▲ 730 ▼ Thousands of Los Angeles homeowners were dropped by their insurers before the Palisades Fire (www.cbsnews.com) submitted 2 years ago by Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net to c/news@lemmy.world 226 comments fedilink hide all child comments Perhaps the most interesting part of the article:
[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) Yeah, but they caught a guy with a torch blower trying to start fires. I don't know if it's arson or not. I hope not, this is horrific. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) Yeah, it sounds like he is responsible probably for the Kenneth fire, which started after the winds had died down a bit. Still enough wind to kick it off (regular 20 mph gusts), but it wasn’t hurricane force winds like Tuesday when the Palisades and Eaton fires started. I’m skeptical that any arsonist is fire happy enough to also get clonked in the head by flying debris. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) I can see why you're pretty confident, but I don't think you can be 100% confident that these weren't all started. We'll have to wait and see. They're usually pretty great about figuring out what happened. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] idiomaddict@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) That’s honestly really impressive. The majority of the evidence has been incinerated by thousand-degree fires and covered in sea water and firefighting foam by the time investigators get to it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) Not if their cameras were sent to the cloud before they were engulfed in flames. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] idiomaddict@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago I was thinking physical evidence, like accelerants, etc. If they did it in view of cameras, that’s obviously much easier to catch, lol. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) Yeah, it sounds like he is responsible probably for the Kenneth fire, which started after the winds had died down a bit. Still enough wind to kick it off (regular 20 mph gusts), but it wasn’t hurricane force winds like Tuesday when the Palisades and Eaton fires started. I’m skeptical that any arsonist is fire happy enough to also get clonked in the head by flying debris. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) I can see why you're pretty confident, but I don't think you can be 100% confident that these weren't all started. We'll have to wait and see. They're usually pretty great about figuring out what happened. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] idiomaddict@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) That’s honestly really impressive. The majority of the evidence has been incinerated by thousand-degree fires and covered in sea water and firefighting foam by the time investigators get to it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) Not if their cameras were sent to the cloud before they were engulfed in flames. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] idiomaddict@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago I was thinking physical evidence, like accelerants, etc. If they did it in view of cameras, that’s obviously much easier to catch, lol. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) I can see why you're pretty confident, but I don't think you can be 100% confident that these weren't all started. We'll have to wait and see. They're usually pretty great about figuring out what happened. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] idiomaddict@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) That’s honestly really impressive. The majority of the evidence has been incinerated by thousand-degree fires and covered in sea water and firefighting foam by the time investigators get to it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) Not if their cameras were sent to the cloud before they were engulfed in flames. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] idiomaddict@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago I was thinking physical evidence, like accelerants, etc. If they did it in view of cameras, that’s obviously much easier to catch, lol. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] idiomaddict@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) That’s honestly really impressive. The majority of the evidence has been incinerated by thousand-degree fires and covered in sea water and firefighting foam by the time investigators get to it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) Not if their cameras were sent to the cloud before they were engulfed in flames. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] idiomaddict@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago I was thinking physical evidence, like accelerants, etc. If they did it in view of cameras, that’s obviously much easier to catch, lol. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) Not if their cameras were sent to the cloud before they were engulfed in flames. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] idiomaddict@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago I was thinking physical evidence, like accelerants, etc. If they did it in view of cameras, that’s obviously much easier to catch, lol. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] idiomaddict@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago I was thinking physical evidence, like accelerants, etc. If they did it in view of cameras, that’s obviously much easier to catch, lol. permalink fedilink source parent
