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You mean that old range rovers make great YouTube content?

I got an unexpected laugh watching one of the Palisades fire aftermath videos yesterday. There aren't many light moments in those.

Authorities decided to let residents of some of the areas where the devastation was not total go back to see how their homes had survived. The video showed the process of residents queuing up at a Malibu beach parking area along the PCH and being met by an army of police officers and other staffers who verified their identity and addresses. It was a long line of Lexuses, Teslas, and various other not-cheap cars. Once they were verified as being legit and entitled to visit, the staff had bundles of yellow plastic caution tape in their hands cut to about 18" lengths, which they would tie around outside mirror posts or wiper arms to let those doing traffic control up in the areas know they could enter.

One fellow in a newish-looking white Range Rover was in line and went through the ID process successfully. The officer went to tie the yellow flag around the drivers side wiper arm and it came loose. The driver wasn't sure what was going on so he turned on the wipers. The passenger side one went back and forth normally while the drivers side just sat still halfway up the windshield. RR reliability!