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Elon finds out the facts during a fire command briefing (Original Post) underpants Jan 13 OP
Who the hell does this guy think he is? Irish_Dem Jan 13 #1
Why is that stupid bastard getting a private briefing? Klarkashton Jan 13 #2
I'd guess because he donated cyber trucks to use its WiFi underpants Jan 13 #13
Why is he getting a briefing anyway genxlib Jan 13 #3
Good grief. He has trouble putting words together. Polly Hennessey Jan 13 #4
He dictates to them Johonny Jan 13 #16
Shouldn't he be working? Yavin4 Jan 13 #5
WTF!? Why is Musk even at this meeting? sheshe2 Jan 13 #6
Cyber truck donation underpants Jan 13 #15
He can and should be deported. travelingthrulife Jan 13 #7
Musk was looking for ammunition to degrade the Libs,... magicarpet Jan 13 #8
Procurement capture usonian Jan 13 #9
And getting inside information on where to grift more taxpayer cash from /nt dickthegrouch Jan 13 #18
Musk is a selfish greedy odious creep.n/t bronxiteforever Jan 13 #10
Idiot Johnny2X2X Jan 13 #11
Earthquakes have damaged our water supplies twice recently dickthegrouch Jan 13 #19
Facts are posted in plain sight. usonian Jan 13 #12
I saw the one about Oregon trucks yesterday on Facebook underpants Jan 13 #14
Thank you! Lars Larson was apparently spewing that lie on his show and of course, idiots believed him. oregonjen Jan 13 #21
Eloon is almost inarticulate UpInArms Jan 13 #17
Has he monetized fire fighting? Kid Berwyn Jan 13 #20
I thought he hated California. Why is NameAlreadyTaken Jan 13 #22

genxlib

(5,785 posts)
3. Why is he getting a briefing anyway
Mon Jan 13, 2025, 02:23 PM
Jan 13

Who the hell is he to be taking time from public officials to get answers to his questions.

Glad they set the record straight but surely they had better things to be doing

Polly Hennessey

(7,659 posts)
4. Good grief. He has trouble putting words together.
Mon Jan 13, 2025, 02:24 PM
Jan 13

This guy is the richest human in the world. Help me understand this. How does he manage to communicate with people working for him.

Johonny

(22,720 posts)
16. He dictates to them
Mon Jan 13, 2025, 03:01 PM
Jan 13

When he pays you, he pays you to understand whatever he is talking about. This type of communication doesn't translate well to the public space where I have no financial incentive to pretend he is saying things worth hearing or even conveying them in an articulate way.

magicarpet

(17,576 posts)
8. Musk was looking for ammunition to degrade the Libs,...
Mon Jan 13, 2025, 02:34 PM
Jan 13

... but he came up way short of the mark no matter how many ways he structured and restructured the questions to specifically trip up the Dems.

Eloon's only purpose is to make trDUMP look good,... and shit all over the Dems. Then trDUMP will send governmental contracts and other davorable business policies Musk's way go make him an obscenely rich trillionaire.

Johnny2X2X

(22,241 posts)
11. Idiot
Mon Jan 13, 2025, 02:47 PM
Jan 13

People think that water is just infinite within our pipes. You've got 6 inch pipe going to fire hydrants, it's not an infinite supply, people imagine it's like a 4 foot side sewer pipe just pressurized with water, it isn't. If you've got one structure burning you can use all that water to fight it, if you've got 100 structures building, it's a totally different matter.

Other than investing $trillions into water infrastructure, there's no way to fight wildfires like these with water from fire hydrants alone. It's about as useful as duck and cover is during a nuclear bomb.

And people taping their sprinklers onto their roofs with the spicket open aren't doing much either. You've got an inferno coming fueled by 90 mph winds, your sprinkler isn't going to help and if it seems like it did it was just by luck you were spared.

dickthegrouch

(3,922 posts)
19. Earthquakes have damaged our water supplies twice recently
Mon Jan 13, 2025, 04:24 PM
Jan 13

My condo complex’s hydrant system was built with asbestos angle pipes which are rather brittle. Those have been damaged at least twice recently. The only way we found out was a sudden giant bill from the city who supplies the water. We had to spend an astronomical amount finding and repairing the leaks and repairing the foundation of the adjacent buildings.
It was the first the homeowner’s association knew of the problem or liability. We still don’t know how to identify problems sooner.

underpants

(188,532 posts)
14. I saw the one about Oregon trucks yesterday on Facebook
Mon Jan 13, 2025, 02:52 PM
Jan 13

I relied to each person who bought this mounting a link refuting it.

NameAlreadyTaken

(1,910 posts)
22. I thought he hated California. Why is
Mon Jan 13, 2025, 04:37 PM
Jan 13

he even bothering to be concerned with anything in California? It's none of his business.

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