{"id":2389569,"date":"2025-01-13T09:57:00","date_gmt":"2025-01-13T14:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-floats-staggeringly-idiotic-reason-la-hydrants-ran-dry\/"},"modified":"2025-01-13T10:00:13","modified_gmt":"2025-01-13T15:00:13","slug":"biden-floats-staggeringly-idiotic-reason-la-hydrants-ran-dry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-floats-staggeringly-idiotic-reason-la-hydrants-ran-dry\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden Floats Staggeringly Idiotic Reason LA Hydrants Ran Dry"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbiden-floats-staggeringly-idiotic-reason-la-hydrants-ran-dry%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2389569&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>During a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/prosecutor-seeks-death-penalty-and-hate-crime-charges-in-atlanta-spa-shootings\/\" title=\"Prosecutor Seeks Death Penalty And Hate Crime Charges in Atlanta Spa Shootings\">recent news conference<\/a>, President Joe Biden discussed \u2063the challenges faced by Los \u2063Angeles while\u2064 combating severe\u200c wildfires, specifically highlighting that fire hydrants were not functioning\u200b due to power\u200c outages affecting water pumps. However, this\u2062 claim has been contested by\u200d the\u2062 Los\u200c Angeles Department of Water and Power, which stated that their water systems and flows remained operational despite the outages. Biden explained\u200d that \u2063utilities \u200dcut power to prevent downed lines from causing more fires, which they believed disrupted water pressure for firefighting \u200defforts.<\/p>\n<p>A report indicated that Los angeles lacks proactive fire safety protocols commonly found\u2064 in other regions, which might have prevented or \u2062mitigated\u2062 the current \u200ccrisis.\u2064 The \u2064article \u200dsuggests that the Los Angeles\u200b Department of Water and Power did not\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/deputy-labor-secy-nominee-takes-heat-for-unemployment-fraud\/\" title=\"Deputy Labor Secy nominee takes heat for unemployment fraud\">implement measures<\/a> to turn off systems during windstorms, as other utilities have done, potentially leading to severe infrastructure \u200bfailures during the wildfires.The <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">ongoing situation reflects inadequacies<\/a> in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/calif-proposes-536m-wildfire-prevention-plan\/\" title=\"Calif. proposes 6M wildfire prevention plan\">fire mitigation<\/a> and preparation efforts within the city amidst a disaster that threatens lives \u200cand property.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>President Joe Biden claimed on Thursday that the fire hydrants in Los Angeles were not working, as the city battles severe wildfires, because power was cut to the water pumps.<\/p>\n<p>But that announcement appears to be only one angle on the issue, which has affected the ability of first responders to mitigate the historic disaster.<\/p>\n<p>Biden remarked during a news conference hosted at the White House, &ldquo;What I know from talking to the governor, there are concerns out there that there&rsquo;s also been a water shortage,&rdquo; according to a report from <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/administration\/5077659-biden-california-wildfire-water-shortage\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Hill<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">This is not true. Los Angeles Department of Water and Power told me that in LA, water pumps and water flows were not affected by power outages. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HSKe3dKRyM\">https:\/\/t.co\/HSKe3dKRyM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Matt Hamilton (@_hamilton_matt) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/_hamilton_matt\/status\/1877742564834480131?\">January 10, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The fact is the utilities, understandably, shut off power because they are worried the lines that carried energy were going to be blown down and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-federal-government-will-cover-100-of-california-fire-damage-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Biden: Federal government will cover 100% of California fire damage - Washington Examiner\">spark additional fires<\/a>,&rdquo; he continued.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;When it did that, it cut off the ability to generate pumping the water. That&rsquo;s what caused the lack of water in these hydrants,&rdquo; Biden explained.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/biden-realizes-said-californians-burning-death-harris-gives-look-no-pun-intended\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Biden<\/a> then asserted that the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection would bring in more generators to resolve the issue.<\/p>\n<p>In a post on X in response to Biden&rsquo;s remarks, LA Times reporter Matt Hamilton said, this was not the case: &ldquo;Los Angeles Department of Water and Power told me that in LA, water pumps and water flows were not affected by power outages..&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>At the same time, a report from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/us-news\/climate-environment\/los-angeles-utility-didnt-implement-common-wildfire-safety-measures-c43bcc29\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Wall Street Journal<\/a> raised the point that Los Angeles did not implement basic fire safety procedures increasingly seen across the nation before the disaster started.<\/p>\n<p>The outlet revealed on Thursday that regulatory filings show how the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power lacks a protocol to proactively turn off systems during windstorms, a measure used elsewhere to reduce the risks of sparks from power lines starting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/lapd-clears-arson-suspect-fireman-cites-video-men-dumping-lighting-gasoline-palisades-fire-exploded\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fires<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The system &ldquo;remained energized until the windstorm caused significant damage and knocked out power for tens of thousands of customers,&rdquo; according to the Journal.<\/p>\n<p>The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power has a service area that includes the Pacific Palisades, which is seeing the worst of the fires.<\/p>\n<p>Michael Wara, the director of the Climate and Energy Policy Program at Stanford University, affirmed to the Journal that the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power &ldquo;is operating in a way that is very different from any of the investor-owned utilities in California or across the West at this point.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Other utilities in the West, which is especially prone to wildfires relative to the rest of the country due to dry conditions, have developed proactive shutoff protocols.<\/p>\n<p>Some of those adjustments in policy came after wildfires caused significant damage and after many utilities faced litigation.<\/p>\n<p>No matter what happened with the original response to the fires in Los Angeles, we are either looking at a poorly designed fire mitigation system that failed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/developing-la-fire-chief-reportedly-says-going-fired-no-holds-barred-interview-mayors-office-denies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">firefighters<\/a> when they needed that system most or a complete lack of preparation for the disaster that is claiming lives and destroying livelihoods.<\/p>\n<p>Sorrowfully, as this crisis and this circus of a response continue to unfold, none of this should come as a surprise.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; 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