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A crime wave of fire hydrant thefts in Los Angeles has been hindering fire fighters’ efforts to save lives and property, even before this week’s deadly fires broke out in the area.
Hundreds of L.A. fire hydrants have been stolen from the ground over the past two years, with the surge in thefts appearing to peak last June.
“Catalytic converters, bronze statues, copper wire: Nothing is safe from theft in Los Angeles. And as of the last couple years, you can now add fire hydrants to the list,” LAist reported at the time:
“Between January 2023 and May 2024, more than 300 fire hydrants were stolen from L.A. County streets, according to data from the Golden State Water Company, which manages the fire hydrants. That’s led to a $1.2 million loss for the company.”
“The first half of 2024, it’s just really ramped up,” the district’s the Golden State Water Company general manager, Kate Nutting, told The L.A. Times. more
LA Lesbian Fire Chief:
From reading comics for most of our lives, we agreed that fire hydrants are there only for the convenience of dogs. So we let the thefts of fire hydrants continue. It saved the city of Los Angeles millions of dollars in replacement costs.
ALSO CONSIDER:
Mayor Karen Bass has also come under scrutiny…
“$17.6 million was cut from the fire department’s budget to fund programs aiding undocumented immigrants and other city initiatives.”…Ref., J.D. Rucker, Discern TV, 1-10-2025…
Why isn’t Our apparently recently-indoctrinated Marxist convert not being tried for crimes against humanity, not to mention mass murder against his own Countrymen?
The incompetence is absolutely radiant!
Where the hell are they selling them? Mexico? If Dippty Do had half a brain he would issue an Executive Order regarding anyone possessing fire hydrants without proper paperwork will serve 19/11/29. You know the thieves do not grab them for keepsakes.
Formet mayor eric garcetti was LA’s obama, and current mayor bass is its biden. Gavin Newsom is both obama and biden put together.
The thieves should be shot on sight.
Also:
How in the heck does a 120-pound L.A., Cali Beaner steal a 100-pound-plus cast-iron fire hydrant without causing a noisy commotion and a non-stop water spout several stories high?
AND…what kind of dumb-ass market is in the business of buying used fire hydrants that probably don’t fit in the first place?
I mean………..You Know!…,
JEEEZ! Gotta be Dis-Info!
Scrap metal dealers ask no questions. Pay by the pound.
Nowut Ameen…
AH HA!!!!!…Caught Ya!
Not really. But, congratulations for being blessed with having a quick mind.
Mine ain’t that quick. Too busy patting myself on the back while the obvious come-back answer sits right in front of me.
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Gettin da Choppa!
Saturday, 11 January 2025, 2:30 at 2:30 am
“…without causing a noisy commotion and a non-stop water spout several stories high?”
…the concept of a hydrant immediately and umcontrollably spouting a water column if opened or knocked off belongs to ’60s cartoons and movies. Its been a pretty long time since the design was changed so the operating nut on top forces the valve DOWN, allowing the water to pass around it. Here’s an illustration;
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…this is for a couple of reasons. One, this is called a “Dry Barrel” because the upper parts above the main is normally dry, and in fact it has drains to keep it that way when not open. This certainly simplifies connecting as you are not opening a huge hole into a pressurized water main all at once then trying to connect a hose to it, but also because in Northern climates still waters freeze, and a frozen fire hydrant isnt helping anyone. Also, they are designed to break away for the most part on impact to protect both the errant driver and the water supply (note on the diagram at street level the “Safety Coupling”, “Safety Flange”, etc.), so with the stem pin gone at the couplin, no matter what state the hydrant was in at the time of impact the water pressure in the main will slam the valve shut.
So none of this is going to happen.
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…also too, people cram an amazing collection of things in them. I dont know what the kids do now, but back in the day we were taught to open the hydrant with the cap we were hitting removed BEFORE attaching the hose. This was to allow normal things that could foul a fire pump like rust to flow out; but you also got toys, tennis balls, drug stashes, all sorts of things that someone somewhere thought it was a good idea at the time to put in there, none of which would help put out a fire. You flowed to clean water THEN put on the hose so the screen at the pumper didnt become needlessly clogged. This had to be done even though you felt a bit rushed because, fire, but your engineer was going to be busier than a one-armed paperhanger after he drops you at the hydrant anyway with guys pulling lines that he has to control, switching the PTO to PUMP, setting up his panel and charging ONLY the appropriate lines (do NOT charge a hose in the hose bed!), AND he has a 1000 gallon or so tank to draw from for a couple minutes so you DO have time to flush the hydrant and MUST, or all that aforementioned garbage will cause far WORSE problems than you not flowing water in the supply line the instant the horn calls for it.
Unfortunately, these same saftey features make it relatively easy and safe to break off and steal a hydrant. I said many times during the whole “Defund Tha Police” nonsense that city services do NOT exist in a vacuum, so if the police are not there or are not allowed to do their jobs, the fire department wont be able to either.
So the only way to prevent theft is by ending thieves. I dont know why scrap yards are allowed to accept fire hydrants and not considered to be in misprision of felony for not reporting them as very few people have them lying around the rec room, but that is a question someone smarter than I needs to answer althogh I suspect it somehow is “…because, Democrats”…
From my perspective I see all this as part and parcel of these Communists setting up the pieces for the perfect storm, then sitting back and watching what they knew would happen (and wanted to happen) unfold while hiding behind a wall of intentional incompetance. It simply fits the mold of Leftists and their democRAT politicians doing everything they can to weaken and destroy America.
A very similar pattern to what we’ve seen with the school shootings. They set up the conditions with people who are “on their radar” and then sit back and watch it happen.
Even should they engage the perps, the “but, but, but, it’s just a property crime!” song begins.
Perhaps this will spur the disinterested voters into action to reject this nonsense from politicians.
Property crimes are only not crimes to someone who doesnt believe in private property.
You know, like a Communist.
…but funny thing is, they suddenly start to believe in private property if someone someone touches THEIR stuff.
You know, like a Democrat…
I hope this doesn’t delay the LAFD’s dream of having lesbian fire ladders – constructed to resemble female legs with hoo hoos on the cross beams.