In a vacuum, probably just as long as any house. But with a disaster response, federal aid, insurance, and a lot of red tape probably coming into the area, there will probably be a large wait time. These houses will probably have structural damage and have possibly been removed from their foundation. If you remember the Joplin tornado in 2011 that destroyed 7,000 homes, it took around five years to rebuild ~85% of those houses, and there are still places in Joplin that are just foundational slabs. So, yeah, there are a lot of factors at play to give a good estimate on your question.

They are close to collecting SS at 67. Advise them to transfer things like the house or valuable possessions into your name. Retirement homes will confiscate everything if it has not been transferred more than five years before being "homed".

Danny DeVito

Did I just count the weeks? Relapse.

The strong winds themselves don't "cause" the wildfires - the fires still need an ignition source like lightening, etc to start

But strong winds create the ideal conditions for fires to both start and to spread

Firstly they will result in fuel (stuff that can burn) accumulating. It will blow leaves off trees, grass around, etc and often this will clump in particular places (e.g. around the bases of trees) and a big pile of flammable material is much more likely to catch fire and the fire will get intense quicker than if it is more spread out.

The wind also assists in drying out this fuel. The winds can carry away water vapor which results in stuff drying out quicker. And dry stuff burns better than wet stuff

Once the fire starts it also greatly helps in spreading the fire by blowing the flames in the direction of the wind giving them quicker and better access to more stuff that can burn.

More air also means oxygen going into a fire which allows the fire to burn more intensely (ever blown on a camp fire to help it get going?)

The strong winds will also pick up stuff that is still hot/burning from the main fire front and blow it to new areas and if these bits happen to land on something else that is flammable it can cause a new fire to start.

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My take on it is she's 1. Crushing on your husband, and 2. She's jealous of how your husband holds you in such high regard. I'm guessing hers doesn't.

Why psilocybin is illegal still is beyond me.

It’s very suspicious that the flyers were all signed by “Rabbi _” but neither the article nor the people quoted seem at all interested in who this ”Rabbi” and their organization are?

Something about the way this is written makes me really doubt this was written by a Jewish rabbi.

This smells like a “troll” who is probably more anti-jews, or just pro-chaos. Perhaps trying to play on the emotions of the large Armenian population in the area?

You can't dig because it's hard packed snow / ice that's been there for months. You also can't really move your arms because you are stuck upside down in a small area next to the tree.

So... would you rather we just destroy nature for the sake of profits? I swear, you anti socialist types would rather shoot our collective existence in the foot rather than take the absolutely only solution to save the only home we as a species have. The planet needs to recover and we need to stop fucking it up. If you're so concerned about population decline, it seems strange that you'd be opposed to the only viable solution we have.

I still have mine and it’s in great shape… other than the screen doesn’t work. I was so disappointed when I found it and switched it on.

Trust me, this isn’t about being smart or stupid. Dad jokes are just like any other skill - it’s entirely about practice. Dads just have the advantage of having frequent targets for their puns.

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Go to Five Guys and get a double WITH the large fries

Maybe they should get Clooney to be a subject matter witness.

"Every single time I’m handed a gun on the set — every time — they hand me a gun, I look at it, I open it, I show it to the person I’m pointing it too, I show it to the crew,” Clooney said. “Every single take.” Then, “You hand it back to the armor when you’re done.” He said. Part of it is because of what happened to Brandon. Everyone does it. Everyone knows” that is the protocol to follow. “Maybe Alec did that — hopefully he did do that. But the problem is dummies are tricky because they look like real [rounds]. They got a little tiny hole in the back [from which] somebody’s [removed] the gunpowder"..."I mean every time I get handed a six-gun,” or a gun that holds six cartridges, “you point it at the ground and you squeeze it six times,” Clooney said, noting “It’s just insane” not to.

Fear. Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering.

I think that depends entirely on your interests, existing skills, and location. What skills are in demand locally (or do you anticipate relocating?). What do you have aptitude in?

If you like to be hands-on, learn trade-related skills like welding, soldering, and/or plumbing. With a little more math background, electrician skills are good to pursue.

If you're more academic, get the skills that fewer people have (which often means STEM). Learn to communicate well, learn people skills (Dale Carnegie's "How to win friends and influence people" is surprisingly relevant and excellent).

It's really hard to become the best in the city/state/country at something. It's much easier and lucrative to get really good at a few things and then be one of the few people who possess that niche set of skills.

At your age, one of the more attainable skills is to learn how to use a spreadsheet really well. See youtube/coursera/etc. Think about how to use it not just to calculate, but to plan projects, track tasks, and to view/slice data (it can be used, for example, to sort sales by date, product type, time of day, location etc -- can you see the possible relevance and value?)

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Awww