By Free Republic | Created at 2025-01-12 19:05:36 | Updated at 2025-01-13 00:04:49
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FEMA administrator says L.A. officials were "very prepared" for wildfires, but "they have never seen 100-mile-an-hour winds"
CBS News ^ | January 12, 2025 | By Kaia Hubbard
Posted on 01/12/2025 10:49:11 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
Washington — FEMA administrator Deanne Criswell said Sunday that L.A. officials were "very prepared" for devastating wildfires, noting that the area is prone to fires. But "they have never seen 100-mile-an-hour winds that are fueling the fire," she said.
"Those winds and that weather condition is what really impacts, you know, where this fire is going to go, but more importantly, how they're able to try to contain it in those first few hours and days," Criswell said on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan."
Communities in Los Angeles have been engulfed in wildfires in recent days, which have killed at least 16 people, destroyed more than 12,000 structures, and displaced thousands, officials said. The high winds that fanned flames in recent days are expected to pick up again this week.
The FEMA administrator said she doesn't have any information on the cause of the wildfires at this time, though she noted that will be investigated. She urged as the winds are expected to return, she wants people to "make sure that they are listening closely to what local officials are saying" to stay out of harm's way.
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: California
KEYWORDS: bs; california; democrats; disaster; excuses; fakenews; fema; fires
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
Total BS. The democrap lesbians running LA were not prepared for anything.
To: Oldeconomybuyer
What a load of Obama Droppings
3 posted on 01/12/2025 10:50:37 AM PST by butlerweave
To: Democrat = party of treason
Wind blew away their water.
4 posted on 01/12/2025 10:51:18 AM PST by gundog (It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. the )
To: Oldeconomybuyer
FEMA: unconstitutional and, thus, illegal and a great waste of taxpayer money.
NUKE UNCONSTITUTIONAL FEMA!!!
5 posted on 01/12/2025 10:52:42 AM PST by Jim W N (MAGA by restoring the Gospel of the Grace of Christ (Jude 3) and our Free Constitutional Republic!)
To: Democrat = party of treason
I live here and for decades I have seen winds where I could not open my car door to get out of the car the winds were so strong, these people make me sick they honestly believe we are this stupid!!!
6 posted on 01/12/2025 10:52:51 AM PST by Trump Girl Kit Cat (Yosemite Sam raising hell)
To: gundog
OMG the post of the day I am still laughing!!!
7 posted on 01/12/2025 10:54:31 AM PST by Trump Girl Kit Cat (Yosemite Sam raising hell)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Alternative title: "Incompetent Democrats line up to defend other Incompetent Democrats."
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Just ANOTHER STUPID FEMALE DEMOCRAT! She probably shouldn’t have ever HAD the job! Did she OK the NC teams NOT to help anyone who had a TRUMP STICKER OR FLAG??
9 posted on 01/12/2025 10:54:59 AM PST by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
10 posted on 01/12/2025 10:55:18 AM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (The worst thingy isabout censorship is █████ ██ ████ ████ ████ █ ███████ ████. FJB.)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
"Brownie,
you're doing you did a heck of a job"
11 posted on 01/12/2025 10:55:55 AM PST by RckyRaCoCo (Time to throw them out of the Temple...again)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
And the spin continues......
12 posted on 01/12/2025 10:56:04 AM PST by NurdlyPeon (It is the nature of liberals to pervert whatever they touch.)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
To: Trump Girl Kit Cat
The Washington Swamp dwellers need to be fired faster, a lot faster. Now, they will not allow the 40 Fire Engines to help that have volunteered to drive from Utah to Southern California to help. The CA EPA will not let them in until Sacramento inspects them first.
14 posted on 01/12/2025 10:57:46 AM PST by electricjack (Hello I am from the govt an an I here to help you Ugh worst thing I ever heard in my 80+ years..)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
15 posted on 01/12/2025 10:57:47 AM PST by Skwor
To: Democrat = party of treason
BS... we had 100 mph winds in the late 70s and 80’s when I had a place there. Every year at least once... but hey that was in the hills surrounding San Diego and up near Temecula...
but then we had firefighters on call and alert for deployment EVERY YEAR... during Santa Ana season.
16 posted on 01/12/2025 10:58:28 AM PST by MIA_eccl1212 (10-10-10-10)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
I asked ChatGPT “How common are 100 MPH winds in Southern California?”
ChatGPT says, among other things and providing sources, “ While most Santa Ana wind events produce gusts between 40 to 60 mph, certain conditions can lead to much stronger gusts. For instance, in December 2011, the San Gabriel Mountains experienced gusts up to 167 mph, causing widespread damage.”
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Does anybody else think that after days of “0% containment” on the news updates the reason there are now some 17% containment and so on is there is nothing much left to burn?
One reporter showed a girl’s little wooden free book exchange book case outside the total rubble of a former house-—still in good shape.
And I think dramatic footage was the Fox guy today standing by the blue waters of the ocean at Malibu where the burned out mansions ended and there was no place for the fires to go at the shore.
18 posted on 01/12/2025 10:59:41 AM PST by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls. )
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Not even close.
No food, water, supplies positioned.
No crowd controls.
No water.
Can’t even get fire trucks from out of State set up.
19 posted on 01/12/2025 11:00:04 AM PST by CodeToad (Rule #1: The elites want you dead.)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Leftists impress one another by demonstrating how clever they can be in maintaining a lie.
20 posted on 01/12/2025 11:00:24 AM PST by cockroach_magoo (In the land of the deaf, the one-eared man is king.)
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