by Roving Reporter, ©2025
(Jan. 14, 2025) — “In My Life” (2:25)
“Good evening, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to ‘The Pulse of the Nation,’ the place to hear it here first. The fires in California are truly devastating; that goes without saying, but we must now plan for the future: the rebuild. With us is a construction expert, Professor Zorkophsky, who will lay it all out for us. The professor does not have a dog in the fight. He will not make one red cent on what he is about to share with us, his blueprint for rebuilding the devastation. So, Professor, what have you got for us?”
“First of all, I want to thank you for inviting me to be on your most popular information show in its time slot and, secondly, thank you for the in-depth and accurate introduction. After the devastation on Maui, I offered my services free of charge but was told to ‘stay out of it,’ as if my input would be detrimental to some overall scheme.”
“No way.”
“I’m afraid so. Anyway, getting back to California, the hard part has already been done so the rest is, basically, downhill from here on out, from here to the final C.O.”
“C.O.?”
“’Certificate of Occupation,’ the final inspection that permits occupation.”
“You said that the hard part was already done; what did you mean by that?”
“The development is already clear-cut; sewer and water pipes already buried, roads and drainage already in place. I tell you, it’s a dream come true for a reconstruction, notwithstanding the horror of it all.”
“That’s true, isn’t it?”
“But there’s more. Slabs already poured and cured. Swimming pools intact. Driveways surveyed and in place so all there is to be done is blueprints approved and the houses built.”
“Blueprints?”
“City hall has the number of bedrooms and bathrooms, whether one or two stories. Plus, there may be photographs of the previous burned house. There are enough architectural students and firms throughout the United States to all pitch in and have it completed within two years, the whole ball of wax.”
“How so?”
“With the right person in charge, reduce it to one street each, both sides: plans, construction crews, suppliers. Approach the problem as an Amphibious Assault.”
“It all sounds so reasonable and doable, I mean, the way you presented the solution.”
“Two caveats: leave the surviving trees and bushes intact and not allow any Democrat/Blackrock participation. Let’s get the people back in their homes ASAP.”
‘Sounds like a plan. So, with the right leader, I can see light at the end of the tunnel, not like what happened in Maui. This is your Roving Reporter, along with Professor Zorkophsky, wishing each of you a goodnight: Goodnight.
“Good show. I wonder if anyone is listening? Burger time: my treat.”
“If I were a Carpenter” (2:19)
Well done. LMAO.
My only concern is for that which remains above ground. And I am not speaking about the non-living. So until that changes, I have doubts about the dream situation ably described.