How do you "hoard" water coming off a public utility main though?
You don't. It's a deliberate stretch to make it "muh billionaires" instead of the DEI infested and chronically mismanaged state, county, and local governments of California.
tl;dr, the hydrants at the high elevations are fed by three huge-ass storage tanks. The enormous, constant consumption at the lower elevations were pulling water out of the system and slowing the tank refill rate to below the consumption rate. No tanks = drop in pressure, which made the hydrants at the high elevations insufficient.
It had nothing to due with drought, water ownership, or any of that other bullshit. The most link you'll find is any case where it's "we could have filled some reservoir to a higher level, but didn't because it was too expensive or we sold it."
It's a deliberate stretch to make it "muh billionaires" instead of the DEI infested and chronically mismanaged state, county, and local governments of California.
Oh I'm aware of that. It's the only sort of political problem shitlib californians are capable of ever imagining. Rich greedy fatcats and racisms. But even if it was true, the core problem is still their shitty government which they keep reelecting. Thank you for the technical explanation. That's what I was really curious about.
You don't. It's a deliberate stretch to make it "muh billionaires" instead of the DEI infested and chronically mismanaged state, county, and local governments of California.
However in this case, it's really a technical issue: https://ktla.com/news/local-news/why-did-fire-hydrants-go-dry-for-crews-fighting-the-palisades-fire/
tl;dr, the hydrants at the high elevations are fed by three huge-ass storage tanks. The enormous, constant consumption at the lower elevations were pulling water out of the system and slowing the tank refill rate to below the consumption rate. No tanks = drop in pressure, which made the hydrants at the high elevations insufficient.
It had nothing to due with drought, water ownership, or any of that other bullshit. The most link you'll find is any case where it's "we could have filled some reservoir to a higher level, but didn't because it was too expensive or we sold it."
I’d bet whatever pumps they’re using to feed those storage tanks probably haven’t had any maintenance done on them in years.
Oh I'm aware of that. It's the only sort of political problem shitlib californians are capable of ever imagining. Rich greedy fatcats and racisms. But even if it was true, the core problem is still their shitty government which they keep reelecting. Thank you for the technical explanation. That's what I was really curious about.
You should watch the video in this link:
https://gab.com/Shazlandia/posts/113799052192167495
It details how the Resnicks own a huge portion of California's water, how they got it (corruption), and how they're screwing over Californians.
Here's a text link with the relevant info if you don't want to watch the video:
https://gab.com/Unakceptabke_views/posts/113797691990863096