern California in a forest area and you can't get fire insurance on it. It's a question of when, not if it burns down.

 

[rubbershoes]

I did wonder about insurance claims. C4 are currently doing a piece on this. Apparently some insurance companies will be unable to cover it and they themselves will go out of business. One firm has $37bn exposure there

I'm sure they have re-insurance in America

 

[girasol]

It's not real

Urban needs an emoticon to indicate we think something posted is fake, which is what I though when I saw that Hollywood sign burning photo.

So, all the rich people whose houses were burned down will be fine and move somewhere else - but of course this will affect the economy that supports those rich people. I wonder if they'll ever even rebuild in those areas? I know I'd never go back if my house got burned down like that. The trauma! I'd move somewhere else entirely.

 

[Johnny Vodka]

No. It isn't.

I'd rather see the effects of climate change taken out on the super rich rather than the super poor, though. After all,

World’s richest use up their fair share of 2025 carbon budget in 10 days

Emissions caused by wealthiest 1% so far this year would take someone from poorest 50% three years to create

www.theguardian.com

When it affects the rich, maybe something will eventually get done about it. Maybe.