California Wildfires

[Allen]

I have a cousin who lives there but so far his home is still intact. He says that his children and grandchildren have been evacuated but has no info on whether their home still exists.

These are the types I have sympathy for. While these fires are no worse that a major hurricane a lot of these residents are between a rock and a hard place by not being able to sell out and move because their houses can't be insured. Meanwhile property values are skyrocketing to where they are having to pay outrageous taxes. What good is a $2M home if the expenses are crippling and you can't sell it? Also, not all residents voted for nor support the current administration. Does a vote in CA really mean anything?

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The photos look like the photos of Berlin in 1945. Block after block of rubble.

I had the exact same thoughts.

[Allen]

Now, an earthquake where the fires are.

Is God trying to tell them something ????

If so, NYC will be next.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencet...wildfires.html

[Allen]

For those who had their insurance dropped, the very rich can simply rebuild and pay for it. The majority may not be able to rebuild and won't be able to secure a mortgage. Those who had ins will probably not get replacement value and all the ins companies will probably balk at paying much of anything. As always, everyone's ins rates will go up across the country.

There will be plenty of lawsuits coming up I feel.

[Allen]

I read an article about this woman who lived in a huge trailer park near Malibu who stated that replacing her house (trailer) wouldn't be a big deal, but would miss all the irreplaceable items she lost.

This may not be the case. I will be very surprised if a lot of zoning and new regulations aren't established after this like building houses with flame retardant material, spaces between houses being greater, no trailers, limited number of cars allowed in some areas, etc...

During one of our yearly nearby hurricanes a tsunami wiped out houses for several blocks inland near the Gulf of Mexico. After that new regulations prohibited rebuilding unless the houses were on pilings or somehow raised to certain higher levels. Some of these homes could have been saved but had to be leveled due to the new restrictions. I see similar things happening in CA especially due to ins company demands.

[Allen]

Anytime residents are evacuated looters move in for the kill.

We see a lot of it here though the news media keeps it quiet.

Now in CA some of the looters are dressed as firemen so no one would say anything if they were noticed. If caught stealing they could always come up with something like "trying to protect it" or "sending this to the owners so it won't be looted".

This is one thing that keeps people from leaving their homes plus they can't return to them for days afterward for all the debris, downed power lines on the roads.

[Allen]

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[Oyaji]

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