it all makes sense now ..
Elon Musk's xAI supercomputer in Memphis (PROJECT COLOSSUS). The xAI supercomputer, named Colossus, came online in September 2024. At the time, that was a 100,000-chip supercomputer. The computer is powered by 100,000 graphic processing units (GPUs) mostly Nvidia H1000 processing chips
>https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/development/2025/01/08/xai-supercomputer-in-memphis-tennessee/77441157007/
what's Musk trying to do?
After State Farm left homeowners without policies in the Pacific Palasades area, their only option was California state F.A.I.R. plans to cover fires.
>https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-04-10/westside-l-a-hit-hard-as-state-farm-cancels-home-insurance
Unfortunately, in May or 2024, F.A.I.R. had only $200 million in reserves and warned that a "major disaster" would wipe them out.
>https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/news/california-fair-plan-insurer-of-last-resort-warns-major-disaster-could-wipe-out-funds/
nothing to see here
anon just paid his annual F.A.I.R. policy to the tune of $2,100 (and in fire prone areas of California, you need rider policy to cover water, hail, vandalizism, etc)
So if anon's house burns, guess I'm SOL with this state insurance.
not all California is a shit hole
Anon is in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada in the northern part.
ALL red counties around, good schools, good sheriffs, normal people.
The state wanted to split into two making North and South Californias
How California's Largest Lake Disappeared
Tulare Lake used to be the largest freshwater lake west of the Mississippi. It was drained more than a hundred years ago and turned into farmland.
Economic loss from wildfires could top $50 billion
The destruction caused by the Los Angeles-area wildfires, possibly the worst ever in California, is almost certain to rank as one of the most costly natural disasters in U.S. history, with the total economic toll well into the tens of billions of dollars.
One preliminary estimate calculated by AccuWeather, the weather forecasting service, put the damage and total economic loss at $52 billion to $57 billion — a sum that could rise if the fires continue to spread.
J.P. Morgan on Thursday doubled its expectations of economic losses from a day earlier, saying they would be closer to $50 billion.
more at:
>https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2025-01-09/loss-from-wildfires-could-surpass-50-billion
Cost comparison
LA fires
Ukraine