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Pacific Palisades has NO forests.
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Water not an issue. Stone Canyon Reservoir in LA had 3.4 billion gallons and fully functional.
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We have many water projects in Los Angeles to store runoff Tujunga Spreading Grounds in the San Fernando Valley, which were expanded in 2023, can hold up to 5,000 acre-feet of storm runoff. This expansion is part of Los Angeles' efforts to increase local water storage capacity and reduce reliance on imported water. Sepulveda Basin in Los Angeles has been expanded to enhance its capacity for capturing and storing stormwater runoff. The recent expansion allows the basin to hold up to *5,000 acre-feet* of stormwater, helping to improve water management and reduce the city's reliance on imported water.
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Again, the Pacific Palisades has NO FOREST, no forest burned. There was plenty of water, just no water pressure. The Pacific Ocean was used to fight the Palisades fire.
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@dwreal1717 Buy what? Pumps provide pressure. The *Stone Canyon Reservoir* and *Upper Stone Canyon Reservoir* are located in the Westside region of Los Angeles, California. ### Stone Canyon Reservoir - **Size**: Approximately 117 acres (47 hectares) - **Capacity**: 10,372 acre-feet (12,794 million liters) - **Communities Served**: Pacific Palisades, Santa Monica Mountains, and West Los Angeles ### Upper Stone Canyon Reservoir - **Size**: Approximately 13 acres (0.1 square kilometers) - **Capacity**: Smaller than the Stone Canyon Reservoir - **Communities Served**: Similar to the Stone Canyon Reservoir, serving the same communities Both reservoirs are part of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power's water supply system
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Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) uses pumping stations to help provide water pressure to homes in hillside areas. These pumping stations are essential for ensuring that water can be delivered efficiently to higher elevations where gravity alone might not be sufficient to maintain adequate pressure.
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We use pumping stations to move water all across the State Water Project California State Water Project (SWP) uses pumps to get water over the Tehachapi Mountain Pass. The A.D. Edmonston Pumping Plant is the key facility for this task. It provides the largest lift within the SWP system, moving water nearly 2,000 feet up the Tehachapi Mountains. This is the highest single lift pumping plant in the world
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No, he does not want the land, and BTW, the moon landing was not faked.
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@CarlMartin-hw3ev "technically" that's BS. The hillsides are primarily grass, and Manzanita is not a "forest". We do have riparian areas of Coastal Oak, but it is NOT a forest. The Santa Monica Mountains are a coastal range located in a semi-arid zone called the **California Chaparral and Woodlands ecoregion**. This ecoregion is characterized by its Mediterranean climate, which features hot, dry summers and mild, wet winters. It's home to a diverse range of plant and animal species adapted to this unique environment.
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Newsom signed executive order to allow storm runoff to be captured, LA captured in 2022/23, 96 billion gallons, enough for 2.4 million homes for a year.
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@dwreal1717 Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) uses pumping stations to help provide water pressure to homes in hillside areas. These pumping stations are essential for ensuring that water can be delivered efficiently to higher elevations where gravity alone might not be sufficient to maintain adequate pressure.
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@dwreal1717 LADWP uses a combination of *tank and storage levels* and *pumping stations* to provide water pressure to homes, especially in hillside areas. The tanks help maintain pressure by using gravity, but pumping stations are essential for ensuring adequate pressure in areas where gravity alone isn't sufficient. Would you like more details on how these systems work together or information on specific pumping stations?
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@dwreal1717 Sure, the firestorm hit with baseball size embers travelling at 50mph more than a mile. The embers get inside homes which then burn from the inside out. In the Palisades, whole blocks went up at one time, 100 homes burning at once with 20-30 hydrants on one line open at same time. As the homes burned, the water lines inside the homes opened with no one there to shut off the main. How much pressure can be maintained with that many hydrants open? Later, for various reasons, the LADWP turned of both power and water to the areas affected. Also, for hillside fires, firefighters bring their own water on trucks with water tenders to refill them. There's a video on YT called "Design for Disaster" about the 1961 Bel-Air fire. Our Santa Ana Wind brush fires in narrow canyons produce their own weather systems. If the brush is burning on two sides of the canyon, the air temp can be so high windows will burst open and embers fly in. For the last 50 years firefighters have a mission to save lives first, then property. Having said that, the California Fire Marshall has programs and materials for homeowners to retrofit their homes to be hardened to fire. Those who did that still have homes in the Palisades. VULCAN VENTS is one product, inexpensive, which would have saved many homes in the Palisades. Water was not the main story of this fire.
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