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Has anyone been affected by the Northern California fires?

Posted - October 15, 2017

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  • Yes, most of them Californians.
      October 15, 2017 5:28 PM MDT
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  • 5614
    Not SoCal too much. Firemen have been deployed there as well as resources.
      October 15, 2017 6:49 PM MDT
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  • 2465
    I heard there were fires in Anaheim. 
      October 15, 2017 7:17 PM MDT
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  • 5614
    Might have been meth lab explosions ;)
      October 15, 2017 8:25 PM MDT
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  • 16197
    At least 40 people have been killed. You can't get more "affected" than that.

    If your q refers to AM members only, write it that way.
      October 15, 2017 5:32 PM MDT
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  • 2465


    LOL This post was edited by ProblemCh1ld at October 15, 2017 9:15 PM MDT
      October 15, 2017 7:22 PM MDT
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  • 44173
    I think we all will eventually.
      October 15, 2017 5:34 PM MDT
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  • Yeah, Hardware and lumber is already juimping in price from the hurricanes. The fires will have a another huge effect on building material costs soon as well.
      October 15, 2017 5:49 PM MDT
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  • 6126
    Nah.  Unless the manufacturers have been affected, it won't have an effect across the board.  Just in the immediate area.
      October 15, 2017 6:36 PM MDT
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  • Sure it will. Natural disasters always have an effect on building material prices due to the supply vs demand.  Wildfires out west do the market a double whammy since they not only drive up ther demand it often affects part of the supply chain.
    Like I stated about the hurricanes, the prices are already gone up and are projected to keep rising till the end of 2018.
    Now take into consideration the current limbo trade with Canada is in and that is where more than half our lumber comes from......
      October 15, 2017 6:43 PM MDT
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  • 5614
    Aye, indeed.
      October 15, 2017 6:51 PM MDT
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  • 6126
    Did you bother to look at my response to your Hurricane question?   

    No, as a result of the hurricanes, the fires won't have any more of an effect than has already occurred, except in the immediate area.  There is only so much price gouging across the board that can occur.  The prices may very well continue to rise slowly through the end of 2018 as you claim, but it won't be as a direct result of the fires.     

      October 15, 2017 6:55 PM MDT
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  • I might have missed it.  Had ungodly amount of notifications today.
      October 15, 2017 6:57 PM MDT
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  • 6126
    I know.  You don't love me anymore.  It's okay.  I understand. *boo hoo* ;-)
      October 15, 2017 6:58 PM MDT
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  • No pity parties.  You know that's a lie anyway.
      October 15, 2017 6:59 PM MDT
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  • 6126
    Meh.  Just tried my Nana's Jewish guilt trip.  I forgot it doesn't work on Sasquatches.  (Yes, I know I'm being an ahole, thank you).  *muah*
      October 15, 2017 7:10 PM MDT
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  • Hairy Manson Mammals have no guilt or shame.  soory
      October 15, 2017 7:16 PM MDT
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  • 19942
    Not to mention the cost of a bottle of wine will skyrocket as will produce. 
      October 15, 2017 9:15 PM MDT
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  • 16197
    So buy Australian wine. Our wine growing regions are just fine (atm).
      October 16, 2017 2:08 AM MDT
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  • 19942
    Thanks.  I don't drink anymore.  I have vertigo, so there's little point in getting more tipsy than I already am. :)
      October 16, 2017 6:19 AM MDT
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  • 2465
    California has anti-gouging laws. After a state of emergency has been declared, it's illegal to raise the price of services and most goods (including building materials) more than 10%.  If an individual/business or other entity violates the law, they are subject to fines of up to $10,000 and criminal prosecution and a year in jail. 
      October 15, 2017 11:48 PM MDT
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  • What I'm talking about isn't short term gouging.  It's the long term effect on the national price and supply due to the change of the market.  Gouging is something entirely different.
    When gas goes up $3 a gallon before, during, and right after a storm say.  In order to gain profits from people with no other options, that's price gouging. The increased prices a month later the nation over because materials are in higher demand as a result is just how markets work and not in any way price gouging.

      October 15, 2017 11:53 PM MDT
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  • 2465
    Thanks for the clarification. 
      October 15, 2017 11:59 PM MDT
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  • 44173
    Let us not forget wine prices.
      October 16, 2017 7:35 AM MDT
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