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[somedaybitch]

been reading a bit of the coverage on the most recent bout of wildfires in Malibu.

while always deeply, deeply tragic i remain confused. the Santa Ana winds are no surprise. everyone knows they come and everyone knows what they precipitate. so, then, WHY IN GOD'S NAME WOULD YOU OWN A WOODEN HOME IN MALIBU?????????????????????? what is wrong with your head? honestly, though, why would you own a home there at all? why would you risk your life, along with the equity in your home, the home itself, and the contents of said home, to live in a place where fires.ALWAYS.happen.???

i just....i don't understand.

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[thevaliumsofalj.livejournal.com]

amen! I also don't understand why people don't clear brush, as much as they can, or own goats who can go up and eat it (like they do in laguna)

[somedaybitch.livejournal.com]

exactly. i mean, who doesn't wanna a pet goat?

[pualaridesagain.livejournal.com]

or a HERD OF GUINEA PIGS!

A wooden home in Malibu. It's just proof that money can't buy ya common sense and brains.

[somedaybitch.livejournal.com]

heh. a herd of guinea pigs would be AWESOME. imagine the bragging rights!?

[gingerwood.livejournal.com]

the same reason that people build in known flood plains. The builders are greedy, the buyers don't do their research, or are willing to take the gamble to live in a particular place, and the local government for some reason hasn't set reasonable zoning and/or building codes for the area.

About 10 years ago we had severe flooding along the Mississippi and Minnesota river banks in this area. Most cities have declared the areas affected as flood plains. St. Paul is building luxury condos on ground that was under 10 ft of water during that flood. And people are buying them.

[somedaybitch.livejournal.com]

i'm waiting for the flood plain building to turn into a disaster in San Diego. they filled in a part of the SD river and built on it. really expensively built on it. idiots.

[arthurfrdent.livejournal.com]

'cuz it's pretty? 'cuz we don't plan beyond next week?