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> To be fair we are talking about an area of the country that is prone to seismic activity, it does limit the building materials. Japan comes to mind as a coun
by simianparrot 2y ago
> To be fair we are talking about an area of the country that is prone to seismic activity, it does limit the building materials.
Japan comes to mind as a country that's solved this.
> Where does LA get most of its water? Local sources? I don't think that's the case.
Relevant: https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-01-10/as-flames-raged-in-palisades-a-key-reservoir-nearby-was-offline https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-01-10/as-flame...
- niemandhier 2y agoSure Japan did it, so did Mexico. The latter is probably much more important as an example for the US. https://www.preventionweb.net/news/not-drill-how-1985-disaster-taught-mexico-prepare-earthquakes https://www.preventionweb.net/news/not-drill-how-1985-disast...
- galangalalgol 2y agoMany of the gouses burning weren't built to current codes, but the cost to retrofit houses to code was insurmountable by any of the owners and apparently by the state or even the nation. So they will just wait for them all to burn and then rebuild them I guess?
- forgotmysn 2y agoMexico is in the middle of a crippling drought
- umeshunni 2y agowhat does that have to do earthquakes?
- contravariant 2y agoI would be interested to know how Japan combats wildfires. Historically at least it was quite a big problem, if I recall correctly.