In case you missed it, the (female) commander of the USCG was relieved, for the crime of DEI.
Coast Guard Acting Commandant Adm. Kevin Lunday …wrote in the release that the agency would target the “maritime border between Texas and Mexico in the Gulf of America.”
I’m surprised that the Coast Guard didn’t dispatch one of their fire fighting ships to save the Billionaire’s homes burning on Malibu Beach.
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Can’t spray ocean water on homes to save them.
Well, you can, but salt water kills the soil, so you can’t plant anything on it for years afterwards, sometimes never.
The irony of “water water everywhere, and not a drop to…” put out the fires.
Yes, they are using sea water to battle the fires in SoCal…
Letting CA burn had other benefits and Billionaires can always buy something bigger and better.
I know of one nutter who would not blame him for calling it the GoA.
Blame gets mishandled by the slow. In society I sure hope none of you are stupid enough to think you are someone else’s parent.
The odd thing about this stunt, I can not figure out what demographic wants it.
As for DEI, Yellen got fired for being short.
Yes, they are doing so as a last resort.
**Planes are dumping ocean water to fight the Los Angeles fires** . Here's why using saltwater is typically a last resort. Firefighters battling the deadly wildfires that raced through the Los Angeles area in January 2025 have been hampered by a limited supply of freshwater.
Fired just for the sake of firing him after he had resigned. He was a volunteer. LOL
Andrés responded in his own social media post later on Tuesday morning, stating that he had already submitted his resignation earlier in the month, at the conclusion of his two year term.
“I submitted my resignation last week…my 2 year term was already up 
,” the James Beard Award winner wrote on X. "
He continued, “I was honored to serve as co-chair of the President’s Council on Sports, Fitness, and Nutrition. My fellow council members - unpaid volunteers like me - were hardworking, talented people who inspired me every day. I’m proud of what we accomplished on behalf of the American people…like a historic partnership between the White House and every major sports league to increase access to sports and health programs for kids.”
Andrés concluded his post by expressing his hope that Trump “exercises his presidential authority so the Council can continue to advocate for fitness and good health for all Americans.”
Also time, when the fire is right at the coast, many more trips can be done without heading off to reservoirs inland… Here in NorCal, the fires of a few years back, we’re 40 miles or more inland, and likely more nearby lakes, so freshwater… We had decent rainfall this year, so not so much concerns up here, next time, hard to guess, but a lot of the destroyed homes have been rebuilt, hopefully paying attention to the dangers, but…
So while we burn, the Gulf freezes, we live in crazy times… A couple new fires in SoCal, near San Diego this time… Our local FD has sent help down that way, maybe extending their stay…
Update: New fires have closed I-5 at the Grapevine, not a good sign at all… My Son just took our Grandson back to UC Long Beach, for hopefully his final year, but made it home before the closing of I-5…
Can their ships even get close enough to shore to do any good? I think the Coast Guard usually fights fires on ships or at ports, not at random points along the coastline.
I saw this morning that she was fired for the “Failure to embrace the Gulf of America”.
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The Pacific Shelf drops off pretty quickly from the shore line.
One morning when I was driving to work in the fog from the marine layer, I was surprised by the sight of a Navy destroyer about a 1/4 mile offshore from La Jolla Beach – and it was cruising, not grounded.
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Still, 1/4 mile is quite a distance to shoot a stream of water.
Not fer nuthin, but there’s a little gulf on the other side, where the California coastline drops next to Mexico that’s call the “Gulf of California”.
Mexico actually has more coastline next to it than does California.
DB2
Yeah, but is it named for the USian California, or the Mexican California? Since the US is supposed to be the center of the universe, we assume the USian California?
Steve
Exactly! That one would be more aptly named 'The Gulf of Mexico"
But if we can rename them for “free”. why not take them both? {{ LOL }}
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In practice, I suspect what you’d do is put a big seawater pump on a Marine Corps landing craft and get as close to shore as the heat from the fire would allow.
Maybe as the fire threat increases, they’ll make that kind of operation part of their training.
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After the Danish MP told Trump to ef off, I am now waiting for Canada to start trolling Trump by calling USA “Southern Canada” or “Northern Mexico.”
And don’t forget that the wind was blowing from shore out to sea. So they’d be trying to spray water into a 40+ MPH wind.
Songs about spitting into the wind come to mind.
