There has been NO interruption of water supply to Los Angeles. The California Aqueduct and the Los Angeles Aqueduct continue to deliver water to the city. Because of the fire fighting efforts, there has been an over capacity issue with water mains within the city and a loss of pumping capacity because of power failures. This is a fire driven by hurricane force winds in a region which is unusually dry. Los Angeles will need to make major adjustments in fire safe construction, urban fire breaks, and threats posed by the Santa Anna winds.
People who loose their homes in hurricanes, fires and other natural disasters did not cause the hurricanes. They should not be penalized or politicized. Hindsight being what it is, it will always be possible to say there we should have been better prepared. In this case there were some advance preparations, fire safe building codes, pre-positioned fire engines. The intensity of a fire driven by hurricane force winds is hard to imagine unless one sees it first hand.
For the most part these were residential neighborhoods. Los Angles will have to take steps keep them residential and prevent opportunists from buying up the land for high end developments.
