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Maddog · Go Outside

RE: Palisades Fires

Syl · FIRM BUT FAIR.

Crazy, tax payers money here goes more on housing illegals and asylum seekers rather than the home grown homeless.

Maddog · Go Outside

Syl wrote:
Crazy, tax payers money here goes more on housing illegals and asylum seekers rather than the home grown homeless.

I'm not saying some of our homeless aren't also asylum seekers..And tax payers pay to house asylum seekers at least temporarily, but we have a bigger problem with people who were born here.

In any event, I can assure you that military type barracks don't cost even 10% of $600K per unit amd they would suffice just fine..

Red Okktober · Getting Gobby

I can't imagine what it must be like to knowing your home is about to go up in flames and have to choose a few possesions to leave with.

Everything gone

I was reading about a guy who made all his own furniture over I think 30 years or so. All gone - things that can't ever be replaced by any amount of insurance.

Meanwhile - wtf are Harry and Meghan doing there? Anything for a photo op. The scumbags have no shame,

www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/clyewx419k3o

Vita · Know It All

Red Okktober wrote:
I can't imagine what it must be like to knowing your home is about to go up in flames and have to choose a few possesions to leave with.

Everything gone

I was reading about a guy who made all his own furniture over I think 30 years or so. All gone - things that can't ever be replaced by any amount of insurance.

Meanwhile - wtf are Harry and Meghan doing there? Anything for a photo op. The scumbags have no shame,

www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/clyewx419k3o

Hello Red, it's nice to see you.

Big game for Arsenal today in the cup.

Anyway...it was mortifying seeing those two hugging folk and rushing to the rescue centre with insincere looks on their faces.

Plus releasing a letter from 'The office of Prince Harry and Meghan'

-- Edited by Vita on Sunday 12th of January 2025 12:54:08 AM

Red Okktober · Getting Gobby

Vita wrote:
Red Okktober wrote:
I can't imagine what it must be like to knowing your home is about to go up in flames and have to choose a few possesions to leave with.

Everything gone

I was reading about a guy who made all his own furniture over I think 30 years or so. All gone - things that can't ever be replaced by any amount of insurance.

Meanwhile - wtf are Harry and Meghan doing there? Anything for a photo op. The scumbags have no shame,

www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/clyewx419k3o
Hello Red, it's nice to see you.
Big game for Arsenal today in the cup.
Anyway...it was mortifying seeing those two hugging folk and rushing to the rescue centre with insincere looks on their faces.
Plus releasing a letter from 'The office of Prince Harry and Meghan'

-- Edited by Vita on Sunday 12th of January 2025 12:54:08 AM

Hello Vita,

It's nauseating to see those two getting involved. I can just imagine her sending a minion out for a LA Dodgers baseball cap before being driven the 92 miles to hug a stranger in front of the cameras. And what a patronising statement on their 'office website':

"If a friend, loved one, or pet has to evacuate and you are able to offer them a safe haven in your home, please do. And be sure to check in with any disabled or elderly neighbors to see if they need help evacuating,” their statement continued. The couple added, “Some families and people have been left with nothing. Please consider donating clothing, children’s toys & clothing, and other essentials.”

More hopeful than confident about the match - both teams are playing poorly ATM - how the mighty have fallen!

Date: Jan 12 8:32 AM, 2025

Red Okktober wrote:
I can't imagine what it must be like to knowing your home is about to go up in flames and have to choose a few possesions to leave with.

Everything gone

But wasn't it you who once called for a UK hostel housing asylum seekers to be burned down?

Syl · FIRM BUT FAIR.

Red Okktober wrote:
Vita wrote:
Red Okktober wrote:
I can't imagine what it must be like to knowing your home is about to go up in flames and have to choose a few possesions to leave with.

Everything gone

I was reading about a guy who made all his own furniture over I think 30 years or so. All gone - things that can't ever be replaced by any amount of insurance.

Meanwhile - wtf are Harry and Meghan doing there? Anything for a photo op. The scumbags have no shame,

www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/clyewx419k3o
Hello Red, it's nice to see you.
Big game for Arsenal today in the cup.
Anyway...it was mortifying seeing those two hugging folk and rushing to the rescue centre with insincere looks on their faces.
Plus releasing a letter from 'The office of Prince Harry and Meghan'

-- Edited by Vita on Sunday 12th of January 2025 12:54:08 AM
Hello Vita,
It's nauseating to see those two getting involved. I can just imagine her sending a minion out for a LA Dodgers baseball cap before being driven the 92 miles to hug a stranger in front of the cameras. And what a patronising statement on their 'office website':
"If a friend, loved one, or pet has to evacuate and you are able to offer them a safe haven in your home, please do. And be sure to check in with any disabled or elderly neighbors to see if they need help evacuating,” their statement continued. The couple added, “Some families and people have been left with nothing. Please consider donating clothing, children’s toys & clothing, and other essentials.”
More hopeful than confident about the match - both teams are playing poorly ATM - how the mighty have fallen!

She is insufferable.

A while ago she took herself (and her camera crew) to a charity centre. She had brought her sons second hand clothes to be donated.

She insisted all the new mums got on the floor and form a circle so it would be more intimate. Some women had babies on their laps, some were obviously uncomfortable to be sitting on the floor, but that didn't matter as long as the camera angle was good for her.

Syl · FIRM BUT FAIR.

Found the clip...someone, make her stop.

Vita · Know It All

Red Okktober wrote:
Vita wrote:
Red Okktober wrote:
I can't imagine what it must be like to knowing your home is about to go up in flames and have to choose a few possesions to leave with.

Everything gone

I was reading about a guy who made all his own furniture over I think 30 years or so. All gone - things that can't ever be replaced by any amount of insurance.

Meanwhile - wtf are Harry and Meghan doing there? Anything for a photo op. The scumbags have no shame,

www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/clyewx419k3o
Hello Red, it's nice to see you.
Big game for Arsenal today in the cup.
Anyway...it was mortifying seeing those two hugging folk and rushing to the rescue centre with insincere looks on their faces.
Plus releasing a letter from 'The office of Prince Harry and Meghan'

-- Edited by Vita on Sunday 12th of January 2025 12:54:08 AM
Hello Vita,
It's nauseating to see those two getting involved. I can just imagine her sending a minion out for a LA Dodgers baseball cap before being driven the 92 miles to hug a stranger in front of the cameras. And what a patronising statement on their 'office website':
"If a friend, loved one, or pet has to evacuate and you are able to offer them a safe haven in your home, please do. And be sure to check in with any disabled or elderly neighbors to see if they need help evacuating,” their statement continued. The couple added, “Some families and people have been left with nothing. Please consider donating clothing, children’s toys & clothing, and other essentials.”
More hopeful than confident about the match - both teams are playing poorly ATM - how the mighty have fallen!

Like the time she went to the scene of the school shooting and brought a camera crew along.

Nothing is sincere with her, she has that fake smile down to a fine art.

Bad luck yesterday Red, I hate losing games on penalties.

We lost a cup final last month on penalties.

🙁

Digger · Admin

Anyone else think this is a bit off?

A British former child star who was blind and had cerebral palsy said 'leave me' before dying in the Los Angeles wildfires, his heartbroken mother revealed.

Rory Callum Sykes, 32, lost his life when his self-contained cottage on his mother's estate in Malibu, California, burned down on Thursday.

Shelley Sykes rushed to her local fire department after struggling to get through to the emergency services to move her son Rory from his home next to her property, while flames surrounded the area.

She was suffering a broken arm at the time of the tragedy, meaning she had not been able to evacuate her 6ft 5in son on her own.

'He said, "Mum, leave me", and no mum can leave their kid, and I've got a broken arm. I couldn't lift him. I couldn't move him,' she revealed.

'He was my baby, and he died needlessly,' the mother added. 'Guess what didn't work? 911. All the phone lines were down.'

Ms Sykes drove 400 metres to her local fire station to ask for help and was told they had 'no water', Australian TV channel 10 News reported.

'When the fire department brought me back, his cottage was burned to the ground,' the mother said.

Ms Sykes said her son, who appeared on TV show Kiddy Kapers as a child, died of carbon monoxide poisoning.

Syl · FIRM BUT FAIR.

I can't imagine anyone choosing to die in a fire.

Digger · Admin

When I first read this awful story I thought how dreadful it was. How sad and utterly tragic. Then this woman posted a video the day after her son died, in full make up, laughing and shedding a few tears. If that were my child, I'd be fucking distraught, never mind putting on a full face and sitting down to be interviewed. I'd be a weeping mess.

So, she had a broken arm, which some are now saying was actually broken in 2023. But could get into her car and drive down the road. She says she couldn't lift her son who couldn't walk yet in earlier interviews her son had learned to walk and is photographed standing next to her. Where was his wheelchair? Why the hell didn't she evacuate him knowing he had mobility issues and knowing a fire was coming close? There there's an interview when he was a kid and she's saying when the doctors told her Rory had CP she said 'Great!, I thought he was a blind cabbage.'

He lived in a self contained cottage but couldn't move or walk on his own according to her.

I don't know about anyone else but I'd have lifted him out of that house if it broke my back to do so.

-- Edited by Digger on Monday 13th of January 2025 05:21:56 PM

Digger · Admin

Syl wrote:
I can't imagine anyone choosing to die in a fire.

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Syl · FIRM BUT FAIR.

Digger wrote:
Syl wrote:
I can't imagine anyone choosing to die in a fire.

He chose not to leave his son...I can understand that.

Magica · Go Outside

Syl wrote:
Digger wrote:
Syl wrote:
I can't imagine anyone choosing to die in a fire.

He chose not to leave his son...I can understand that.

Awww so sad, but so brave. I wouldn't have left my child either.

Maddog · Go Outside

People have been leaving that area for years. I think this will be a Katrina like event that creates "refugees" that just never go back.

You have to really screw things up to make people want to leave that scenery and weather.

They have done that.

Date: Jan 13 8:09 PM, 2025

Probably going to sound heartless here...there is no way I would risk my life like some have to save my home. Granted memories/keepsakes etc are irreplaceable however what good are those if you're dead?

What will a domestic hosepipe do if firefighters cannot control and extinguish the fires? - I've just read that a couple of people were found (dead) with hosepipes. I suppose panic and fear take hold, a fight or flight scenario.

jackb · 1000 Posts!?

The California Wildfires Won't Stop Until We Do This

Digger · Admin

Anonymous wrote:
Probably going to sound heartless here...there is no way I would risk my life like some have to save my home. Granted memories/keepsakes etc are irreplaceable however what good are those if you're dead?
What will a domestic hosepipe do if firefighters cannot control and extinguish the fires? - I've just read that a couple of people were found (dead) with hosepipes. I suppose panic and fear take hold, a fight or flight scenario.

Apparently, a few people did save their homes with hosepipes.

ChaoticMusings

The California Wildfires Won't Stop Until We Do This

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