junkyardhero
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best wishes to your fam. it's poppin' off in the hills right now. runyon is burning and studio city just lit off on the other side.
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I do not "play firefighter in a little town". I have 21 years at a department that ranks as one of the top ten largest in the state of California. Which you know, from our previous private conversations (which I have). So, saying otherwise in public to try and discredit me is REALLY low of you. I might also add unwise, because I can prove you knew.
Your "subject matter expertise" - I have over 25 years in the fire service from volunteer to Fed to full time paid municipal firefighter, a degree in fire science and more certs than I even remember at this point. That's more than double the time you have in the fire service. Maybe I spent most of it as a "city guy", but I've been deployed all over the state, and in other states, and fought plenty of wildland fire over the years and especially when I started. I've literally cut hand line shoulder to shoulder with hot shots on initial attack, and I did that before YOU even started.
I am not a subject matter expert in firefighting, and I would never claim to be one. Those guys write books and teach classes. You sure as hell aren't one, and not even close. You should know that, because 12 years in the fire service is long enough that you probably met a few actual subject matter experts. Enough to know better than to claim to be one.
I'm done with this. I suggest you leave my service out of any of your future posts.
That was a wise move. I wish them the best of luck and safety.
You discredit yourself. Saying the Cleveland is a desert is like saying the earth is flat. You’re making it up.
I know a lot of guys that bounced around for 21 years and didn’t do anything too. Being assigned to fires doesn’t mean you went deep into fires in wilderness areas, spiked out for 2 weeks and got thrown into the grinder. You probably sat at the engine doing mop up and just generally being in the way of Feds and CalFire. I know a lot of municiple agency qual/cert whores that never went out and got their dick knocked in the dirt year after year on a shot crew. That’s how you become an SME. There is no qualification for Subject Matter Expert but look at my pics of my station in the middle of a 17,000 acre fire. I’ve done it many times but you surely haven’t had that charge of making a stand like that with a crew of 5. That’s my resume. I can produce more evidence too.
@72bluNblu I asked you to PM me for any further. Go back thru this thread and start reading my posts from the beginning and you’ll see that you’re whole reason for doing your USUAL thing (arguing for no reason) is asinine.
Please read and digest post #16. You are arguing the same points I made there. You clearly didn’t digest my words.
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Unconventional
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Fun in Pacific Palisades
Some of vice-vice president Elon's junk probly took that picture
My mother just got a call from her cousin in Altadena (Eaton fire):
They haven't lost the house yet, but they evacuated early this morning. All are safe, including their pets (2 dogs and a cat). More apropos to this forum though, they had "numerous" cars in offsite storage (I know of at least one AMG and one Porsche), and as far as they know, based on maps and hearsay info, all of them are (probably) gone.
Louie (mom's cousin) told her that if the house survives, they're going to sell. And it if doesn't, they're not going back.
They haven't lost the house yet, but they evacuated early this morning. All are safe, including their pets (2 dogs and a cat). More apropos to this forum though, they had "numerous" cars in offsite storage (I know of at least one AMG and one Porsche), and as far as they know, based on maps and hearsay info, all of them are (probably) gone.
Louie (mom's cousin) told her that if the house survives, they're going to sell. And it if doesn't, they're not going back.
My family on my mom's side live in Los Angeles, Bell Gardens and Sanbernadeno, how ever it is spelled...... I was born in Sacramento, I reached out to three of them on FB last night and this morning... no reply yet
My mother's cousin (see response #80) told her that cell service is intermittent at best, and I've been reading about internet outages all over the place this morning.My family on my mom's side live in Los Angeles, Bell Gardens and Sanbernadeno, how ever it is spelled...... I was born in Sacramento, I reached out to three of them on FB last night and this morning... no reply yet
Isn't there an ammunition factory there ? My aunt Dorellie worked there and he doughter. Maybe just punching out she'll casing
Don't know, but I'll tell mom to ask Louie when they next make a connection.
And Good Luck to your family, Mike.
Thank you so much, I lived in the Norwalk area when I was 7 living with my Grandmother brother, he had a cement pond and a beuityful home with my favorite place his Den, now they call it man cave
Uncle Lenard kept a prescription of Play boy , my first peak 
I like Dairy Queen.
Unconventional
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Huge number of customers without power also 100K+ many not in the fire areas.
I've read 2 of so far 4 pages of this. Lunch break is done. I just wanna ask is any of this near what (I think was called) the glass fire of 2-3 years ago?
I know Doug Dutra was a part of that a few years ago and lost a bunch
I know Doug Dutra was a part of that a few years ago and lost a bunch
oi81b4uu812b4
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Just heard in the news there’s 0% containment of the fires and they need all the help they can get in California. If you have firefighting experience and were part of the cut backs they had they people need your help. Not arguing or grandstanding with knowledge.
Unconventional
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The wind probably keeping them from flying again also.
One of my buddies from MN is a bomber captain, last I talked to him they're still on the ground.
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