Popular Post Geoff Weeks Posted Monday at 06:53 PM Popular Post Share Posted Monday at 06:53 PM 1 hour ago, Joey Mack said: Seems to be a lot of false news.. ask me how I know.. The fact checkers busted me... A big part of the problem is in the news biz it is far better to be 1st and wrong on a "scoop" than to be 2nd or 3rd and correct. Leads to no fact checking and false stories being taken as true. 4 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/74974-the-la-fire-department%E2%80%99s-first-female-lgbtq-chief-created-a-dei-bureau/page/3/#findComment-566314 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joey Mack Posted Monday at 07:04 PM Share Posted Monday at 07:04 PM Well said GW.. 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/74974-the-la-fire-department%E2%80%99s-first-female-lgbtq-chief-created-a-dei-bureau/page/3/#findComment-566318 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted Tuesday at 01:55 PM Share Posted Tuesday at 01:55 PM Read some post I missed and yes GE wouldn’t hire me 1973 told me I wasn’t black enough for thier openings like wow man what a country I got raised in reach working age and I’m the wrong color course 50 years later, nobody wants to hear that it only works up your black or lesbian I guess 2 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/74974-the-la-fire-department%E2%80%99s-first-female-lgbtq-chief-created-a-dei-bureau/page/3/#findComment-566372 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted Tuesday at 01:59 PM Share Posted Tuesday at 01:59 PM of course now they’re African-American so I suppose I put them ahead of black folk they moved up another notch or even ahead of thier own kind as long as they wanna go with that although I don’t know if that’s gonna work because they’re like 12 generation over here where does the African come in? Ha ha ha 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/74974-the-la-fire-department%E2%80%99s-first-female-lgbtq-chief-created-a-dei-bureau/page/3/#findComment-566373 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted Tuesday at 02:15 PM Share Posted Tuesday at 02:15 PM Then, of course, before you know it wind up with a fabulous union job and the peanut farmer came along and made sure I got screwed out of that as well 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/74974-the-la-fire-department%E2%80%99s-first-female-lgbtq-chief-created-a-dei-bureau/page/3/#findComment-566374 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted Tuesday at 02:15 PM Share Posted Tuesday at 02:15 PM OK now I’m going on and on…. Bob 2 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/74974-the-la-fire-department%E2%80%99s-first-female-lgbtq-chief-created-a-dei-bureau/page/3/#findComment-566375 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted Tuesday at 02:39 PM Share Posted Tuesday at 02:39 PM And now we got all this finger pointing down there annd you know they can point all the fingers they want even if they had a lot more help all that wind you know blue right through there. There wasn’t a whole lot more they could’ve done nobody saw that coming even if they had a lot more help That thing would’ve destroyed a lot of shit and no time regardless. God love them all and hope for the best. What needs to go is Newsom Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/74974-the-la-fire-department%E2%80%99s-first-female-lgbtq-chief-created-a-dei-bureau/page/3/#findComment-566376 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted Tuesday at 02:41 PM Share Posted Tuesday at 02:41 PM As far as I could see a white lifelong commander would’ve had the same issue as she did. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/74974-the-la-fire-department%E2%80%99s-first-female-lgbtq-chief-created-a-dei-bureau/page/3/#findComment-566378 Share on other sites More sharing options...
kscarbel2 Posted Tuesday at 02:42 PM Share Posted Tuesday at 02:42 PM https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14281813/Shocking-moment-arson-suspect-arrested-fire-started-burns-looters-target-mansions-crime-spirals-amid-LAs-devastating-wildfires.html Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/74974-the-la-fire-department%E2%80%99s-first-female-lgbtq-chief-created-a-dei-bureau/page/3/#findComment-566379 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted Tuesday at 02:52 PM Share Posted Tuesday at 02:52 PM Thanks for that. I had no idea that was so many thugs involved in this. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/74974-the-la-fire-department%E2%80%99s-first-female-lgbtq-chief-created-a-dei-bureau/page/3/#findComment-566381 Share on other sites More sharing options...
other dog Posted Tuesday at 03:35 PM Share Posted Tuesday at 03:35 PM 1 hour ago, mowerman said: of course now they’re African-American so I suppose I put them ahead of black folk they moved up another notch or even ahead of thier own kind as long as they wanna go with that although I don’t know if that’s gonna work because they’re like 12 generation over here where does the African come in? Ha ha ha That's a great point Bob. And when they started talking about how they deserve reparations because great, great, great, great, great grandfather mulaki was captured, by other tribesmen I might add, and brought over here to be sold as a slave, it makes me think of this- It was horrible for mulaki, but actually it was great for his descendants. If mulaki hadn't been captured and sold as a slave all his children, grandchildren, great grandchildren, and on down the line would still be in the jungle somewhere eating bugs and monkey brains instead of of being here in the land of opportunity. 1 Quote Producer of poorly photo-chopped pictures since 1999. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/74974-the-la-fire-department%E2%80%99s-first-female-lgbtq-chief-created-a-dei-bureau/page/3/#findComment-566390 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post mowerman Posted Tuesday at 03:43 PM Popular Post Share Posted Tuesday at 03:43 PM Tom, I think you’re talking about another free ride for them ha ha unfortunately fellows like Nat King Cole probably had to go through a lot of shit in his lifetime and never really got a chance to enjoy some of the 70s movement. It’s all kids that didn’t have anything to do with The back of the bus enjoying all the amenities and still wanting more. I’ve worked with a lot of black folk and they’re usually pretty cool regular working class…. Then you got a big mouths that want everything handed to them making a fool of themselves on national TV. 3 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/74974-the-la-fire-department%E2%80%99s-first-female-lgbtq-chief-created-a-dei-bureau/page/3/#findComment-566391 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post kscarbel2 Posted Wednesday at 11:53 AM Popular Post Share Posted Wednesday at 11:53 AM https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14285963/tucker-carlson-stunned-theory-started-la-fires.html 3 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/74974-the-la-fire-department%E2%80%99s-first-female-lgbtq-chief-created-a-dei-bureau/page/3/#findComment-566473 Share on other sites More sharing options...
67RModel Posted yesterday at 12:58 AM Share Posted yesterday at 12:58 AM Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/74974-the-la-fire-department%E2%80%99s-first-female-lgbtq-chief-created-a-dei-bureau/page/3/#findComment-566572 Share on other sites More sharing options...
GA_Dave Posted yesterday at 01:15 AM Share Posted yesterday at 01:15 AM 15 minutes ago, 67RModel said: They will probably bring him up on charges! 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/74974-the-la-fire-department%E2%80%99s-first-female-lgbtq-chief-created-a-dei-bureau/page/3/#findComment-566574 Share on other sites More sharing options...
67RModel Posted yesterday at 01:30 AM Share Posted yesterday at 01:30 AM That video shows the man having a pool in his backyard. I don’t know it looked like maybe 2 or 3,000 gallons possibly. I would think a ton of those homes that burned up have similar or larger pools. It’s easy to say this in hindsight but I would think it would be handy to have a small engine driven trash pump rigged up to accept a garden hose as a fire contingency plan. Much like people in cold climates have a wood stove or generator for backup power. 2 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/74974-the-la-fire-department%E2%80%99s-first-female-lgbtq-chief-created-a-dei-bureau/page/3/#findComment-566577 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post GA_Dave Posted yesterday at 03:10 AM Popular Post Share Posted yesterday at 03:10 AM 1 hour ago, 67RModel said: That video shows the man having a pool in his backyard. I don’t know it looked like maybe 2 or 3,000 gallons possibly. I would think a ton of those homes that burned up have similar or larger pools. It’s easy to say this in hindsight but I would think it would be handy to have a small engine driven trash pump rigged up to accept a garden hose as a fire contingency plan. Much like people in cold climates have a wood stove or generator for backup power. There is more water in that pool than you think. It has to be at least 10' x 30', based on the size on the chair on the far side. There are about 7.5 gallons of water in a cubic foot and I'll bet the pool is at least 3 feet deep and that's 6700 gallons right there. Your idea has merit, but you'd need a larger diameter than a garden hose. 3 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/74974-the-la-fire-department%E2%80%99s-first-female-lgbtq-chief-created-a-dei-bureau/page/3/#findComment-566580 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tjc transport Posted yesterday at 12:34 PM Share Posted yesterday at 12:34 PM agreed. i am going to say over 10,000 gallons of water in that pool. and a 1 inch diameter hose to do any real good. it looked like he was using a 1 inch hose too 1 Quote when you are up to your armpits in alligators, it is hard to remember you only came in to drain the swamp.. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/74974-the-la-fire-department%E2%80%99s-first-female-lgbtq-chief-created-a-dei-bureau/page/3/#findComment-566593 Share on other sites More sharing options...
67RModel Posted yesterday at 12:43 PM Share Posted yesterday at 12:43 PM 9 hours ago, GA_Dave said: Your idea has merit, but you'd need a larger diameter than a garden hose. I don't know. Maybe. I know nothing of firefighting. Perhaps if your trying to extinguish a fully involved structure fire. Based on what the man said there were small embers floating through the air that landed and started very small fires. He claimed it took very little water to put them out. It looked to me like he was using a garden hose. And from what we are told the municipal water system was at questionable performance and/or failed. Heck he saved three homes, presumably with a garden hose. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/74974-the-la-fire-department%E2%80%99s-first-female-lgbtq-chief-created-a-dei-bureau/page/3/#findComment-566595 Share on other sites More sharing options...
GA_Dave Posted yesterday at 08:30 PM Share Posted yesterday at 08:30 PM 7 hours ago, 67RModel said: I don't know. Maybe. I know nothing of firefighting. Perhaps if your trying to extinguish a fully involved structure fire. Based on what the man said there were small embers floating through the air that landed and started very small fires. He claimed it took very little water to put them out. It looked to me like he was using a garden hose. And from what we are told the municipal water system was at questionable performance and/or failed. Heck he saved three homes, presumably with a garden hose. Water extinguishes a fire by absorbing the heat from the fuel to a point below the ignition temperature. The flow rate from a hose line is directly proportionate to to amount of heat absorbed. The typical garden hose puts out maybe 12 gallons per minute. Increasing to a 1" diameter hose, the flow increases to about 30 gallons per minute. The typical interior firefighting attack hose flows well over 200 gallons per minute. If a simple garden hose works, why didn't everyone protect their homes with them? I wouldn't try it with any less than a 1" hose. 2 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/74974-the-la-fire-department%E2%80%99s-first-female-lgbtq-chief-created-a-dei-bureau/page/3/#findComment-566634 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted yesterday at 09:38 PM Share Posted yesterday at 09:38 PM The way that wind was blowing garden hose wouldnt have done anything especially if houses on both sides were burning Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/74974-the-la-fire-department%E2%80%99s-first-female-lgbtq-chief-created-a-dei-bureau/page/3/#findComment-566639 Share on other sites More sharing options...
67RModel Posted 22 hours ago Share Posted 22 hours ago (edited) 3 hours ago, GA_Dave said: I wouldn't try it with any less than a 1" hose. So are you saying if you had functioning city water, a 6,700 gallon pool full of water, an engine driven trash pump full of fuel and all you could find was a functioning 3/4” garden hose you would throw your hands up and walk away? I have personally put out camp bonfires in my back yard that had flames 5’ tall and had been burning for hours in mere seconds with a garden hose. I don’t think this man was trying to extinguish a fully involved structure fire or go into a burning building and knock down a raging fire. He was simply going around putting out embers. In fact he says as much in the video. He said all he did was kept small embers drifting through the air from starting actual fires. I don’t think he had any specialized equipment and from what I can gather saved 3 homes with what he had on hand, which were most likely garden hoses fed by a poorly functioning public water supply. I don’t know. Is he a fool? Is he a hero? Is he lucky? I personally don’t think he was any of those. I think he was a resourceful man with logic and critical thinking skills that had everything to loose. I get the impression he knew nobody was coming to save his house. 3 hours ago, GA_Dave said: If a simple garden hose works, why didn't everyone protect their homes with them? I can’t answer that since I don’t live in that area. That is a question for everyone that abandoned their home. It probably has a lot to do with evacuation orders and people not disobeying. It is noted in that video the man defied evacuation orders. It could also be that many people did stay behind and the city water supply was completely depleted. In that case it makes no difference what hose you have. Again I don’t know the particulars. However, there are many documented accounts of people saving their homes. I saw one where the gentleman ran out of water and was using potting soil from all his inside plants to snuff out hot spots. What I do know is if you were to literally do absolutely nothing and evacuate then I think there is a good chance your house and all your belongings would have burned down to ashes. If you stayed and used a garden hose to keep embers from turning into fires you may be able to save your home. I think based on the many accounts it’s possible. Worst case if your house catches fire, get in your car or on your bicycle and leave. At least you don’t have to lay down at the end of the day for the rest of your life knowing you did nothing…. Edited 22 hours ago by 67RModel Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/74974-the-la-fire-department%E2%80%99s-first-female-lgbtq-chief-created-a-dei-bureau/page/3/#findComment-566649 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joey Mack Posted 22 hours ago Share Posted 22 hours ago All this posting has got me want ing to mount oscillating sprinklers on my roof with dedicated hoses.. i have a well, and my generator will keep my well pump running .... As well as my whole house... Should i paint my roof blue as well?? Seriously... 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/74974-the-la-fire-department%E2%80%99s-first-female-lgbtq-chief-created-a-dei-bureau/page/3/#findComment-566651 Share on other sites More sharing options...
67RModel Posted 22 hours ago Share Posted 22 hours ago The ticket is a red roof. It’s camouflage to make the embers and fire think the house is already on fire and to just keep moving on elsewhere. How do you think the “miracle house” from the Lahaina Maui fires in 2023 survived? 2 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/74974-the-la-fire-department%E2%80%99s-first-female-lgbtq-chief-created-a-dei-bureau/page/3/#findComment-566652 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joey Mack Posted 21 hours ago Share Posted 21 hours ago Oh my... I thought blue was the reflective color for D.E.W.'s. I'm still trying to wrap my head around all the pictures i have seen... The before and after ones... A.I. and C.G.I. has got me confused.. 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/74974-the-la-fire-department%E2%80%99s-first-female-lgbtq-chief-created-a-dei-bureau/page/3/#findComment-566653 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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