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OT: DEVASTATING WILDFIRE ….Santa Monica/Palisades fire being aided by 50-80mph Santa Ana winds. 100mph possible overnight

It’s not just the dry weather thats the problem. Another factor is LA had its second wettest two day period ever in February. January saw 200% of its average rainfalls. The vegetation that grew as a result of these rain is now dry and they do a very bad job of clearing it as has been covered.
Man what an odd factor to consider. Too much rain a year ago helped lead to this. Its tough.

OT: DEVASTATING WILDFIRE ….Santa Monica/Palisades fire being aided by 50-80mph Santa Ana winds. 100mph possible overnight

Damn was removed and Native American land was given back
2800 acres returned to Sashta Indians




Klamath River is a very very long way from LA, near border with Oregon. There's no way to get that water to LA.

A dose of reality?

Cliff would certainly help, but he alone wouldn't be the cure to all our woes. His minutes with Alabama are down this season, along with his scoring, rebounds and blocks per game. Not to mention, he is surrounded by a better cast with Alabama yielding more good looks.
Cliff is doing exactly what he did here, scoring at the same rate, rebounding at the same level, and is highly efficient offensively now that he only takes what's given, shooting 70%+. He just plays less because they are a much better team.

Court Report: Rutgers could be first team to miss NCAA Tournament despite having two top-five NBA Draft picks

It is all about learning and adapting. Pike will do things a bit differently and we will put a better product on the floor and the program will get back to where we were. We will be fine.
I have to disagree. We will never again have two top draft picks. If you were a top pick, would you come here?

OT: DEVASTATING WILDFIRE ….Santa Monica/Palisades fire being aided by 50-80mph Santa Ana winds. 100mph possible overnight

That would be @RUforester72

But I’m sure he’d agree with me air is the most expensive part of these operations.

I’ve talked about this before but when still active with the Eastern Area IMT I was sent to Alaska for a fire. I am in the Finance Section of the team and responsible for managing the cost. EIGHT figure ($$$$) fire. My most expensive line item was air.

So much so you would consider buying your own plane. LOL

Coolest thing about working on that fire besides the beauty of area of Alaska and the wonderful native people was the fact there were four different Rutgers Alumni on the team. We were all Cook guys and didn’t know each other until we met up in Alaska.
Agreed. By far its the costliest category in large fire suppression, and among the more dangerous. There's likely a separate air attack traffic control aircraft circling well above the fire ops airspace. And add to that, it's not very far from LAX. Visibility sucks too. I'm a licensed pilot (though inactive) and it makes me shudder.
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What a tangled web we weave. Fact and data are both valuable and meaningful. How exactly to interpret that chart is the challenge. Is this your work? Can it be updated to current? With the more senior guys, the starting point would be meaningful. Can it possibly go back a little further? I wonder how other B1G charts would look.


Indeed, it is my work. I have 2023 as well, but the data format is a mess. I have been meaning to fix that, but have not gotten around to it.

I have a bunch of other stuff too. I will post some things from time to time that I find interesting if you care.
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A dose of reality?

Bulletin board...

"But Bailey is inconsistent. He’s an unwilling passer and a disinterested defender and his shot selection is so bad that if he isn’t making ridiculous shots, they are in trouble."

“Those two are incredibly talented young men with very bright futures in the NBA, but they don’t try hard defensively,” a high-major assistant who faced Rutgers this season told CBS Sports. “In college, any time any team is built around two freshmen and those freshmen don’t necessarily have the maturity or intangibles of what goes into winning yet, it’s going to impact your team. That’s not saying they’re bad young men, they just don’t have what it takes to win yet.”

Ooofff..
I’ve said Bailey takes nothing but low percentage shots from his game 1.

If his highlight reel shot making is off he doesn’t give us much.
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and I gave this team more than enough chances to show that they could play defense...the Monmouth game was disturbing and then the Ohio State/Princeton games confirmed it was not going to change

ironically without Harper in the lineup RU played its best defense of the season in the 2nd half vs Wisconsin albeit the offense was downright dreadful. Put Harper back in the lineup and you will not see that defense and it becomes his team and the whole purpose of the team changes
Grant is still learning but he’s got the tools to be a better defender than most on this team. Harper’s defense is pretty good, imo. So, we’ll see how the D looks with both Dylans on the court together.
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