[fintstone]

I don't understand how running out of water to fight a fire is not an issue in the fire not being contained or what having hundreds of reservoirs that did not provide water to the area that ran out (where the fire originated) makes a difference.

If "more rigs earlier would have only emptied the system earlier" as noted earlier, then why was the "system" not designed to provide sufficient water?

It seems to me that if a sufficient number of resources arrived quickly to fight the Palisades fire (including water which ran out quickly), I cannot see why it could not be extinguished before it became too large to fight. Even more so if not for the massive amount of dry scrub/growth allowed in the area.

If fires in CA are impossible to prevent or fight (unlike everywhere else in the world), I cannot imagine living there. If indeed that is actually the case, perhaps the state should not allow anyone to rebuild and depopulate what remains. It is just too dangerous. Make the state (or at least the LA metro area) a giant national park?